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Promoting safe sleep practices for infants

With October being Infant Safe Sleep Month in Michigan, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department wants to remind everyone of the importance of infant safe sleep. Sleep-related deaths can occur at any point during infancy, which is from birth to 1 year old, the DIDHD warns in a news release. In Michigan, they are the leading cause of death among infants, with suffocation being the most common cause. Statewide, 1.3 sleep-related infant deaths occur per 1,000 live births. In 2022, 150 Michigan babies died due to sleep-related causes. Infants have suffocated while sleeping in adult ...

The Guardian says Russia is testing U.S. and allies with airspace incursions

The sheer volume of headlines tells its own tale. Russian drones over Poland and Romania. Russian fighter jets in Estonian airspace. Russian aircraft buzzing a German naval frigate in the Baltic Sea. Unidentified drones over Copenhagen and Oslo airports. Most recently, in the early hours of Thursday, further drones appearing at other Danish airports. In just over a fortnight, European states have reported a striking spate of incursions into their airspace. Russia has repeatedly denied responsibility and questions remain over individual events: so far, Denmark has said only that a ...

The Washington Post on the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

One of the United States’ most successful regional trade pacts, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, expires at midnight on Tuesday, with no extension in sight. That’s a shame, because the 25-year-old trade deal has helped create jobs, reduce poverty and bolster the economies of some of the continent’s poorest countries. But all is not yet lost. Some African leaders, who have been lobbying in Washington and on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, have returned home hopeful that Congress could pass a short extension of AGOA before the end of the year. “They ...

Four tips that can improve cybersecurity

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Accordingly, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is partnering with the Wisconsin Department of Administration and the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs to promote simple ways consumers and businesses in the state can protect themselves from common risks that come with using the internet and modern technology, the DACTP states in a news release. As part of the national “Secure Our World” campaign, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency recommends four actions that can improve ...

Many New York minutes before new mayor gets elected

Right before New York's Democratic mayoral primary, political seers declared with enormous confidence that Andrew Cuomo would easily beat Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. They were wrong. Now, about a month before the general election where Cuomo is running as an independent, the same ...

Medicare fraud active in area, region

We trust that a front page story in Wednesday’s Mining Journal relative to what appears to be the latest fraud being perpetrated on local people caught readers’ attention. The story detailed a growing trend of Medicare fraud in the area and region. Marquette Police Department officers issued the following advisement: “The Marquette Police Department would like to make residents aware of an uptick in reported Medicare fraud incidents locally,” said Marquette Police in a public release. “Medicare beneficiaries have reported fraudulent billing for durable medical equipment they ...