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NFL says concussions dropped to a record low in 2024, but there’s ‘more work’ to do newsthirst.

NFL players suffered the fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since the league began tracking data nine years ago. The total decline from 2023 was 17%, including all practices and games in both the preseason and regular season. League executive Jeff Miller and NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills cited several reasons for…

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Bibby Stockholm barge towed away, 18 months after arriving in Dorset | Bibby Stockholm newsthirst.

Eighteen months after it arrived at Portland Port in Dorset, the empty asylum seeker barge Bibby Stockholm has been towed away from its mooring. The barge, which only ever provided accommodation for about 400 single male asylum seekers a night at maximum occupancy, has cost the taxpayer at least £34.8m, according to the National Audit…

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Microplastics in placentas linked to premature births, study suggests | Plastics newsthirst.

A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in those from full-term births. The levels were much higher than previously detected in blood, suggesting the tiny plastic particles were accumulating in the placenta. But the higher average levels found in the shorter pregnancies were a…

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