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"Too many non-working holidays in America," Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday. "It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed." The president said that the frequency of holidays "must change" and claimed that "The workers don't want it either!" Juneteenth, held on June 19 every year, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and has long been celebrated by Black Americans.Source: Google News - Health
A major new study reveals that teens who develop compulsive patterns of digital use are at higher risk of suicidal thoughts, attempts, and mental health issues. Unlike total screen time, it's the addictive nature of use—such as distress when not online—that most strongly predicts poor outcomes. Youth with high and increasing addiction trajectories for social media, phones, or video games show up to three times the risk of suicide-related...Source: Science Daily - Top Health
Self-esteem scores more than doubled within one year of weight-loss surgery, according to a new study* presented today at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting. Tracking nearly 5,800 patients, researchers found a direct link between weight loss and rising confidence, with the greatest psychological boosts seen in those who lost the most weight.Source: Google News - Health
On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas—then a remote barrier island still under Confederate control—and informed a group of enslaved African Americans that the Civil War had ended and they were now free. Texas has not been enforcing President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves, so the Black residents reacted to belated news of their freedom with a mixture of shock, disbelief, and ultimately jubilation.Source: CBS News - U.S. News
People across the U.S. are celebrating Juneteenth today—a federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War. Also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth falls annually on June 19, the date in 1865 when the last enslaved groups in Texas were officially freed. Communities have paid homage to that date for well over a century. Here's how towns and cities across the U.S. have celebrated Juneteenth...Source: Google News - Health
Most treatments for Parkinson's disease only slow disease progression. Early intervention for the neurological disease is therefore critical to optimize care, but that requires early diagnosis, which has proven difficult. Now, researchers in Hangzhou, China, have developed a system that detects Parkinson's with 94% accuracy based on AI analyses of a person's ear wax. The results appear in the American Chemical Society journal Analytical...
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