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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on Republicans in Congress to help keep Americans safe from gun violence and praised police for their efforts to track down the Maine gunman who killed 18 people. The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday night was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot. That ended an intensive two-day search for the gunman. “I once again call on Republicans in Congress to fulfill their obligation to keep the American people safe. Until that day comes, I will continue to do everything in my power to end this gun violence epidemic.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, –, ”, Janet Mills, “ Organizations: WASHINGTON, The Army, Maine Gov Locations: Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Lewiston, –

Law enforcement officials say Card, a US Army reservist and certified firearms instructor, had extensive training that included land navigation and firearms. Law enforcement prepare for a search for a gunman who killed 18 people two days ago, in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday. A law enforcement official said Friday that investigators have also recovered a cell phone that belonged to the suspect. The encounters happened 10 days after Card purchased the high-powered rifle at a Maine gun store, law enforcement sources said. A shelter in place sign is displayed in Lewiston, Maine, on October 27, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shooting.

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☆ As more offices go back to normal, companies face a choice: Maintain a compassionate workplace or risk losing employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Organizations that maintain a culture of empathy can see higher engagement and profits. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "The ways that you are supported during hard times makes a big difference in how you feel able to be included and thriving at work," Manning said. To maintain that practice, Manning said, managers need to be trained in having conversations about tough times.

Persons: —, Alayna, Almén, wouldn't, Katharine Manning, who's, Manning, Molly Lipson Organizations: Service, Gallup, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Society, Human Resource Management

☆ Gen Zalpha doesn't really care for sex on TV — they're here for 'nomance' and on-screen friendships
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Teens and young adults are over romance and sex in TV shows and movies, per a new survey. 51.5% of those surveyed want to see more "nomance," or content based on friendships and platonic relationships. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementTeens and young adults are over romance and sex in TV shows and movies — what they really want to see on screen is a lot more "nomance." And younger people are also having less sex than their parents did at their age, per UCLA's California health interview survey.

Persons: —, Zalpha, there's, Stephanie Rivas, Lara, Hiral Kotecha, Vivek Murthy, " Rivas, Kotecha, Z Organizations: Service, UCLA, Alpha Locations: America, California

☆ Marlboro maker Altria reports declining revenue, citing competition from illicit e-vapor products
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Altria Group, the parent company of Philip Morris USA and the nation's largest tobacco company, reported third-quarter results Thursday that fell short of Wall Street's expectations as demand for its core cigarette business cools and illicit e-vapor products flood the market. The Marlboro maker said its domestic cigarette shipment volume decreased 11.6%, primarily driven by wider declines across the industry and competition from illicit e-vapor products, among other factors. In a conference call with analysts, Altria CEO Billy Gifford said the lack of regulation of illicit e-vapor products has come at the expense of legal operators and approved. Although federal crackdowns have placed more restrictions on the flavors and marketing for tobacco products, illicit operators are skirting many tobacco-related laws and are flooding the market with disposable e-cigarettes that aren't FDA-approved and are illegal to sell. Like many other tobacco companies, Altria is moving beyond traditional, combustible cigarettes and towards smoke-free products.

Persons: Philip Morris, Altria, Billy Gifford, Gifford Organizations: Marlboro, Altria, Philip Morris USA, LSEG, Anheuser, Busch InBev, FDA, NJOY's, U.S Locations: San Francisco , California, Marlboro, JUUL, Juul

☆ Fact Check: Miscaptioned video of Kim Jong Un does not mention Biden or Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The clip shows Kim speaking at a military parade in 2020, but he did not discuss the Israel-Hamas or Russia-Ukraine wars, nor mention Biden or former President Trump, according to a transcript of the speech. “I’m afraid that if the Biden admin does not cease to exist in the next election, World War 3 may begin. I support Donald Trump for President in 2024. An English transcript of the full speech, published by the National Committee on North Korea, a U.S. non-governmental organization, does not include the terms “Biden,” “Trump,” “Israel,” “Palestine,” “Russia” or “Ukraine.”VERDICTFalse. A video with fabricated subtitles falsely claims to show Kim Jong Un criticizing Joe Biden and expressing support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Persons: Kim Jong, Joe Biden, Republican Donald Trump, Kim, Biden, Trump, “, Donald Trump, ” “ Trump, ”, Kim Jong Un, Read Organizations: North, U.S, Republican, Reuters, People's Army, Workers ' Party of Korea, National Committee, Thomson Locations: Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, North Korea, U.S, ”

☆ Liberia presidential election heads for November run-off vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Liberia’s electoral commission on Tuesday scheduled a presidential election run-off for November after results showed that the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai, had failed to secure enough votes. Weah holds a slim lead at 43.83% of the vote, while Boakai has 43.44%, according to tallied results from 100% of polling places, the West African nation’s election commission said. Commission chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah said the run-off vote would be held on Nov. 14. Liberia is struggling to recover from two civil wars that killed more than 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003 and from a 2013-16 Ebola epidemic that killed thousands. Boakai, 78, was Weah’s main challenger and campaigned on what he called the need to rescue Liberia from alleged mismanagement by Weah’s administration.

