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The Post covers how such incidents happen, the disease itself, and how people can avoid contracting it.1. What is Hepatitis C?Hepatitis C is a viral infection that affects the liver, causing acute and chronic illnesses that can be life-threatening.Infection is spread through contact with infected blood, including sharing needles and syringes, or through unsafe medical procedures such as transfusions with untested blood products.Symptoms include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, and yellowing of the skin and eyes.Acute hepatitis C infection is usually asymptomatic and in most cases does not lead to life-threatening illness.About 30% of…

When conservative legal figures were told that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's only appointee to the Supreme Court, would join Republican appointees in ruling against the Biden Justice Department's sweeping and novel interpretation of obstruction of justice law, most thought that was unlikely.After all, the Department of Justice was twisting the law to enforce punishments on pro-Donald Trump rioters. The January 6, 2021 Capitol riots are central to the Democrats’ anti-Trump political strategy, and the rioters are the most hated and unpopular group in the liberal political imagination. For many conservatives, at least, it is unlikely that Jackson would…

The job of a firefighter comes with many risks, but cancer is one of the biggest risks, and now Stamford Health is launching a pilot program to help emergency responders make their health a priority. Kyle Hauser has been a firefighter for 18 years, 12 of which were with the Stamford Fire Department. “I'm married and I have a family,” said Kyle Hauser, vice president of the Stamford Association of Professional Firefighters. “I'm starting to think about my health, which I didn't think about before.” Hauser is well aware of the risks to his career. According to the International Federation…

Over 100 destinations are available for sale. Canada's major airlines have announced major sales over the Canada Day long weekend. Air Canada and WestJet offer tickets to destinations throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, as well as select international cities. Many destinations are available for flights departing from Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Each airline plans to continue offering discount sales after July 1st. Air Canada Canada's national airline is offering discounts to cities in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean as part of a promotion that runs until July 3rd. The Air Canada sale applies…

Editor's note: Poet and novelist Jay Parini teaches at Middlebury College. His latest book is “Borges and I,” a memoir of a 1971 trip through the Scottish Highlands with Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Opinions expressed here are his own. Find more opinion at CNN. CNN — Dear Joe, I am writing to you with urgency as your old neighbor from Scranton. My mother was your babysitter and decades ago, you and I sat at my kitchen table. I have been your fan for years, sending you checks, knocking on your door, writing articles in support of you. Courtesy of…

For at least the last year, the so-called smartest Democrats in Washington have been telling me not only that President Biden is the leading candidate for president, or at least their best candidate, but that he is the only candidate who can beat Donald Trump, and the only person who has ever done so.This has always been childish logic. Trump has only beaten one flawed Democrat, and his party has lost every national election since, so you don't have to be the love child of Lyndon Johnson and Margaret Thatcher to have a chance at beating him. But within the…

Cleveland Clinic and app developer FitNow, Inc. have launched the Cleveland Clinic Diet App, which combines health and diet advice based on evidence-based nutrition science and clinical success with a comprehensive food and fitness tracker. The app provides personalized, guided support with input from Cleveland Clinic health experts to help users make lasting changes to their lifestyle and eating habits to achieve better health and well-being. “We know that health is about more than just weight, and our goal with the Cleveland Clinic Diet App is to go beyond the number on the scale and address each individual's health status…

WestJet plane mechanics took to the picket line in a surprise move that threatened to disrupt flights for thousands of travellers at the start of the Canada Day long weekend. A WestJet passenger plane parked at a departure gate at Calgary International Airport, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh WestJet plane mechanics took to the picket line Friday evening, a surprise move that could disrupt flights for thousands of travellers at the start of the Canada Day long weekend. In a statement, WestJet said Canadians can expect “significant travel disruptions” if the AMFA strike is not called off.…

Amazon has hired the founders and key employees of Adept AI, a startup known for building AI agents that automate tasks for companies, a move that significantly strengthens Amazon's AI capabilities, which have been lackluster compared to rivals.Adept co-founder and CEO David Luan is leaving the company to lead Amazon's “AGI Autonomy” team. He will report to Rohit Prasad, Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Luan brings with him Adept co-founders Augustus Odena, Maxwell Nye, Erich Elsen, Kelsey Szot, and several other Adept staff members.Below is a copy of the internal memo shared with the team. Hello everyone, We're…

Mukesh and Nita Ambani's youngest son, Anant Ambani, will be marrying Radhika Merchant, daughter of Viren Merchant and Shaila Merchant, on July 12 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Ahead of the highly-anticipated event, the Ambani family has organised a number of pre-wedding celebrations for the couple. Images of the invitations shared by ANI reveal that the Indian business family is also planning another event – a mass wedding for the underprivileged in Palghar district of Maharashtra. The image shows the invitation for the mass wedding organised by Mukesh and Nita Ambani as…