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A Science News review found tear gas and pepper spray damage lungs, hearts, and skin for weeks to months after a single exposure — and regulators have never required manufacturers to prove otherwise.
Demand for therapy has outpaced supply for six consecutive weeks, and clinicians now describe war-mediated secondary traumatic stress as a population-level phenomenon, not a clinical edge case.
BA.3.2, nicknamed 'cicada,' is now circulating in 25 states and 23 countries, disproportionately infecting children — though scientists say severity has not increased.
A traditional Easter dinner for ten now costs over $125, candy prices are up 67% since 2020, and Americans are expected to spend a record $25 billion on the holiday despite the inflation burden.
The CDC reported 1,671 measles cases as of April 2 — 94 percent outbreak-associated and nearly all in unvaccinated individuals — as kindergarten vaccination rates fall below herd immunity thresholds.