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Case 1 A 58-year-old woman presents for evaluation of palmar blisters that appeared 2 months ago. The blisters are intensely pruritic and the severity of itching waxes and wanes. The [...]

Case 1 A 45-year-old man presents with monomorphic 1-mm vesicles on an erythematous base on the lateral left thigh distributed linearly along the L5 dermatome. He describes that he felt [...]

Case #1 An 18-month-old baby presents with a widespread pruritic rash involving the face, trunk, and extremities that began 2 days ago. Approximately 10 days before the rash appeared, the [...]

CASE #1 A 62-year-old man with hypertension, obesity, and gout presents with a 4-day history of fever, rash, abdominal pain, and lymphadenopathy. Five weeks earlier, the patient was hospitalized for [...]

CORPORATE-RUN AGRICULTURAL CO-OPS ARE SQUEEZING THE VERY FARMERS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT. MAKING THEM WORK AGAIN COULD HELP REVIVE THE HEARTLAND. Should you ever find yourself crossing the Coon Prairie, [...]

A 29-year-old woman with a history of acne presents to the clinic with 3 discrete, atrophic, blue-tinged plaques on her face. The plaques were located on her forehead and cheeks [...]

Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey by Reid Mitenbuler Viking, 320 pp. Perusing the shelves of your local liquor store, you're presented with dozens of whiskeys to [...]

The article discusses the legal seizure of land owned by descendants of the enslaved. Topics discussed include the history of the Allen family of Hilton Head whose land is classified as heirs' property, the significance of land ownership for freed slaves and their descendants, factors contributing to the loss of black-owned land during the 20th century and partition sales as a cause of the dispossession crisis.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that workers in Colorado who contracted bird flu were working in extreme heat and under large fans, which made it difficult for them to wear protective equipment. The CDC confirmed four cases and a fifth presumptive positive case of bird flu among Colorado farm workers who were killing infected chickens. Four other farm workers in Michigan, Texas, and Colorado have also contracted avian flu this year. The risk to the general public from bird flu remains low, and there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission. The CDC is not recommending that livestock workers be vaccinated against bird flu. [Extracted from the article]

Four companies decide what meat you eat, two choose what milk you buy, and soon only one will determine what beer you drink. Are we all fine with that? Concentration [...]

Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (And Winning) by Marion Nestle Oxford University Press, 528 pp. Excess sugar intake is killing Americans. But a few giant, consolidated beverage companies keep [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will extend a trial program allowing six pork plants in the United States to operate at faster processing-line speeds for up to 90 days. The program aims to collect data on how these increased speeds impact meatpacking workers. This decision is seen as a victory for major meat companies like Tyson Foods and JBS SA, as well as their farmers, who have been facing financial losses. However, some activist groups, such as Food & Water Watch, have expressed concerns about the program's potential risks to food safety. The plants participating in the trial were required to implement worker safety measures and collect data on the impact of line speeds on workers, which will be shared with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The USDA has stated that the data collected so far is insufficient to assess the impact on workers, and further data and a study will be conducted in the next 90 days. The proximity of these plants to a significant number of hogs in the U.S. makes them crucial for processing supplies, and without USDA action, there were concerns that pork prices could rise and demand for hogs could decrease. [Extracted from the article]

The article informs that Insurance payments to U.S. farmers for crops lost to droughts and flooding have risen more than threefold over the past 25 years, according to an analysis of data by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). It mentions federal crop insurance program requires farmers to meet minimal conservation standards; and also mentions report reinforces concerns that insuring the nation's crops will get more expensive for insurance companies.

A proposed bill in Nebraska’s state legislature would overturn a ban on the corporate ownership of hogs, allowing giant meatpackers to take even more control of the American meat industry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the tradition of populism in the U.S. Topics discussed include the political philosophy of populists, democratic republicanism of former presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and energy of combating amongst populists. Also being discussed are the ownership of private property, monopolies, and anti-Semites.