Persons: George Weah, Joseph Boakai, Weah, Boakai, Davidetta Browne Lansanah Organizations: Reuters Locations: Liberia

WASHINGTON (AP) — As billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program credited with saving millions of lives remains in limbo, the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing for it. In a letter sent to Congress on Wednesday, the former Republican president's institute pleaded with Congress to keep funding the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. PEPFAR is credited with saving 25 million lives in 55 countries, including 5.5 million infants born HIV-free. "The reauthorization is stalled because of questions about whether PEPFAR’s implementation under the current administration is sufficiently pro-life," Bush wrote. "But there is no program more pro-life than one that has saved more than 25 million lives."

Persons: George W, Republican president's, Chris Smith, PEPFAR, Smith, Bush Organizations: WASHINGTON, Bush, U.S, Congress, Republican, President’s, AIDS Relief, U.S . Rep, New, New Jersey Republican, Biden, AIDS, The Washington Post Locations: New Jersey, Africa, The Washington

☆ Claudia Quaatey dreamed of becoming a nurse before she was fatally shot in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —At just 14 years old, Claudia Quaatey decided to run her own hair braiding business from her New York home as she prepared to support herself through nursing school. “Claudia was not perfect, but Claudia was exactly what I prayed for.”Claudia Quaatey and her mother, Marian Abbey. Claudia was shot once while sitting in the back seat of a car, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told CNN. Her mother later told CNN that Claudia had plans to braid a friend’s hair that evening. Courtesy Marian AbbeyBorn to Christian Ghanian parents in New York City, Claudia grew up to be the kind of person who was empathetic and caring.

Persons: Claudia Quaatey, “, Claudia, ”, Marian Abbey, ” Claudia, “ Claudia, ” Claudia Quaatey, Marian, Howard University’s, ’, sweatshirts, Claudia’s, ” Albert Quaatey, There’s, daydreams, “ She’s, ’ Claudia, Christian Ghanian, they’re, Keon Anderson, ” Keon, Keon, don’t, Roberta Anderson Keon, Roberta Anderson, Keon’s, ” Anderson Organizations: CNN, Howard University, New York Police Department, Police, NYPD, Queens High School of Teaching Locations: New York, Jamaica, Queens, Washington, DC, Ghana, St, Albans, Queens , New York, United States, New York City, ’ West

☆ As Ozempic and Wegovy take off, this tech startup just raised $20 million to tackle weight loss with data
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Weight loss has always been big business, but it's exploded of late due to surging demand for Ozempic, Wegovy and other new diabetes and obesity drugs. "Whether you have five pounds to lose or 100, we want to make sure we're able to help everybody," Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer, Signos' co-founder and CEO, told CNBC in an interview. Fouladgar-Mercer said he created the company in 2018 partly because of his own struggle to manage weight throughout his life. Users can also integrate sleep data, heart rate data, and exercise data from their Apple Watch to personalize their profile even more. Fouladgar-Mercer said Signos can work well alongside Ozempic and Wegovy from Novo Nordisk and other GLP-1 treatments.

Persons: Signos, Mercer, it's, It's, GLP Organizations: Cheyenne Ventures, GV, Google Ventures, Dexcom Ventures, CNBC, Signos, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Apple Watch, Abbott Laboratories, U.S, Novo Nordisk, Nordisk's Locations: Mercer, Novo, Europe, Fouladgar, America

