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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization's European office on Thursday denounced a decline in condom use among adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to Central Asia.The findings are published in WHO Europe's latest report on health behaviours in school-age children and come from a survey of around 250,000 15-year-olds in 42 countries conducted between 2014 and 2022.”While results vary widely across countries and regions, the most important trend observed since the 2014 (Survey on Health Behaviour of School-Age Children) is the decline in condom use among sexually active 15-year-olds…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization's European office on Thursday denounced a decline in condom use among adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to Central Asia.The findings are published in WHO Europe's latest report on health behaviours in school-age children and come from a survey of around 250,000 15-year-olds in 42 countries conducted between 2014 and 2022.”While results vary widely across countries and regions, the most important trend observed since the 2014 (Survey on Health Behaviour of School-Age Children) is the decline in condom use among sexually active 15-year-olds…

Star Wars Outlaws' Early Access period has passed, and the countdown to the full release has begun.As Kay Vess, you can live out your Han Solo-esque rogue fantasy in Ubisoft's open-world setting in a galaxy far, far away. Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, there's plenty of mayhem to come, with notorious factions changing how you view them depending on how you deal with them, and of course, you'll bump into Jabba the Hutt along the way.We've played Ubisoft's latest title ourselves, and in our Star Wars Outlaws review we called it “a really fun…

A female Culex mosquito collected in Maryland. This species of mosquito has been linked to the transmission of West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis. Photo from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Vermont health officials are advising residents in towns at high risk for eastern equine encephalitis to take extra precautions by staying indoors from dusk to dawn and avoiding contact with potentially infected mosquitoes. The virus, which can cause deadly illness in humans, has been detected in mosquitoes in 11 Vermont towns this year, the Vermont Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Markets…

Speaking on “Making Money,” Beth Kindig, chief technology analyst at I/O Fund, explains what's causing Nvidia's recent stock price decline. Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Nvidia released its latest second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, showing the company's continued AI-driven momentum and beating analyst expectations. Wall Street expected Nvidia to post earnings per share of $0.64, up 137.5% year over year, on revenue estimated at $28.7 billion, up 112.5% ​​year over year, according to LSEG data. Earnings per share were $0.68 on revenue of $30.04 billion.Revenue from data center, Nvidia's largest business segment, was expected to rise 144% from last year to…

Salesforce (CRM) reported second-quarter results on Wednesday, beating expectations on both revenue and profit, reporting revenue of $9.33 billion (versus $9.23 billion expected) and adjusted earnings per share of $2.56 (versus $2.35 expected). The company also announced that revenue grew 8% year over year and raised its full-year revenue outlook.Third Bridge analyst Charlie Miner joins Market Domination Overtime to provide insight into Salesforce's earnings and what investors should expect going forward.”I think what a lot of people are excited about right now is the beat-up adjusted operating margin result. Profitability has been a total focus for Salesforce over the last…

Maryland farmers are using new technologies to produce more crops and better protect the environment.To that end, The Mill in Whitehall hosted a crop exhibition on Wednesday to teach farmers how to improve soil health.”We hope farmers continue to find better ways to do things that have less impact on their communities and more impact on their yields,” said Ben Hashon, a partner at The Mill.Hassion said some of the new tools that can help improve soil health include drones, different types of fertilizers and biological pesticides. Right now, they are testing a number of products to see how they…

August 28, 2024 Urban Air, the world's largest indoor adventure park, is opening in Sioux Falls. Attractions vary by location, but Urban Air Parks typically have more than 20 interactive activities for all ages, including trampolines, laser tag, bumper cars, and climbing walls. The indoor theme park is set to open in the former Hobby Lobby shopping center on 41st Street between Grange and West Streets. “This is the largest indoor entertainment venue ever built in Sioux Falls,” said Ryan Tisdall, vice president of commercial real estate for Van Buskirk Corp. “It's a brand new offering that's never been seen…

In fantasy football, breakout players come into play: they appear out of nowhere and bring big results to their team. Nico Collins, CJ Stroud and Puka Nacua were breakout stars in 2023. None of these players were projected to be fantasy players in 2023, nor were any of these players’ breakouts predicted. Fantasy football is a game of predictions, and while they're never 100% accurate, you can try to predict breakouts as best you can. Let's take a closer look at four late-round wide receivers to watch in your 2024 fantasy draft.Check out all of our fantasy football rankings for…

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia community group is working to support Black and brown mothers and improve breastfeeding rates, who are less likely to breastfeed their babies and have more health problems than white mothers, according to the CDC.Now a group called CocoLife is aiming to change that trend.Elolene Watkins and her 3-month-old baby, Miles, talk with a doula about postpartum health.They are living together in Germantown through a resource platform for mothers called CocoLife.”The mortality and morbidity disparities for black mothers and babies are astronomical,” said CocoLife founder Alexia Doumbuya. Doumbouya founded CocoLife to improve the health of black…