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Gut bacteria changes from toxic ‘forever chemicals’ can decrease kidney function, research also suggestsA new study links toxic PFAS “forever chemical” exposure in young adults to reduced gut health, which researchers suspect is a driver of kidney disease later in life.Kidney disease is one of the well-established health problems linked to PFAS exposure, and the new research suggests changes in gut bacteria and associated metabolites caused by the chemicals seems to be responsible for up to 50% of a decrease in kidney function seen over a four-year period. Continue reading...

Calling the Harris-Trump race could take days – here’s what to know about the presidential and congressional resultsUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesOver the last 25 years, Americans have regularly found themselves up into the early morning hours waiting for news organizations to make the decisive call of the last state needed to put a presidential candidate in the White House, and to learn who controls Congress.A moment like this on election night in 2000 led to our common language of Republican states as red states and Democratic states as blue states, as the US watched the Meet the Press host Tim Russert on NBC talk late through the night about what was happening in Florida.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

While Republicans are looking to expand control of the lower chamber, Democrats need only five seats to winUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesAll 435 members of the US House of Representatives face re-election on Tuesday, with Republicans looking to expand their narrow majority after two chaotic years in power.Control of the lower chamber appears to be a true toss-up, as Democrats only need to win five more seats than they did in 2022 to regain their majority. The country may have to wait days to learn who won the House, given that it took more than a week to make that call in 2022, but early results in battlegrounds like North Carolina’s first district and Virginia’s seventh district will give the first clues as to how Americans voted. Continue reading...

Party faces uphill struggles with incumbents trying to hold 23 seats while only 11 Republicans are up for re-electionUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesThirty-four seats in the US Senate – one-third of the 100-member chamber – are up for grabs on Tuesday in contests that could influence the makeup of the new administration, impact the balance on the supreme court and shape policy on areas ranging from foreign affairs to abortion.Democrats are trying to cling to a one-seat majority with the knowledge that the odds appear stacked against them given the impending retirement of the West Virginia senator Joe Manchin and the likelihood that his seat will almost certainly fall to a Republican. Continue reading...