The Daily Populous

Thursday September 4th, 2025 evening edition

image for Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.

Most Americans still don’t know that alcohol can cause cancer — and the alcohol industry is working hard to make sure it stays that way.

Though the vibes around alcohol are shifting, a lot of people still don’t fully understand alcohol’s health consequences.

Surveys have found that while the percentage of Americans who know that alcohol is a carcinogen has been rising, it is still below 50 percent.

By the end of the year, the federal government will issue new dietary guidelines — something that happens every five years — which include recommended limits on alcohol consumption.

They all emphasized that they had sought to conduct a study that would fairly represent America’s alcohol consumption.

Two of the initial co-authors for that report were removed after objections over their reported connections to the alcohol industry.

Will it change the dietary guidelines as rumored and eliminate a specific recommended limit on alcohol consumption? »

Russian economy hits 'technical stagnation,' biggest bank chief warns of 'close to zero' growth

Authored by kyivindependent.com
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Russia's economy slowed sharply from April-June of 2025 and has entered a phase of "technical stagnation," German Gref, the head of Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, said on Sept. 3.

"July and August show pretty clear signs that we're getting close to zero (economic growth).".

The Central Bank expects growth to slow in the third quarter and approach zero in late 2025. »

In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements

Authored by arstechnica.com

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday alongside Governor Ron DeSantis.

That vulnerable people, such as newborns and the immunocompromised, may be unnecessarily exposed to vaccine-preventable, life-threatening diseases is just "part of the experience of life," Ladapo claimed.

He also called mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which saved millions of lives at the height of the pandemic, "poison. »