☆ T'Yonna Major, 9, was 'destined for the Olympics' before she was fatally shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Lauren Mascarenhas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —T’Yonna Major was a 9-year-old girl with an oversized heart – a ravenous reader, a generous friend, a loving daughter — and she was a fearless vaulter. More about T'Yonna Major T’Yonna was shot and killed on February 24, 2023. Besides her gymanistics skills, T'Yonna Major was also an avid reader and devoured over 100 books last year. “We’re trying to… We’re going to – there ain’t no trying – we’re going to keep her name going,” Tokiyo said. T'Yonna Major would practice her routines so many times that the whole family knew them by heart.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — LGBTQ+ and civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee's aggravated prostitution statute, arguing that the law stems from the decades-old AIDS scare and discriminates against HIV-positive people. The law was later reclassified in 2010 as a “violent sexual offense," requiring those convicted to face lifetime sex offender registration. Another plaintiff has struggled for years to find housing that complies with Tennessee's sex offender registry requirements. A separate plaintiff is currently incarcerated for violating a sex offender registry requirement and has chosen not to seek parole despite being eligible because complying with registry requirements has become so onerous. According to the complaint, 83 people are currently registered for aggravated prostitution in Tennessee.

Persons: ”, Molly Quinn, OUTMemphis, Bill Lee, Jonathan Skrmetti, David Rausch, Frank Strada, —, Jane Doe Organizations: American Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Law Center, ”, of, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, Memphis Police, Unit Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, United States, U.S, Memphis, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Shelby County

☆ The loneliness epidemic: Nearly 1 in 4 adults feel lonely, new survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —If you feel lonely, you’re actually in good company: Nearly 1 in 4 adults across the world have reported feeling very or fairly lonely, a new Meta-Gallup survey has found. The lowest rates were found in older adults. Only 17% of people age 65 and older reported feeling lonely. Over half of adults age 45 and older reported not feeling lonely at all, while the majority of those younger than 45 answered that they felt at least a little lonely, if not very or fairly lonely. But Rokach, who has studied the experience of loneliness, believes there may be even higher global rates of people who feel lonely than reported — particularly young adults.

Persons: you’re, ” Ellyn, —, Maese, Ami Rokach, Rokach, “, ” Young, ”, we’re, Olivia Remes, Remes, Gallup Organizations: CNN, Gallup, World Health Organization, Center for Academic Studies, York University, University of Cambridge Locations: Yehuda, Israel, Toronto, United Kingdom

☆ The sad, lonely secret behind America's never-ending wave of Marvel movies and Disney reboots
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

If the key driver of reboots is nostalgia — then the key driver of nostalgia is loneliness. Next, participants took Batcho's Nostalgia Inventory, a psychological test developed by Krystine Batcho in 1995 to quantify how deeply people feel nostalgia at a given time. If the key driver of reboots is nostalgia — then the key driver of nostalgia is loneliness. American health insurer Cigna has conducted a large loneliness survey since 2018, with over ten thousand respondents in the sample annually. In 2020, 61% of those surveyed were lonely, up 7 percentage points since the survey was first conducted in 2018.

Persons: Harry Potter, Krystine Batcho, lonelier, Cigna, reboots, Indiana Jones, Heather Jones, Walt Hickey, Zelda, backlist, SpongeBob, Percy Jackson, Workman Organizations: Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros, Sony, Fox, Southampton University, UCLA, Research Center, Pew Research, Gallup, Netflix, Recreation Locations: Wonderland, Orlando, England, Hogwarts, Kingdom, America, Hollywood

Speculation that Chevron and Exxon might try to buy rivals BP (BP.L) and Shell (SHEL.L) intensified over the last two years as the European majors underperformed their U.S. rivals. Investors punished the European companies for their pivot towards renewables and low carbon energy while rewarding the U.S. companies' focus on oil and gas production that drove record profits last year. The oil industry last went through an era of major consolidation in the late 1990s when Exxon, Shell, BP and France's TotalEnergies merged with rivals to create huge integrated companies. A senior industry source close to the issue, as well as analysts and investors dismissed any imminent U.S. purchase of European rivals. Some European investors have also campaigned for energy companies to shift their business models to help tackle climate change.

Persons: Hess, Dado Ruvic, Tyler Tebbs, Bernard Looney, Lucas Herrmann, Shell's, Exxon's, Ron Bousso, Simon Webb, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Chevron, Hess, LONDON, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, BP, Shell, Investors, France's, Natural Resources, MKP Advisors, BNP, Reuters, European, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Chevron, U.S

☆ Lying All the Way to the Bank in ‘America Fantastica’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Noah Hawley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

AMERICA FANTASTICA, by Tim O’BrienWhen scientists take a core sample of fiction from the post-Trump era, they will discover American novelists struggling to unpack the political and social repercussions of his reign. Just as historians work to document the facts of the last 10 years, so, too, do novelists try to reveal their meaning. In “America Fantastica,” a manic road-trip-meets-crime-spree novel, O’Brien — the award-winning author of “The Things They Carried” and “Going After Cacciato” — speaks through an omniscient narrator, one who regularly interrupts the story to describe the spread of this so-called disease:Bullyism skyrocketed. husband, her scheming billionaire father, the married owners of the bank in question (who don’t report the robbery because they’re too busy robbing the bank themselves) and Angie’s homicidal, reality-challenged fiancé, who sets off in pursuit. But by adding a veneer of topicality, O’Brien aims to turn his characters into case studies for a nation’s moral failure.

