The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/dr-houman-david-hemmati" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Houman David Hemmati</a> and Morning Wire host Georgia Howe on the rise in cases of tuberculosis and measles. Catch the full interview on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/schumer-s-israel-critique-inflationary-economic-trends-3-15-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Wire</a>.
Georgia Howe: Dr. Hemmati, thanks so much for coming on.
Dr. Hemmati: It&#8217;s a pleasure.
Georgia: Now, the California Department of Public Health recently <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/CAHAN/Substantial-Increase-in-Tuberculosis-in-California-Recommendations-for-California-Healthcare-Providers.aspx#:~:text=were%202%2C110%20cases.-,Since%202020%2C%20TB%20cases%20in%20California%20have%20been%20increasing%20each,patients%20with%20TB%20are%20hospitalized." target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent out an alert</a> to all doctors about a “Substantial Increase in Tuberculosis.” What did that letter say?
Dr. Hemmati: That letter, which was sent to all doctors, said that the state is experiencing a surge in tuberculosis cases. That&#8217;s number one. Number two, those tuberculosis cases are largely originating from people who have come here from outside the country. And number three, and what is particularly alarming, is that this type of tuberculosis coming into California, and presumably the rest of the United States, has about a 13% or higher death rate.
Georgia: Is there any way to screen people? What&#8217;s the normal procedure for checking people for tuberculosis?
Dr. Hemmati: That&#8217;s a great question. Anytime someone wants to come into the U.S. on a visa or green card a standard part of the process, among other medical assessments, is to perform a tuberculosis blood test and, in many cases, in addition to that, a chest x-ray to simply rule it out. However, when someone doesn&#8217;t have those — and especially if they&#8217;re coming from endemic nations, which we&#8217;re surrounded by, especially to the south — then there&#8217;s a high chance that they could be bringing it in undetected.
Georgia: Now, why is TB such a threat? Can you describe a little bit about how it progresses and why it becomes so intractable?
Dr. Hemmati: Yes. So tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria, not caused by a virus like COVID. It&#8217;s a particularly unusual type of bacteria that can reside in the lungs, sometimes asymptomatically and at other times with no symptoms at all. It can stay like that, even with no symptoms, for years or decades, and at any point basically pop up and cause a horrific infection that chews up the lungs and causes the infected person to spew large amounts of bacteria every time they cough. This is why it has a high death rate, because it literally chews through the lung tissue and leaves nothing behind other than a gaping hole. 
The problem with tuberculosis is that we only have a few medications in our arsenal to try to defeat it. And those medications, even when they do work, can take many months to years of therapy in order to kill the bacteria. The problem now is that we&#8217;re seeing a lot of multidrug resistant tuberculosis — bacteria for which none of the drugs we have available work or work well enough. This is why I think we&#8217;re suddenly seeing such high death rates — death rates we have never been seen before in this country.
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Georgia: How easily is it transmitted?
Dr. Hemmati: That’s a great question. You generally have to be in relatively close proximity with a person who&#8217;s actively coughing in order to get tuberculosis, which is pretty rare. It is transmitted in the air from relatively close contacts, but it doesn&#8217;t mean less than six feet. You can be in the same room, in the same general vicinity. It&#8217;s not necessarily easy to get, but once you get it, you have it and you have it for good. Incidentally, the predominant use of the N95 mask is really for prevention of tuberculosis. Whenever we would see someone who had tuberculosis or who was presumed to have a case of tuberculosis in the hospital, we would have to wear the N95 mask simply to be around them. Without a mask like that, being in close proximity puts you at risk.
Georgia: The CDC is also investigating a measles outbreak at a migrant center in Chicago. Can you give us some insight into what’s happening there?
Dr. Hemmati: It is very likely related to immigration. And the reason why I say that is that we&#8217;ve seen measles outbreaks in migrant housing centers, including one just this last week in Chicago. So when you have people coming in the country who are not being screened for having been infected with measles, all of a sudden you are bringing in people who could be carrying this disease and could be spreading it within their community of people who have zero vaccination rates. This can pose a major public health threat.
Georgia: Should the CDC be testing people at the border as they coming across? What would be the solution for this?
