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High-paying remote work jobs fading fast: Study

By Kelsey Kernstine

A new study by job-seeking website Ladders found that high-paying remote jobs fell nearly 60%, while hybrid job availability fell 95% over the past year. Plus, a survey by Resume Builder found that 90% of companies out of the 1,000 surveyed said they expect a full five-day week return to the office by the end of this year. For those looking to make $250,000 or more annually, only 4% of those jobs are available for remote work. A year ago, it was 10%.

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Possible mortgage crisis looms for millions

By Rich Johnson

About 1.7 million homes were bought in 2019 using adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs). Many of them were “5/1” loans: five years of a lower fixed interest rate, then a conversion to a market-based rate that’s adjusted once or twice a year. That means a mortgage based on a 2019 interest rate of 3.5% or even lower may balloon to around 6.5%. And that is a significantly higher monthly payment that many people won’t be able to afford.

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Several family members infected with parasite after eating bear meat: CDC

By Cindy Bahe and Addy Bink

Nine family members from three states (Arizona, Minnesota, and South Dakota) attended a 2022 family gathering in South Dakota. One of the family members had harvested a bear in northern Saskatchewan and bear meat kebobs were served at the gathering. Several family members, including a 12-year-old girl, were ultimately diagnosed with trichinellosis, a roundworm infection.

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How do service dogs help people with PTSD?

By Steph Whiteside

Service dogs can help provide support and independence to people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. One study found the most important role PTSD service dogs play is disrupting anxiety attacks. In 2021, President Biden signed the PAWS Act, which created a pilot program to have veterans with PTSD and service dogs help train other dogs.

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Feature of the Week: mRNA vaccine by UPenn scientists could manage bird flu outbreak

By Cassie Buchman

Researchers at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine have developed a new experimental mRNA vaccine for H5N1. H5N1, or bird flu, is circulating in birds and cattle and, in rare instances, can spread to people. “The mRNA technology allows us to be much more agile in developing vaccines; we can start creating a mRNA vaccine within hours of sequencing a new viral strain with pandemic potential,” Scott Hensley, a professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, said.

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