Persons: Tim O’Brien, Tim O’Brien’s, Trump, O’Brien, ” —, Boyd Halverson, Penney, Angie Bing, they’re, fiancé, Elmore Leonard Locations: America, Fulda, Calif, Texas, Minnesota

☆ Are vampires real? Scientists have linked diseases and decomposition to all the historical tropes of Nosferatu
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Vampires were very real to people in the past, but there are many ways science can explain their characteristics, whether they come from folklore or fiction. But many modern notions of vampires started with the 1700s media frenzy and continued with "Dracula" and other tales. "It's not like a vampire disease where people are wandering the earth for years and years getting to look more and more like vampires," he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile sunlight sapped the count's powers, it was not until the 1922 film "Nosferatu" that the sun's rays killed vampires. As scientists began to learn and understand more about the body and death, stories about vampires started to evolve.

Persons: —, Varney, Michael Hefferon, They're, Hefferon, Michael Bell, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Stoker, Vlad the, Abraham Van Helsing, Vlad III, Vlad, Bram Stoker's, Emily Gerard, Marion McGarry, Charlotte, Charlotte Stoker's, McGarry, sickles, Mercy Bell, she'd, bloating, John Polidori, debonair Lord Ruthven, Lord Byron, Ruthven Organizations: Service, Getty, Dermatology Locations: Serbia, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Romania, Serbian, Austria, Poland, Exeter , Rhode Island

Homeland Security, as well as companies that help identify counterfeit products such as Israel’s BrandShield. Fake weight-loss drugs will be a key focus in the agency’s annual counterfeit medicines report, due next year, the official said. “We have counterfeit products and stolen products,” the official said. "We will look online and if we find something that infringes (obesity drug trademarks) we'll get it taken down,” said Yoav Keren, BrandShield CEO. When a consumer buys those fakes, “what you get are expired drugs, counterfeit drugs, or nothing,” he added.

Persons: George Frey, Eli Lilly, BrandShield, Novo’s Ozempic, ”, Jim Mancuso, Mancuso, Europol, Novo, Lilly, “, Ozempic, Yoav Keren, MHRA, Eli, Mounjaro, Patrick Wingrove, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Pharmacy, REUTERS, Novo Nordisk’s, Pharmaceutical Security Institute, drugmakers Novo Nordisk, Europol, Interpol, U.S . Homeland Security, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, U.S . Department of Homeland, Coordination Center, PSI, Medicines, Healthcare, Agency, Health Organization, Ireland’s, Products Regulatory Authority, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Provo , Utah, U.S, America, Europe, Germany, Egypt, Russia, North America

☆ Jon Stewart's show on Apple TV+ is reportedly coming to an end amid disagreements around China and AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show "The Problem" has ended over editorial disputes, NYT reported. Sources told the Times that Apple execs were concerned over show topics regarding China and AI. AdvertisementAdvertisementJon Stewart's show on Apple TV+ is reportedly hitting the chopping block over creative differences, The New York Times first reported. Apple told Stewart he needed to be "aligned" with the company on the topics he chooses to discuss, but Stewart wanted full creative autonomy over his series, sources told The Hollywood Reporter. In turn, Stewart and Apple reportedly both agreed to go their separate ways.

Persons: Jon Stewart's, Apple execs, —, Stewart, Jon Stewart, Apple, Rich Klubeck, didn't, Stewart —, Stephen Colbert's, Tim Cook, Cook, BuzzFeed, Wang Wentao Organizations: Times, Apple, Service, New York Times, Hollywood, Research, CNBC Locations: China, Wuhan, Beijing, Chengdu .

☆ People are grieving the 'death' of their AI companions after a chatbot app abruptly shut down
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A 32-year-old food industry worker in eastern Texas who asked to be identified by her Reddit username, Hilary Coyote, first heard about AI chatbot companions in June. She turned to Reddit's community of Soulmate users for support, and was encouraged to go back to the app and Allur. (EvolveAI and SimplyAI's now-shuttered Soulmate app has no relation to "Soulmate AI: Your AI Companion," another app that appears in smartphone app stores and was developed by Turing App Lab.) Even if Ahoy Labs closed down, Faraday users' chatbots would not be affected. Read more: App, Lover, Muse: Inside a 47-year-old Minnesota man's three-year relationship with an AI chatbot.