Dr. Hemmati: Well, the solution we&#8217;ve already had for decades is to test anyone coming into the country for measles. Without getting that testing done and getting a lot of different vaccinations checked as well, you simply couldn&#8217;t get a green card to immigrate to the U.S. Problems occur when that process is circumvented and the system is simply overwhelmed by people who are doing a runaround, then you get people coming in who are not tested. And, at this point, with the large numbers who are streaming through our borders, it&#8217;s basically impossible to test every single person, especially since so many are considered “gotaways” and are never even processed through the system.
Georgia: Dr. Hemmati, thank you so much for coming on.
Dr. Hemmati: Thank you. It&#8217;s a pleasure.

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Selma Blair</a> shared an update about how she’s feeling as she battles multiple sclerosis, saying she is in pain “all the time.”
The 51–year-old “Cruel Intentions” star posted about what’s going on in an Instagram update.
“I hurt all the time,” Blair said in the video. “I say that only for you people that hurt also. Like, I get it. And for all of us, for all of us, just aging, it hurts. You have to stretch.”
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The actress went on to explain, “It’s hard for me to stretch because of the Ehler-Danlos.”
Ehler-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited disorders that affects connective tissue. “Your muscles just aren’t as stable,” she added.
Blair continued, “So, the Ehler-Danlos makes me really, really, really stiff because I’ll pull my muscles too easily and then they’re like slack and sit there. So I get some injuries.”
“This is nothing that’s like horrible, scary stuff or anything. It’s just like one of those extra things that turns into a chronic thing, and you have to watch, because people think stretching’s so good for you, and I’m technically not allowed to stretch, because I’m always stretching,” Blair said.
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Meanwhile, the “Legally Blonde” star said, “The MS is fine. I’m still in remission,” mentioning she’s due for an MRI.
“I still get tired, I still am stiff, like, all the time,” Blair said while she was in bed getting an IV, which she added “helps so much.”
“If I’m by myself, I do move and walk better,” she said. “I notice when I go out, it’s still very pronounced.”
The actress said she’s not complaining about her struggles, however. “When people say, ‘What do you want to do with your life?’ It still makes me sad that I just want to sleep and then get on my horse and be better,” Blair said.
“I’m a beginner every day. So it’s like, Groundhog Day — and I am doing really well [but]&#8230;I don’t know if I’ll ever have the coordination or balance or stamina that I want to.”
“Still lucky. Still grateful. Still okay,” she concluded. “But still a bummer.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celine-dion">Celine Dion&#8217;s</a> sister Claudette shared an update on her Grammy Award-winning sister’s health status in the wake of Celine&#8217;s Stiff Person Syndrome (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disease">SPS</a>) diagnosis.
&#8220;She doesn&#8217;t have control over her muscles,&#8221; Claudette told the French outlet <a href="https://www.7jours.ca/2023/12/12/a-lapproche-de-ses-75-ans-claudette-dion-a-besoin-detre-active">7 Jours</a>, per the translation. &#8220;What pains me is that she has always been disciplined. She always worked hard.&#8221;
Claudette also mentioned that the “My Heart Will Go On” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">singer</a> would love to perform live again. &#8220;In what capacity? I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;The vocal cords are muscles, and the heart is also a muscle. This is what gets me.&#8221;
Celine revealed her SPS diagnosis last year after canceling several of her concert stops.
“Hello, everyone,” the 55-year-old singer said at the time. “I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reach out to you. I miss you all so much and can’t wait to be on stage talking to you in person. As you know I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before but I’m ready now.”
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face my challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,” she continued. “Recently I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the stiff-person syndrome which affects one in a million people.”
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Celine canceled the rest of her then-ongoing tour. SPS is an incurable, progressive disease that turns people into “human statues” who are unable to walk or talk. 
Though Celine has kept her battle with the disease mostly private, her sister has spoken about the singer’s health status before. In August, she said Celine is working with “top researchers,” but so far hasn’t seen much improvement.
“We can’t find any medicine that works, but having hope is important,” Claudette said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celine-dions-sister-shares-grim-news-about-singers-health-battle">reported</a>.
“I honestly think that she mostly needs to rest,” she continued. “She always goes above and beyond, she always tries to be the best and top of her game. At one point, your heart and your body are trying to tell you something. It’s important to listen to it.”
