Melody Geer

Cancelled Disney+. Will go back to our DVDs for the kid movies.

No, you really have not.

How to protect your pets from bird flu H5N1 continues to circulate in wild animals, cows, and poultry–cats and dogs aren’t immune.

"The AVMA never recommends raw diets for dogs or cats because of the risk of multiple pathogens..." and the spread of H5N1 makes raw feeding riskier than ever. "The strain that’s currently circulating has a near 90 percent case fatality rate in domestic cats” www.popsci.com/health/how-t...

I am so sorry. I appreciate the work that was done by the CDC.

BREAKING: New video from the Delta plane crash in Toronto shows the full extent to crash.

A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters.

"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'

A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."

In asking Trump to show mercy, Bishop Budde continues a long tradition of Christian leaders ‘speaking truth to power’ (The Conversation) — A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or even death.

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or even death.

Heresy and Checkpoints Some thoughts from breakfast this morning.

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Can a good man be president? (RNS) — Maybe this is a lesson of the Carter administration, that true Christianity often finds itself drawn away from places of power and down in the muck.

OPINION: As president, Carter accomplished a great deal more than he is given credit for and was a far more savvy politician than the subsequent smear campaign would lead you to believe.

A screenshot of a tweet by Melanie D'Arrigo with the text: "Two Republican men introduced H. Res. 7. It states that women's healthcare should 'address the needs of men... as they relate to women’s health care' and aims to make the practices of an anti-abortion clinic the national standard. Project 2025 in action." Below the tweet is a highlighted excerpt from the resolution, emphasizing the phrase "address the needs of men, families, and communities as they relate to women’s health care."

Pay attention to the language they use. It reveals their true intent.

Remembering the extraordinary life of former President Jimmy Carter Former President Jimmy Carter, who went on to become the longest-living American president in history, died Sunday, at 100

WATCH LIVE: Jimmy Carter funeral events – 39th president’s state funeral will be held Thurs. | PBS News Hour
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See our lesson on Carter's legacy: bit.ly/3BSMpXf

We only last about 10 minutes in.

December 15, 2024 Tomorrow, December 16, is the fiftieth anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, signed into law on December 16, 1974, by President Gerald R.

December 15, 2024
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