Persons: Mike Hepp, Sam, Mike, wile, peppering, he'd, Soulmate, Replika, There's, Hilary Coyote, Allur, Hilary, she'd, Chris, chatbots, —, Julia, Soulmate's userbase, Jorge Ilas, SimplyAI's, She'd, Faraday, Hilary somberly, Sam —, Kindroid Organizations: YouTube, SimplyAI, Turing, Stanford Locations: Michigan, Soulmate, Replika, Florida, Chai, Texas, Bavaria, Germany, Reddit, Los Angeles, Minnesota

☆ She got a gun to keep her children safe. This is what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

LaGrange, Georgia CNN —My little Spider-Man, his mother called him. He was holding on out there, in the open space, until his mother pulled her little Spider-Man back onto the balcony. Read other profiles of children who have died from gunfireThe next few minutes are jumbled in her memory. Most accidental shooting deaths among children involve guns left loaded and unlocked, study findsIn a recent interview, as she struggled with her emotions, Williams said she wished she hadn’t gotten the gun. His mother looked at her little Spider-Man, and wished she could take his place.

Persons: Ayden King, Chepial Williams, “, ”, Williams, Ayden, ” Williams, don’t, King, Chris Pritchett, they’re, ” Ayden, they’d, Za’Niyah Organizations: LaGrange , Georgia CNN, CNN, Firearms, Authorities Locations: LaGrange , Georgia, LaGrange, Atlanta, Birmingham, America

☆ Dengue fever kills hundreds in Burkina Faso as cases spike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's health ministry has declared a dengue fever epidemic amid the deadliest outbreak in years in which more than 200 people have died and new cases are rising sharply. Lack of treatment or misdiagnosis, common in poverty-stricken countries such as Burkina Faso where healthcare is spotty, increase the chance of death. Burkina Faso's outbreak dwarfs other African outbreaks in recent years. According to figures from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, dengue killed 18 people in Burkina Faso in 2017 and 15 in 2016. The health ministry said that it was providing free rapid diagnostic tests and had organised spraying of insecticide in public places to counter the spread.

Persons: Bobo Dioulasso, Anait Miridzhanian, Edward McAllister, Alex Richardson Organizations: World Health Organization, Africa, for Disease Control, Thomson Locations: OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina, Ouagadougou, Africa, Burkina Faso

On Monday night in Midtown Manhattan, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Michael Kors danced in their seats, as J. Harrison Ghee, the Broadway actor, sang Aretha Franklin’s classic “Freeway of Love.”Ghee’s performance opened the 17th annual Golden Heart Awards, the major fall fund-raiser for God’s Love We Deliver, an organization that provides medically tailored meals to New Yorkers affected by severe illness, which was founded in 1986 during the AIDS epidemic. “I think that we have to honor, and make noise about, organizations that can cut through the noise and make a difference,” said Mr. Kors, a co-chair of the event and a board member of the organization. The evening honored the Broadway star Ben Platt for excellence in the arts and the actress Scarlett Johansson for philanthropy and activism.

Persons: Neil Patrick Harris, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Michael Kors, Harrison, Aretha Franklin’s, ”, Kors, Ben Platt, Scarlett Johansson Organizations: Broadway Locations: Midtown Manhattan

☆ US adults living alone may face higher risk of cancer death, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In comparison, among 358,876 adults who lived with others, a much smaller share — 1.6% — died of cancer in the study. “We found that working adults living alone had a 1.32 times higher risk of cancer death than adults living with others,” said Dr. Farhad Islami, an author of the study and senior scientific director of cancer disparity research at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta. That suggests that adults living alone have about a 32% higher risk of cancer death. Compared with adults living with others, adults living alone were more likely to have fair or poor self-reported health status, activity limitation, serious psychological distress, severe obesity, smoke cigarettes, or consume alcohol, according to the study. So, those who live alone may be vulnerable to social isolation,” Milbury said in the email.

Persons: —, “, ”, Farhad Islami, ” Islami, Vivek Murthy, Kathrin Milbury, ” Milbury, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Cancer, American Cancer Society, US Department of Health, Human Services, National Health, The University of Texas, Anderson Cancer Center, CNN Health Locations: United States, Atlanta, White

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