Katie Jerkovich contributed to this report.

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Longtime game show host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bob-barker-beloved-host-of-the-price-is-right-dead-at-99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Barker</a> — who helmed CBS&#8217; &#8220;The Price Is Right&#8221; from 1972-2007 — died after a battle with Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease.
Entertainment site TMZ was first to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/05/bob-barker-cause-of-death-alzheimers-disease-price-is-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> the news, citing the game show icon&#8217;s death certificate. The documents reviewed by the outlet stated that Barker&#8217;s battle with the progressive disease had lasted years — although they did not give specifics regarding when he was diagnosed.
Barker did previously speak out about the disease, teaming up with animal rights group PETA in 2013. Barker and PETA called on especially older people to adopt a vegetarian diet, saying that removing meat from the diet can help to prevent the onset of Alzheimer&#8217;s.
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&#8220;Eating meat means that you have a much greater chance of losing your mind,&#8221; Barker said, sharing the fact that he himself had been a vegetarian for nearly three decades. &#8220;So to protect your memory, eat vegetarian, and keep your wits about you into a ripe old age.&#8221;
Barker died peacefully in his home on August 26, TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/26/bob-barker-dead-dies-99-price-is-right-game-show-host/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> — and PETA offered a send-off to their former advocate.
&#8220;Bob&#8217;s influence on the entertainment industry is indisputable, but what mattered to him most was using his voice and prominent position to protect animals. Of course, everyone is familiar with his &#8216;spay and neuter your pets&#8217; sign-off on &#8216;The Price Is Right&#8217; — a show where he refused to allow fur prizes — but he was also one of the first stars to go vegetarian, more than 30 years ago,&#8221; PETA stated.
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&#8220;We lost a beloved member of the CBS family today with the passing of Bob Barker. During his 35 years as host of THE PRICE IS RIGHT, Bob made countless people’s dreams come true and everyone feel like a winner when they were called to ‘come on down.’ In addition to his legendary 50-year career in broadcasting, Bob will be remembered as a dedicated animal rights activist. Daytime television has lost one of its most iconic stars,&#8221; CBS added in a statement.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celine-dions-sister-shares-grim-news-about-singers-health-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celine Dion&#8217;s</a> family said they are &#8220;praying for a miracle&#8221; amid the superstar singer&#8217;s battle with a rare neurological disease that has forced her to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-giving-up-celine-dion-cancels-entire-world-tour-amid-disorder-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cancel the rest</a> of her &#8220;Courage&#8221; world tour dates.
The 55-year-old singer&#8217;s sister, Claudette Dion, spoke to <a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/501397/celine-dion-sister-health-update-stiff-person-syndrome-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hello! Canada</a> about how the &#8220;Power of Love&#8221; hitmaker was doing after being diagnosed in December with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celine-dion-reveals-heartbreaking-news-about-her-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stiff-Person Syndrome</a> (SPS), a progressive disease that leaves its victims as &#8220;human statues&#8221; who cannot walk or talk.
&#8220;She&#8217;s doing everything to recover,&#8221; Claudette said. &#8220;She&#8217;s a strong woman.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s an illness we know so little about,&#8221; she added. &#8220;There are spasms – they&#8217;re impossible to control. You know [how] people often jump up in the night because of a cramp in the leg or the calf? It&#8217;s a bit like that, but in all muscles.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s little we can do to support her, to alleviate her pain,&#8221; Dion&#8217;s sister continued.
On the cover of the print version of the magazine quoted her sister saying, &#8220;I know her spirits are up because we hear it in her voice.&#8221; Another quote that read, &#8220;We pray for a miracle.&#8221;
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&#8220;We&#8217;re crossing our fingers that researchers will find a remedy for this awful illness,&#8221; Claudette told the outlet. &#8220;And she knows fans feel the same way, too.&#8221;
&#8220;They love Celine,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Not only for the voice she has, but also for the human being she is. For the woman she has become, for the mother she has become. We love her for the person she is.&#8221;
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Last year, the &#8220;All By Myself&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celine-dion-reveals-heartbreaking-news-about-her-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">singer</a> and mother of three revealed her diagnosis after canceling several of her concerts.
