Elizabeth Chuck
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Jersey City, NJ, United States
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Overwhelmed medical examiners grapple with grim task after Hurricane Ian
Overwhelmed by bodies to autopsy and thrown into a political debate over precisely how many lives the storm has claimed, medical examiners face huge challenges. → Read More
School lunch is too costly for a growing number of families. Will a White House pledge help?
The Biden administration just laid out a strategy to expand free meals to 9 million more students by 2032. School nutrition directors are urging universal meals for all — now. → Read More
One state declined a simple tweak to its summer meals program. Thousands of kids paid the price.
NBC News found that Missouri was the only state to not allow grab-and-go meals, resulting in up to 97% fewer kids meals distributed than last summer in some areas. → Read More
What is vasculitis? Ashton Kutcher's rare disease explained
The causes of the autoimmune condition are not known, and it can be life-threatening. → Read More
Florida hospital ignored years of complaints about surgeon, patients and families allege
The orthopedic surgeon caused “hundreds of devastating injuries” while displaying signs of having a neurological condition, according to court documents. → Read More
Would the new gun law have prevented the Highland Park shooting? It’s doubtful
The suspect is likely to have passed an enhanced background check, but Sen. Chris Murphy said a “well-run red flag law might have done the trick here.” The law provides funding. → Read More
6 injured, 3 critically, after NYC taxi jumps curb, NYPD says
A taxi jumped a curb in New York's Flatiron District on Monday, injuring six people, at least three of them seriously, the Fire Department of New York said. → Read More
Mass shootings are difficult to prevent with mental health resources alone, experts say
Blaming mass shootings on mental illness is a deflection of the fact that there can be no effective solution to curb such atrocities without gun control, experts said. → Read More
Desperate parents beg breast milk banks for help amid baby formula shortage
A baby formula shortage has prompted a “major surge in interest” in donor breast milk, says the head of the Human Milk Bank Association of North America. → Read More
Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths
"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said. → Read More
‘Generations of hurt’: Children and grandchildren of war survivors fear ripple effect of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Those who have witnessed generational trauma in their own families worry history could repeat itself. → Read More
Lead from gasoline blunted the IQ of about half the U.S. population, study says
Leaded gas was banned in 1996, but exposure to the toxin cost people born before then several IQ points on average, researchers estimated. → Read More
More than 200,000 US children have lost a parent or caregiver to Covid. Efforts to help them have been haphazard
“If a child has lost a parent, someone needs to show up at that doorstep right away — and I mean right away,” one professor of pediatrics said. → Read More
Study finds slight developmental lag in babies born during pandemic
Babies born during the early months of the pandemic scored slightly lower on a screening of their developmental skills than those born prior to the pandemic. → Read More
How climate change primed Colorado for a rare December wildfire
The rare December blaze that tore through Boulder County, Colorado, may not be that unusual, experts are warning, as climate change sets the stage for more. → Read More
Teen plunges to death from cruise ship that was returning to Miami
A teenager aboard a cruise ship plunged to his death last week, prompting an investigation by the Miami-Dade police. → Read More
What to do if you've just tested positive for Covid
The highly transmissible omicron variant has led to a Covid-19 surge that is expected to continue to spike in the coming weeks. → Read More
Victims of deadly tornadoes remembered; one of the youngest was 2 months old
The swarm of tornadoes and powerful storms that leveled large swaths of communities across the Midwest and South, claimed dozens of lives with many more feared dead. → Read More
Bob Dole, WWII hero and former Republican presidential candidate, dies at 98
Bob Dole, the longtime Republican lawmaker who overcame near-fatal injuries from World War II to become a leader of his political party, has died. He was 98. → Read More
Three members of beloved Milwaukee Dancing Grannies among parade victims
In her small Wisconsin city, Virginia Sorenson was a local celebrity. → Read More