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Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Springfield schools raises 67,000 meals in Ozarks Food Harvest competition
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield Public Schools (SPS) has raised over 67,000 meals during the 2025 Food Fight this year. According to an Ozarks Food Harvest press release, SPS students and various organizations participated in the 14th annual Food Fight competition to support Ozarks Food Harvest in March and April. The contest involved 38 schools and four administrative offices collecting food and funds over a two-week period to support The Food Bank, the release says. 'The partnership with Ozarks Food Harvest has not only helped alleviate immediate needs but also fostered a nurturing environment where students and their families feel supported and valued,' Jessica Blake, coordinator of community relations for SPS, said in a press release. 'We are grateful for our ongoing partnership, the support they give to us and the families we serve.' Food donated from the contest will be distributed through Ozark Food Harvest's 28-county service area. Funds will be used for the Weekend Backpack Program that gives meals to over 49 children. This year's winners included Study High School, Westport K-8, Wilson's Creek Intermediate, Boyd Elementary, Cowden Elementary, Mark Twain Elementary, McBride Elementary, York Elementary and Mallory ECC. 'We're so proud to work with Springfield Public Schools, presenting sponsor Rapid Roberts and other partnering organizations across Springfield for Food Fight,' Bart Brown, president at Ozarks Food Harvest, said in the release. 'These meals will go a long way toward helping the 1 in 5 children and 1 in 6 adults who face hunger here in the Ozarks.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
28-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Hundreds of women ready to sue over contraceptive jab linked to brain tumours - as doctor warns prescribing drug 'verges on medical negligence'
Hundreds of women in the UK are considering taking legal action over fears a contraceptive jab has put them at risk of a potentially fatal brain tumour. Every month, about 10,000 prescriptions are handed out in England for medroxyprogesterone acetate, known under the brand name Depo-Provera, NHS data shows. But a study, published last year, revealed women who had used it for more than a year were five times more likely to suffer a meningioma, a type of brain tumour. It is non-cancerous but can kill by compressing the brain and nerves if it grows too big. Last October, UK watchdog the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority called for the injection's manufacturer Pfizer to include a warning about the risk in patient information leaflets. Pfizer also wrote to NHS doctors urging them to stop women from using Depo-Provera immediately if they were diagnosed with a meningioma. The study by France's National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety analysed data on more than 18,000 women in France who'd had surgery for meningioma between 2009 and 2018. While the number who developed a tumour while using the jab was small, the risk was significantly higher than for those not on it. MailOnline reported earlier this month how an 18-year-old was advised by her gynaecologist to take the injection to avoid having her period. Jessica Blake said she has suffered 20 seizures since first taking the injection in January 2024 which she described as 'utterly terrifying'. While no doctor has been able to directly correlate Ms Blake's seizures with the medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera) injection, Ms Blake believes there 'has to be' a connection, given that she suffered from no prior medical conditions. She said: 'I've gone to A&E every time I've had these seizures and my most recent one led to me ending up in recuse. 'It's so frustrating and I feel lost. It's like a burden on my shoulder – I can't go out without worrying I'm going to have another seizure.' About 400 US women have launched a class action against Pfizer and other generic makers of the jab. They allege that the firms were aware of the link with meningioma but failed to adequately warn users of the risks. All the women developed meningiomas after using the jab for at least a year. Ahead of a court hearing on Friday in Florida, Virginia Buchanan, from US law firm Levin Papantonio, said: 'This will bring us closer to achieving justice for women who have never been warned about the increased risk of developing a brain tumour.' A UK medical legal expert, who did not want to be identified, said his firm had been approached by about 200 women who feared the jab was to blame for their meningioma or had put them at increased risk of it.