&#8220;Hello, everyone,&#8221; Dion said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry it&#8217;s taken me so long to reach out to you. I miss you all so much and can&#8217;t wait to be on stage talking to you in person. As you know I&#8217;ve always been an open book and I wasn&#8217;t ready to say anything before but I&#8217;m ready now.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it&#8217;s been really difficult for me to face my challenges and to talk about everything that I&#8217;ve been going through,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Recently I&#8217;ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the stiff-person syndrome which affects one in a million people.&#8221;
She concluded her post noting that as much as it hurts her, she must concentrate on her health and cancel the remaining tour dates for North America.

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The meaningful exchange of truly diverse ideas and perspectives has withered over recent decades. Unorthodox thinking is increasingly trashed or disregarded, even as the chattering class’s fear- and force-predicated approaches repeatedly prove inadequate to cope with the true complexities and crises of the modern world.
We need instead to foster and promote critical thinking and constructive discussion. We are making every effort to ensure that our new <a href="https://www.arcforum.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC)</a>, an international coalition of politicians, business leaders, public intellectuals and cultural commentators, will help ensure that a broader range of perspectives can be heard globally.
Consider the world’s response to the COVID pandemic. A panic-stricken lockdown orthodoxy far too soon took hold, and those whose policy proposals deviated quickly were labeled “COVID deniers.” Governments that went the farthest were feted by public intellectuals and in newspaper opinion pages.
The obvious downsides to universal lockdowns were ignored by those striving to garner credit for simple-minded immediacy of response. Thus, we saw <a href="https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-10521-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increases of inequality</a> in income distribution and wealth, widespread <a href="https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WEO/2020/October/English/ch2.ashx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loss of employment,</a> substantive <a href="https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WEO/2020/October/English/ch2.ashx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declines in spending,</a> and general <a href="https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WEO/2020/October/English/ch2.ashx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deterioration in economic conditions</a>; serious declines in <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/the-implications-of-covid-19-for-mental-health-and-substance-use/#:~:text=Symptoms%20of%20anxiety%20and%20depression,compared%20to%20their%20male%20peers." target="_blank" rel="noopener">mental health</a> and well-being, delayed and diminished access to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834942/#:~:text=Reduction%20in%20healthcare%20claims%20in,%25)%20compared%20to%20previous%20years." target="_blank" rel="noopener">healthcare</a>, and record high levels of <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/06/shadow-pandemic-of-domestic-violence/#:~:text=Violence%20against%20women%20increased%20to,Eastern%20Europe%2C%20and%20the%20Balkans." target="_blank" rel="noopener">domestic violence</a>. The education of children was particularly affected: <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education/publication/the-state-of-the-global-education-crisis-a-path-to-recovery?cq_ck=1638565414093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">School closures</a> on average robbed children of more than 7 months of education. The huge impact on kids’ knowledge could end up costing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings according to research by the World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF. Poor children, girls, and children with disabilities suffered the largest losses.
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We need to have a serious conversation about our manner of response before the next crisis — pandemic or otherwise — to ensure that the cure is not much worse than the disease. Consider the alarmist treatment of climate change. Campaigners and news organizations play up fear, in the form of floods, storms, and droughts, while neglecting to mention that reductions in poverty and increases in resiliency mean that climate-related disasters kill ever fewer people: Over the past century, <a href="https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1609568091846967306" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deaths have dropped 97%</a>. Heatwaves capture the headlines. Globally, however, cold kills <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/bjorn-lomborg-how-global-warming-will-save-lives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine times more people</a>. The higher temperatures arguably characterizing this century have resulted in <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/bjorn-lomborg-how-global-warming-will-save-lives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">166,000 fewer temperature-related deaths</a> overall.
Fearmongering and the suppression of truly inconvenient truths are pushing us dangerously toward the wrong solutions: Politicians and pundits call en masse for net-zero policies that will cost <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/the-economic-transformation-what-would-change-in-the-net-zero-transition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far beyond $100 trillion</a>, while producing benefits <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520304157" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a fraction as large</a>. We need to be able to have an honest discussion of costs and benefits — a true reckoning with the facts to find the best solutions.
