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Month: September 2023

Scientists edge closer to finding a biomarker for long Covid, which could lead to better tests and treatments

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — People who have struggled to recover after Covid-19 often find that clinicians treat them like medical mysteries. Routine tests often don’t reveal that anything is amiss, so doctors sometimes wrongly assume that long Covid might be a form of depression or anxiety or is otherwise all in a person’s head.

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‘Everyone on the plane is safe’: Pittsburgh Steelers charter plane diverted to Kansas City following Las Vegas game

By Roxanne Garcia-Bell and Greg Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A charter plane carrying the Pittsburgh Steelers football team was “unexpectedly” diverted to Kansas City this morning, according to Steelers Senior Director of Communications Burt Lauten. “Our team charter plane was unexpectedly diverted to Kansas City early this morning on our way back to Pittsburgh following our

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Grants awarded to colleges to increase completion rates

By Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story     MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) — Two mid-Michigan community colleges have been awarded grant funding in support of their efforts to increase college completion for adult learners, international, immigrant, refugee, or first-generation students. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Office of Sixty by 30, Global

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Interest rates will stay high ‘as long as necessary,’ the European Central Bank’s leader says

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says interest rates will stay high long enough to restrict business activity for “as long as necessary” to beat back inflation because upward pressure on prices “remains strong.” Christine Lagarde said Monday that “strong spending on holidays and

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Fresh fighting reported in Ethiopia’s Amhara region between military and local militiamen

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Fresh fighting has erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over government plans to disarm local forces. Residents say fighters from a militia called Fano fought against military units Sunday in the town of Gondar, an important

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