‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a timeThis interview is the second article in a series comparing antibiotic use in Japan and the United States, with a focus on outpatient pediatrics. It was supported by a reporting fellowship from the Association of Health Care Journalists and The Commonwealth Fund. The first piece described a unique incentive program in Japan that reduces antibiotic misuse by shifting doctors’ default behaviors in the clinic.On paper, doctors should know better — antibiotics treat only bacterial infections, and yet, physicians sometimes give them to patients who have viral infections. For…

I was a sick kid — I’m talking genuinely, chronically ill. Mysterious symptoms kept me home from school and bouncing between specialists who spent most of my childhood trying — and failing — to figure out what was wrong. My mother, a lifelong fan of all things woo-woo, did what any desperate parent does: She looked elsewhere. That search took us to a barn in the middle of nowhere Oregon, where a white guy with dreadlocks, crystals and blinking light machines claimed he could heal even the toughest ailments without prescriptions or invasive procedures. Spoiler alert: He couldn’t. Twenty years…

Italian super-yacht designer Achille Salvagni has dropped anchor on Madison Avenue, The Post has learned.  Salvagni just paid $13.5 million for 797 Madison Ave., the former Tory Burch flagship building that last traded nearly a half-century ago. Salvagni, who has a showroom at 817 Madison Ave. a few blocks away, is known for high-end home interiors as well as for $50 million yachts. The deal was brokered by Meridian Investment Sales’ Henry Barnathan and David Schechtman. The five-story building between East 67th and 68th streets has 6,800 square feet of indoor space and several outdoor terraces. Salvagni’s plans for the…

A California city could soon make drive-thru dining a thing of the past. Culver City officials are considering a citywide ban on new drive-thrus after neighbors raised alarms over a proposed new In-N-Out they say could worsen traffic, hurt air quality and create dangers for pedestrians and cyclists, according to LAist. The City Council passed a 45-day moratorium in June blocking permits for new drive-thrus while staffers drafted a potential ban, the outlet reported. If approved, the ordinance would not affect the city’s eight existing drive-thrus — only new ones. The fight comes as In-N-Out eyes what would be Culver City’s…

Iowa Democrats seek to flip US Senate seat FOX Business correspondent Grady Trimble reports on state Rep. Josh Turek and state Sen. Zach Wahls competing for the chance to challenge the GOP U.S. Senate candidate in a key race on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Democrat candidate Sarah Trone Garriott, a minister and state legislator running for one of the most competitive House seats in the nation, contributed to a “resistance preaching” guide that encouraged faith leaders to combat President Donald Trump and his supporters from the pulpit.Trone Garriott authored a chapter…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In his newest fight against the judicial system, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is demanding the court reconsider his push for a new trial.Court documents say Chauvin recently filed an appeal against a judge’s decision denying his petition for post-conviction relief.Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd in April 2021. Records show the former officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds while he was face-down and handcuffed on the ground; Floyd suffered a fatal lack of oxygen to the brain. In this June 25, 2021,…

Millions of bottles of a popular eye drop medication have been recalled — affecting users nationwide. According to the Food and Drug Administration, some 2,530,182 bottles of Prednisolone Acetate Ophthalmic Suspension eye drops were flagged — due to a “potential presence of a foreign substance.” The manufacturers, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. are voluntarily recalling the product, produced at a facility in Pithampur, India. A voluntary recall happens when manufacturers or distributors “carry out their responsibility” to protect the public health of those who use their product. Once a problem is identified, manufacturers should notify customers who received the affected products about the recall,…

Nico Hischier was part of a rescue in his native country of Switzerland over the weekend. While visiting his home country for part of summer break, the Devils captain helped local police in a rescue of a family in distress on the Aare River in Bern, Swiss news outlet 20 Minuten revealed. A family of four, including two children, were in a small rubber boat and encountered trouble near a dam. Police found the family and went to assist, alongside Hischier. Bern police confirmed “the police were finally able to pull the boat ashore using a throw bag, and the…

Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of all heart failure cases.This form of heart failure, called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), is a condition in which the heart pumps out a normal amount of blood but becomes too stiff to relax and refill properly between beats. Over 3 million Americans have the condition, but researchers still don’t fully understand why it develops, making it difficult to design treatments that directly target the disease.The new device, described June 1 in the…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to design its own artificial intelligence chips in-house starting in September – part of an industry-wide effort by the biggest names in AI to start making their own chips amid ongoing high demand. Zuck’s initiative, known internally as “Iris,” centers on developing custom silicon to supercharge the AI systems behind Facebook and Instagram, Reuters reported Thursday. The social media giant — which expectes to spend up to $145 billion on AI infrastructure this year — is working with Palo Alto, Calif.-based Broadcom on design and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on production. Meta joins a growing list of…