We also need to conduct a more mature conversation about how to better help the 4 billion people who live in the poorer half of the world. The UN promises everything imaginable in the form of its <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainable Development Goals</a> (SDGs): The end to extreme poverty, hunger, and disease; reduction of inequality and corruption; cessation of war; amelioration of climate change; universalization of education — even ease of access to urban parks. But a plan that makes all problems the same compelling crisis without prioritization is no plan at all, merely a recipe for the appearance of action and virtue. This year, 2023, sits at the midpoint between the start of the goals in 2016, and their hypothetical attainment in 2030. We are now at halftime, but nowhere near close to halfway there. Even the UN secretary-general admits that the goals are “<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133452" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far off track</a>”.
We must zero in on the most efficient solutions first. More than 100 economists and several Nobel laureates working with the Copenhagen Consensus think tank have identified <a href="https://copenhagenconsensus.com/halftime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the most promising and effective SDG targets</a>. We could, for example, virtually eliminate tuberculosis, which needlessly still kills more than a million people each year, for an additional $6.2 billion a year. We could invest $5.5 billion more in agricultural R&amp;D in low-income countries to increase crop yields, help farmers produce more and consumers pay less, reducing the number of hungry people by more than a hundred million per year.
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There are a dozen areas where much could be done for comparatively little money. We could efficiently and quickly boost learning in schools — vital after COVID lockdowns — save mothers’ and newborns’ lives, tackle malaria, make government procurement much more efficient, improve nutrition, increase land tenure security, turbo-charge the effects of trade, advance skilled migration, and increase child immunization rates. These <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1940003482/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12 sensible and implementable policies</a> could save more than 4 million lives per year, and generate economic benefits worth over a trillion dollars (primarily in poorer countries) for an outlay of $35 billion a year for the next seven years.
The new Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) forum can help us envision the future in a positive manner, emphasizing the ability of the properly competing and cooperating people of the world to solve whatever problems confront us, as we have so often and often so effectively done in the past. ARC thinkers are gathering from around the world to do precisely that. 
Enough panicked fearmongering. 
We can focus on what is truly important and attainable, initiate and reward a more nuanced global discussion regarding the problems that will always beset us, and look forward confidently to a world more abundant, more laden with opportunity, more sustainable, and more hopeful.
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg is President of the Copenhagen Consensus and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University&#8217;s Hoover Institution. His latest book is &#8220;Best Things First.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/jordan-peterson">Dr. Jordan B. Peterson</a> is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, and the author of &#8220;Maps of Meaning&#8221;, &#8220;12 Rules for Life&#8221; and &#8220;Beyond Order.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
A version of this article also appeared in the New York Post.

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Celine Dion&#8217;s sister Claudette Dion said they have struggled to find medicine to help the singer after she was diagnosed with a rare disease.
During an interview with <a href="https://www.shemazing.net/celine-dions-sister-releases-heartbreaking-update-on-singers-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Le Journal de Montreal</a>, the 55-year-old singer&#8217;s sister <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/03/celine-dions-sister-says-singer-is-struggling-to-find-medicine-amid-health-battle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the outlet</a> that they have been working with the &#8220;the top researchers in the field,&#8221; but have seen little improvement after Dion announced in December she had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celine-dion-reveals-heartbreaking-news-about-her-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stiff-person syndrome</a> (SPS), a progressive disease that leaves its victims as &#8220;human statues&#8221; who cannot walk or talk.
&#8220;We can&#8217;t find any medicine that works, but having hope is important,&#8221; Claudette said.
&#8220;I honestly think that she mostly needs to rest,&#8221; she added. &#8220;She always goes above and beyond, she always tries to be the best and top of her game. At one point, your heart and your body are trying to tell you something. It&#8217;s important to listen to it.&#8221;
&#8220;When I call her and she&#8217;s busy, I speak to my sister Linda who lives with her and tells me that she&#8217;s working hard,&#8221; Claudette continued. &#8220;She&#8217;s listening to the top researchers in the field of this rare disease as much as possible.&#8221;
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In May, &#8220;The Power of Love&#8221; hitmaker shared her &#8220;tremendous disappointment&#8221; with having to announce that she was canceling the rest of her &#8220;Courage&#8221; world tour dates in order to focus on getting better.
