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Medscape

New research suggests the zero alcohol products (ZAP) trend has reached teens. But whether these beverages drive healthier behaviors, act as a gateway to alcohol use, or both, is unknown.

Medscape

New research suggests the zero alcohol products (ZAP) trend has reached teens. But whether these beverages drive healthier behaviors, act as a gateway to alcohol use, or both, is unknown.

Benzinga

Investors received a big boost on January 15 with a December, 2024 Consumer Price Index report showing core inflation rose less than expected. This reassured Wall Street the Federal Reserve could continue to lower interest rates in 2025. The Fed had curbed its benchmark Federal Funds rate three consecutive times in the second half of 2024 but had signaled a halt – or even rate hikes – for 2025 as the US economy kept growing.

Newsweek

Football fans are gearing up for one of the biggest sporting events of the year, the Super Bowl, next month. However it is not the game nor the halftime show that people are most excited about—but rather the food, new research has shown.

New India Abroad

With Donald Trump back in the White House as president later this month, speculations are rife about the possible India-U.S. strategic partnership entering new areas of cooperation. One is health diplomacy, and the reasons for that possible channel of soft diplomacy strengthening India-U.S. ties come from the previous Trump-Modi era.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Nevada ranks first for new homes built in natural landscapes prone to wildfires according to the Lied Center for Real Estate at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. A map of the United States shows the growth percentage in residential housing units located in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) between 1990 and 2020. Nevada is marked in red and shows a growth rate of 208 percent.

Salt Lake City Sun

People are increasingly moving into the wildland-urban interface areas, where human development meets wild vegetation, like forests, according to a University of Nevada-Las Vegas expert. Such landscapes are also notorious for wildfires.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

If you’re feeling sick this flu season, doctors said it is a good idea to grab a mask if you’re leaving home as the spread of covid flu and RSV are on the rise, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.