Twenty-five years after reporting from Ground Zero, Fox News Senior Correspondent Eric Shawn is battling skin cancer and undergoing prostate cancer surveillance, and newly released government documents show officials knew the air he breathed was far from safe. Shawn, 69, a New York native who has covered the September 11 anniversary from lower Manhattan every […] The post Fox News correspondent Eric Shawn confronts 9/11 cancer diagnosis as buried air quality records surface appeared first on American Almanac .
Twenty-five years after reporting from Ground Zero, Fox News Senior Correspondent Eric Shawn is battling skin cancer and undergoing prostate cancer surveillance, and newly released government documents show officials knew the air he breathed was far from safe. Shawn, 69, a New York native who has covered the September 11 anniversary from lower Manhattan every year since the attacks, disclosed his diagnosis during a live 2025 "Fox and Friends" segment that left his colleagues visibly stunned. His skin cancer is linked to the toxic dust and smoke he inhaled while reporting from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in the days after the towers fell. His Prostate-Specific Antigen level, a key marker doctors use to screen for prostate…Open
The CDC has officially ended its investigation into the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak in American history, but the questions about how contaminated lettuce from a politically connected produce giant sickened thousands across 21 states are far from settled. Federal health officials on September 11 declared the lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak over after recording 12,883 lab-confirmed cases […] The post CDC declares largest known cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history over after nearly 13,000 confirmed cases appeared first on American Almanac .
The CDC has officially ended its investigation into the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak in American history, but the questions about how contaminated lettuce from a politically connected produce giant sickened thousands across 21 states are far from settled. Federal health officials on September 11 declared the lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak over after recording 12,883 lab-confirmed cases across 21 states since May 1. The contaminated iceberg lettuce, grown by Taylor Farms at operations in Mexico, reached consumers through Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Walmart before the company issued a voluntary recall on July 17. Nationally, total cyclosporiasis cases hit 19,595 across 49 states and Washington, D.C., with 1,043…Open
More than four in ten Bronx residents say they feel lonely, making the borough New York's most isolated county, a finding that lands in a state already ranked among the loneliest in America. An August 2026 report from Mood.com, a cannabis sales site, analyzed CDC data on community, mood, and loneliness covering 39 states and […] The post The Bronx tops New York's loneliness rankings, with 41% of residents reporting isolation appeared first on American Almanac .
More than four in ten Bronx residents say they feel lonely, making the borough New York's most isolated county, a finding that lands in a state already ranked among the loneliest in America. An August 2026 report from Mood.com, a cannabis sales site, analyzed CDC data on community, mood, and loneliness covering 39 states and 184.2 million American adults. Bronx County came in first among New York's loneliest counties, with a 41% loneliness rate, meaning roughly four out of every ten adults in a borough of more than 1.4 million people told federal surveyors they feel lonely always, usually, or sometimes. The New York Post reported the full county-by-county breakdown. Queens followed at 39.4%. Manhattan came in third at 38.1%. Brooklyn…Open
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the Cyclospora outbreak related to Taylor Farms lettuce over Friday, though the Food and Drug Administration says its investigation remains ongoing. The big picture: Thousands of people fell ill as the outbreak rapidly surged throughout the country this summer as federal authorities searched for its origin amid a backdrop of overlapping food safety investigations . Driving the news: "This outbreak has ended. The number of recent infections linked to the outbreak has significantly declined," the CDC said in a Friday update, noting the "contaminated lettuce linked to this outbreak is no longer available in stores or restaurants." This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
During his speech at the GOP midterm convention on Friday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized his former political party. "Neither my father nor my uncle would recognize the Democratic Party of today," he said. Kennedy said the Democratic party has abandoned it's traditional values, and criticized the Biden administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, among other issues. He said the political fight in the United States is no longer between the right and the left, but rather "the sane and the insane" and "common sense and communism." Kennedy also said that conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated one year ago Friday, had a major role in bringing him and President Trump together. Kennedy also touted his…
When a truck driver unexpectedly collapsed and died in a remote village, frontline medical staff scrambled to safely isolate his body, triggering a standoff.