&#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry to disappoint all of you once again,&#8221; Dion wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CstKOQtAJhs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m working really hard to build back my strength, but touring can be very difficult even when you&#8217;re 100%.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not fair to you to keep postponing the shows, and even though it breaks my heart, it&#8217;s best that we cancel everything now until I&#8217;m really ready to be back on stage again,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;I want you all to know, I&#8217;m not giving up … and I can&#8217;t wait to see you again!&#8221; the singer continued.
Last year, the Dion revealed her diagnosis after canceling several of her concerts on the tour.
&#8220;Hello, everyone,&#8221; Dion said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry it&#8217;s taken me so long to reach out to you. I miss you all so much and can&#8217;t wait to be on stage talking to you in person. As you know I&#8217;ve always been an open book and I wasn&#8217;t ready to say anything before but I&#8217;m ready now.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it&#8217;s been really difficult for me to face my challenges and to talk about everything that I&#8217;ve been going through,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Recently I&#8217;ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the stiff-person syndrome which affects one in a million people.&#8221;
She concluded her post noting that as much as it hurts her, she must concentrate on her health and cancel the remaining tour dates for North America.

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A little-known illness caused by a tick bite gives victims a serious allergy to red meat and affected an estimated 110,000 people between 2010 and 2022, according to a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0727-emerging-tick-bites.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Thursday. 
The illness, called alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), comes from the bite of a Lone Star tick, which can be <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/tick-species/sls-20147911?s=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> mostly in the South as well as many Eastern and Midwest states. AGS causes serious allergic reactions to red meat such as pork, beef, rabbit, lamb, venison, and even mammal products like milk. 
“Alpha-gal syndrome is an important emerging public health problem, with potentially severe health impacts that can last a lifetime for some patients,” said Dr. Ann Carpenter, an epidemiologist and lead author of one of the papers released Thursday on AGS. “It’s critical for clinicians to be aware of AGS so they can properly evaluate, diagnose, and manage their patients and also educate them on tick-bite prevention to protect patients from developing this allergic condition.”
Many doctors and health care providers are still unfamiliar with AGS, according to the CDC, which added that the allergic reactions caused by the tick bite can be “potentially life-threatening.” 
One study asked 1,500 family/general practitioners, internists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants across the U.S. about AGS and found that nearly half of them had never heard of it and around one-third of respondents said they were “‘not too confident’ in their ability to diagnose or manage patients with AGS,” the CDC said. The CDC estimated that the number of people who might be affected by AGS could be as high as 450,000. 
“The burden of alpha-gal syndrome in the United States could be substantial given the large percentage of cases suspected to be going undiagnosed due to non-specific and inconsistent symptoms, challenges seeking healthcare, and lack of clinician awareness,” said Dr. Johanna Salzer, who authored both papers on AGS released by the CDC.
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The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-tick-bite-that-makes-you-vegan-eating-in-a-restaurant-was-out-of-the-question" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last year on how people with AGS deal with the symptoms. One woman described the struggles of eating out at a restaurant, noting that even a veggie burger prepared on the same grill with meat patties is problematic. Another person said that even breathing in fumes from red meat causes a reaction.
Symptoms of AGS include “hives or itchy rash; nausea or vomiting; heartburn or indigestion; diarrhea; cough; shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; drop in blood pressure; swelling of the lips, throat, tongue, or eye lids; dizziness or faintness; or severe stomach pain,” according to the CDC. There is currently no known cure for the illness, and the CDC says that “preventing tick bites” is the most important action one can take to “reduce your chances of developing AGS.”

