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The 2017 NFL preseason schedule includes eight nationally televised games, including the preseason-opening Hall of Fame Game, which this year features the Cowboys and Cardinals. MORE: When is Super Bowl 2018? Here is the 2017 NFL preseason schedule, presented team-by-team, then week-by-week. You can also see the full 2017 regular-season schedule here. Preseason NFL schedule 2017: Team-by-team — Buffalo Bills Minnesota at Philadelphia at Baltimore Detroit — Miami Dolphins Atlanta...

Obama’s plans haven’t been officially disclosed, but the players are already talking about playing in front of the country’s most powerful basketball fan. MORE: Predictions for 2015-16 NBA season “Tonight it’ll be cool to see the president there,” Kevin Love said. “I don’t know who he’ll be with, but you can tell he’s going to be in the building by all the suits running around.” Obama, who met with the World Cup champion U....

Trump has said that his health care plan would not affect coverage for pre-existing conditions, a point he emphasized during Tuesday’s town hall. In June, the Trump administration filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the individual mandate. Under that mandate which was part of the Affordable Care Act—also known as Obamacare—by former President Barack Obama, Americans must purchase health insurance or face a tax penalty for being uninsured....

General Tips The primary aim is to avoid the introduction of harmful bacteria into the urinary tract, either as a result of bathroom habits or sexual activity. The secondary aim is to maintain your urinary tract health and make it less vulnerable to infection. Everyone can benefit from the same prevention tips, including: Cleanse your genitals before and after sex: Warm water and a plain, mild soap will generally do the trick....

This article will explain how the preventive care rules work, what services are covered, and what you need to be aware of in terms of potential costs when you go to the doctor for a check-up. So, what exactly counts as preventive care? Here’s the list of preventive care services for adults that, if recommended for you by your healthcare provider, must be provided free of cost-sharing. Children have a different list, and there’s also an additional list of fully covered preventive services for women....

(Please note that while these screenings may sound like they are free, they may not be. See note below.) Here are partial lists of the kinds of services and tests that are available through this program. Preventive Health Screenings for All Adults Abdominal aortic aneurysm one-time screening for people assigned male at birth of specified ages who have ever smoked Alcohol misuse screening and counseling Aspirin use for adults of certain ages Blood pressure screening for all adults Cholesterol screening for adults of certain ages or at higher risk Colorectal cancer screening for adults over 50 Depression screening for adults Diet counseling for adults at higher risk of chronic disease HIV screening for all adults at high risk Immunizations recommended for age and population including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, herpes zoster, human papillomavirus, influenza, MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), meningococcal, pneumococcal, TDAP (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis), and varicella....

WEYMOUTH: What do you hope to get out of your upcoming talks with the U.S. administration? PRIMAKOV: I look forward to successful negotiations. I believe they can be successful because we have many coinciding interests. I think that it’s not only us who understands the importance of the United States, but the United States has not lost the ability to appreciate our importance, despite the difficulties we are living through now....

Depending on the type of health insurance you have, your insurer may require you to have a PCP. But even if you’re not required to have a PCP, it’s still in your best interest to have one—they can help you navigate complex health situations if they arise, and will already know you and understand your medical history if and when you need more extensive care. As we’ll discuss below, there are several types of medical providers who can serve as your PCP, depending on your needs....

Researchers are using rhesus macaques as part of their push to develop a juvenile vaccine for the disease. The monkeys have immune systems similar to human children. “We are testing some of the vaccines in infant monkeys. We started these experiments in September. We started with 16 monkeys. They were at that time 3 to 4 months of age,” researcher Koen Van Rompay told CBS13. Rhesus macaques have played a key role in research around HIV and the Zika virus....

It is a type of dwarfism that is responsible for some of the smallest people in the world. Adults typically don’t grow taller than 40 inches and often have a high-pitched voice due to a narrowing of the voicebox. In people with Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism Type II (MOPDII), which is one of the five genetic disorders that are currently grouped under primordial dwarfism, adult brain size is about that of a 3-month-old infant....

It was announced on Thursday, per Deadline, that the royal’s car crash interview with Emily Maitlis for Newsnight regarding his friendship with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is to be the subject of a feature length movie titled Scoops. The announcement of the project comes after Andrew made a failed attempt to return to public life in June when it was announced that he intended to take part in the annual Garter Day ceremonies at Windsor Castle....

Virginia Giuffre is suing the Duke of York on allegations he sexually abused her while she was a 17-year-old trafficking victim. However, Queen Elizabeth II’s son told the BBC in November 2019 he had no recollection of meeting her—despite a picture of the pair at the house of his friend, Ghislaine Maxwell. A court filing by Giuffre’s lawyers reads: “In November 2019, after Epstein’s second arrest and death in federal custody, Prince Andrew voluntarily sat for an interview with the BBC....

While working at Coutts, Harry Keogh, 60, was accused of touching a young female banker’s groin to indicate the location of an injury he had, according to the Wall Street Journal. At another meeting, the woman, in her 20s, who had been a graduate trainee months earlier, asked him if it was feeling better and he asked her to touch his own groin, the newspaper reported. An investigation by Coutts, one of the oldest banks in the world and where the queen keeps her money, led to a final written warning....

The Metropolitan Police told Newsweek they requested access to bombshell leaked messages published by a media company about The Prince’s Foundation. It comes after The Sunday Times reported the police’s special inquiry team sent a formal letter requesting correspondence between royal aides. The charity’s chief executive, Michael Fawcett, recently resigned over allegations he offered to help secure a knighthood and citizenship for a Saudi billionaire in exchange for donations....

The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund received the money in 2013 from Bakr bin Laden, patriarch of the wealthy Saudi family, and his brother Shafiq, according to The Sunday Times. Both are half-brothers of the former leader of al-Qaeda who masterminded the September 11, 2001, attacks and was killed by U.S. special forces in Pakistan in 2011. There is no suggestion that Bakr or Shafiq bin Laden sponsored or supported acts of terrorism and the family disowned Osama bin Laden almost 20 years ago....

Either way, this was the result. [via SB Nation]

Harry and Meghan announced their soon-to-be-second release through digital streaming platform Netflix on Monday, with a slick trailer featuring interviews with prominent change-makers such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem. Netflix has billed the seven-episode series—which the royal couple will present—as having been inspired by the legacy of former South African president Nelson Mandela, a leader of whom Harry has spoken at length to express his admiration and respect....

The Charity Commission is still deciding whether to launch a full inquiry into Sussex Royal, set up by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and The Royal Foundation, run by Prince William and Kate Middleton. Anti-monarchy campaigners Republic accused the two organizations of inappropriate use of funds and putting the relationship between the brothers ahead of the interests of their causes. The watchdog’s staff have now asked Sussex Royal and The Royal Foundation for evidence....

Fans of the couple rallied behind them on social media, offering support as the couple, who have been living in California since 2020, enters a new stage of life as private (but still very public) citizens. “Congratulations to Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, for making a life of their own. I think they will prove it’s perfectly possible to serve their community and charitable interests outside ’the firm,’” one person tweeted on Friday....

On Thursday, publishers Penguin Random House announced that the highly anticipated memoir will be released globally on January 10, 2023 under the title Spare. The project had initially been given a tentative “late 2022” release date with speculation of delays circulating in the press for a number of months. A press release distributed on Thursday read: “Spare takes readers immediately back to one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror....