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With unprecedented death toll, unique strategies needed to reverse tide, study finds. 

Researchers have found that inflammation in the lungs of rats, triggered by something as simple as the flu, may wake up a silent genetic defect that causes sudden onset cases of pulmonary hypertension, a deadly form of high blood pressure in the lungs.

BURNS, ORE. (AP) — Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs has died in a crash in Oregon's Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record.

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Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the 'wasabi receptor,' a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that's responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi. Because the toxin triggers a pain response, scientists think it can be used as a tool for studying chronic pain and inflammation, and may eventually lead to the development of new kinds of non-opioid pain relievers.  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference finally has its TV channel airing hundreds of league sporting events each year thanks in no small measure to its schools.

NEW YORK (AP) — Althea Gibson basked in a ticker-tape parade in New York a decade before Arthur Ashe won the 1968 U.S. Open.

(AP) — Social media users are calling for a boycott of Jimmy John’s after controversial photos of the fast-food sandwich chain’s CEO resurfaced online Friday. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Jamie Newman will begin the season as Wake Forest’s starting quarterback.

Chuck Woolery is mostly remembered for his role as a "game show host."Trending on Twitter today after posting the following tweet:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former NFL and Texas running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.

ATLANTA – A federal grand jury has indicted Todd and Julie Chrisley, the stars of the reality television show Chrisley Knows Best, on multiple counts of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion.  The Chrisleys’ accountant, Peter Tarantino, has also been indicted on tax-related offenses.    

Science Daily -- A study of over 1,000 healthy women with no urinary tract infection symptoms showed nearly 9% carried multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli strains in their guts. Additional findings highlight likely reasons behind the pandemic of resistant E. coli strains.

Stevens team repurposes smartphone-style motion sensors to reduce stillbirths

WUNC 91.5 North Carolina Public Radio News -- Forecasters Predict A More Active Hurricane Season
By WILL MICHAELS • AUG 8, 2019    

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What happened: EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler exempted farms from reporting hazardous air emissions from animal waste. Prior to this action, farms that emitted 100 pounds or more of ammonia or hydrogen sulfide per day into the air were required to report to local agencies.