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CDC Warns Of ‘Emerging’ Illness Caused By Tick Bite That Causes ‘Potentially Life-Threatening’ Allergy To Red Meat

CDC Warns Of ‘Emerging’ Illness Caused By Tick Bite Causing ‘Potentially Life-Threatening’ Allergy To Red Meat

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/business/air-travel-woes/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Air Travel Woes</a>
U.S. air travel was thrown into disarray this morning as there were nearly 2,000 flight delays and at least 700 cancellations on the east coast. The Federal Aviation Administration blamed a range of issues—weather, overcrowded airports, and issues with staffing—for the headaches. The FAA says that Thursday, June 29 will be the heaviest travel day, so prepare accordingly if you’re flying somewhere for the Fourth of July.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/28/titan-sub-debris-implosion-wreckage-oceangate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Debris From Titanic Sub Returned</a>
Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been brought back to the surface after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic. Officials say the submersible debris will be investigated in hopes of finding out what caused the implosion. The Coast Guard is leading that investigation. On June 22, just days after the vessel went missing, officials announced that the submersible had imploded and all five people on board had died.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-hate-speech-bill-would-make-it-a-felony-to-make-someone-feel-threatened" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Hate Speech Bill Advances</a>
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> hate speech bill that has passed the state House and is now in the hands of the Senate is alarming conservatives, people of faith, and legal experts. 
The bill is part of a package of legislation that would <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2023/06/20/michigan-house-oks-new-hate-crime-church-synagogue-cemetery-desecration-penalties/70337842007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replace</a> Michigan’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act and make it a hate crime to cause someone to “feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.” Under the bill’s framework, “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” are included as protected classes. Violators guilty of a felony could be punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $10,000.
Many conservatives have voiced concerns that the bill infringes on Americans’ First Amendment rights. Distinguished Professor Emeritus William Wagner, a former federal judge and legal counsel in the U.S. Senate, told The Daily Wire, “Make no mistake about it. Those advocating for this legislation will wield these policies as a weapon capable of destroying conservative expression or viewpoints grounded in the sacred.”
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges-over-jordan-neelys-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Penny Pleads Not Guilty</a>
U.S. Marine Veteran Daniel Penny pleaded not guilty today to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Penny was charged after a viral video appeared to show the 24-year-old place a subway vagrant named Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold. The case continues to receive national attention.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/first-locally-transmitted-cases-of-malaria-found-in-u-s-in-two-decades" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Malaria Returns To The US</a>
For the first time in two decades, people in the U.S. have contracted malaria from mosquitoes inside the country, prompting the CDC to issue a health alert. Four people in Florida and one person in Texas have contracted the disease in the U.S. from mosquitos, and the CDC said the patients appeared to be in stable condition and health officials were monitoring the situation. Experts say to be mindful of mild symptoms like headaches, fever, and muscle aches, as well as more severe symptoms like changes in mental status, and lung and kidney failure.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sues-e-jean-carroll-for-defamation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump Sues E. Jean Carroll</a>
Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is suing writer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/e-jean-carroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E. Jean Carroll</a> for defamation in their protracted legal fight. Trump’s lawyers <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.171.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a counterclaim</a> on Tuesday in New York federal court, listing various instances over the years when Carroll accused Trump of raping her. The court <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/11/carroll-trump-lawsuit-rejected/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously rejected</a> Trump’s bid to countersue last year, but the fresh attempt comes after the judge allowed Carroll to amend her <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/politics/e-jean-carroll-damages-trump-cnn-town-hall/index.html#:~:text=E.%20Jean%20Carroll%20arrives%20for,2023%2C%20in%20New%20York%20City.&amp;text=A%20federal%20judge%20will%20allow,at%20a%20CNN%20town%20hall." target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> earlier this month with new comments from Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brings-rigged-election-fight-to-cnn-town-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denying that he knew Carroll</a> and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-allows-jean-carroll-amend-pending-defamation-lawsuit/story?id=100052469" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling her allegations</a> a “hoax and a lie.”
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For the first time in two decades, people in the U.S. have contracted malaria from mosquitoes inside the country, prompting the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cdc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</a> to issue a health alert. 
Four individuals in Florida and one person in Texas have contracted the disease in the U.S. from mosquitos, and the CDC said the patients appeared to be in stable condition and health officials were monitoring the situation. 
“All patients have received treatment and are improving. Locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria has not occurred in the United States since 2003 when eight cases of locally acquired P. vivax malaria were identified in Palm Beach County, FL,” the CDC said in a <a href="https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00494.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
According to the health agency, malaria, a disease common in tropical African countries, should be treated as a “medical emergency,” but most Americans have an “extremely low” risk of contracting the disease. The sickness is described as having flu-like symptoms, including fevers, shaking, chills, vomiting, body aches, and nausea.
