Health officials confirm the state’s first locally transmitted case of chikungunya virus
Authorities reported on Tuesday that a person in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus, marking the first locally transmitted case in the U.S. since 2019. The New York Department of Health noted that the virus is currently prevalent in China and nearby regions. The infected individual resides in Nassau County on Long […]
Texas reports first locally transmitted case of dengue fever this year
Texas has recorded its first local case of dengue fever this year, state public health officials announced this week. The case was reported in Cameron County, a county on the Texas-Mexico border that includes the city of Brownsville and has a population of about 425,000. Mosquitoes carry potentially deadly viruses. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Last year, the […]
Trump was right, voters want decisions about abortion to be made locally
Six months ago, I wrote about how Donald Trump seemed to have a problem with the abortion issue. Prominent members of the pro-life community threatened to abandon him. As a result, Democrats were mulling the possibility of riding the abortion rights train to a three-way race for the White House, the House of Representatives, and […]
‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman mocks George Latimer for campaigning locally — while he’s fundraising with tech millionaires in California
Rep. Jamal Bowman (D-N.Y.) is walking alone in his congressional district while his opponent in the Democratic primary appears to be in San Francisco raising money from tech billionaires. He scoffed at the fact that he was pulling it. In a social media post that has since been deleted, Bowman attacked his rival George Latimer […]