“There is no evidence to suggest the cases in the two states (Florida and Texas) are related. In Florida, four cases within close geographic proximity have been identified, and active surveillance for additional cases is ongoing. Mosquito surveillance and control measures have been implemented in the affected area,” the CDC said. 
In 2020, an estimated 627,000 people died of malaria around the world, with most deaths occurring in impoverished areas. Malaria is <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/impact.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most prominent</a> in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, India, and large parts of Indonesia.  
Most cases of malaria in the U.S. involve travelers infected with malaria coming into the U.S., where they are then bitten by a mosquito that passes the parasite on to another person. According to Texas health officials, <a href="https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/health-advisory-locally-acquired-malaria-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">there are</a> about 120 travel-related malaria cases in the state each year. 
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The case in Texas was recorded in Cameron County, located at the southeast tip of the state bordering Mexico. The cases in Florida were in Sarasota County, between Tampa and Fort Myers. 
Before the mid-20th century, malaria was quite common in the U.S. During the Civil War, more than one million Union soldiers came down with the disease, leading to about 10,000 deaths during the conflict, <a href="https://www.montana.edu/historybug/civilwar2/gallnippers.html#:~:text=There%20were%20over%201.3%20million,the%20disease%20were%20comparatively%20lower." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to some estimates. 
Multiple American presidents also contracted malaria during their lives, <a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/malaria-the-evil-spirit-of-the-white-house-the-first-lady-s-illness-part-two.htm#:~:text=George%20Washington%2C%20Abraham%20Lincoln%2C%20and,miasmas%2C%20and%20“musketoes.”" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/garfield-know/">James Garfield</a>.

Aedes aegypti (dengue, zika, yellow fever mosquito) biting human skin, frontal view

First Locally Transmitted Cases Of Malaria Found In U.S. In Two Decades

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A South Florida town is under quarantine to eradicate invasive giant African land snails that can grow up to eight inches long and are a danger to agriculture, infrastructure, and even humans.
The slugs were detected earlier this month in Broward County’s Miramar community, with the quarantine being <a href="https://www.fdacs.gov/News-Events/Press-Releases/2023-Press-Releases/Giant-African-Land-Snail-Quarantine-Established-in-Broward-County">ordered</a> on Tuesday by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 
According to the department, they are “one of the most damaging snails in the world, consuming at least 500 different types of plants” and <a href="https://www.foxweather.com/lifestyle/land-bug-watch-pest-fl-lissachatina-fulica">posing</a> a significant risk to the Sunshine State’s $8 billion agriculture industry. They can also <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12219023/South-Florida-community-ordered-quarantine-amid-invasive-giant-African-snails-infestation.html">chew</a> through stucco, plastic, recycling bins, and street signs, and their shells can blow out tires.
The snails also pose a significant health risk to humans. They <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/us/giant-african-land-snails-quarantine-broward-county-florida/index.html">carry</a> a parasite called <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/angiostrongylus/">rat lungworm</a>, which can cause meningitis in humans. The disease <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/parasitic.html">causes</a> membranes in the brain and spinal cord to swell, and parasitic meningitis can infect the eyes, leading to paralysis, coma, or death in serious cases. There is no treatment for this type of meningitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Under the quarantine order, it is illegal to move the snails or “plants, plant parts, plants in soil, soil, yard waste, debris, compost or building materials, within, through or from the defined quarantine area without a compliance agreement.”
The state’s Department of Agriculture is attempting to eradicate the problem using snail bait and a pesticide, which is safe for local plants. 
The snails are native to eastern Africa, and it is unclear how they arrived in Broward County. Authorities have tied the worldwide spread to the pet trade, and it is possible that someone brought snails to the U.S. as a pet, according to The Daily Mail. The importation of the giant African land snail into the country is <a href="https://www.fdacs.gov/News-Events/Press-Releases/2023-Press-Releases/Giant-African-Land-Snail-Quarantine-Established-in-Broward-County">illegal</a> without a permit.
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The last sighting of these snails in Florida was in 2022 when more than 1,000 were seen north of Tampa. An eradication effort that began in the 1960s took at least ten years to complete and cost more than $1 million.

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