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Micah Parsons' brother defends Josh Jacobs for maybe being guilty of only 'a shove' of ex-girlfriend
Terrence Parsons Jr. is the older brother of Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons and, aside from that, he's known for controversial opinions about the NFL. But on Thursday evening big brother stepped on a figurative landmine.
That's because Parsons Jr. decided to discuss the Josh Jacobs legal situation that is now the top story for the Packers. And it was a disaster.
Jacobs is in the investigative crosshairs of both the Brown County District Attorney and the NFL after being charged with misdemeanor battery on his ex-girlfriend. He's also charged with damaging her phone.
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It's a rough situation because, as OutKick reported on Thursday, the DA's office says it has surveillance video from a garage camera of the alleged physical altercation between the running back and the woman.
So, what's the problem for Parsons Jr.?
He apparently doesn't think Jacobs allegedly knocking down the woman and busting up her phone, resulting in the misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property, is that serious.
Certainly not serious enough to cost Jacobs his NFL career.
"A shove?" Parsons typed on X. "Yall gotta relax anger gets the best out of anyone everyone deserves a second chance misdemeanors at that."
Ooof.
Parsons Jr. diminished the seriousness of what Jacobs allegedly did and rightly got ratioed for that opinion.
But the backlash made him sit down, reflect, consider that an NFL player knocking down a female is never a good idea, and then the brother to one of the league's best pass rushers walked it all back.
No he didn't. He doubled down.
"I’ll never be afraid to stand on what I believe in," Parsons Jr., then posted. "yall act like he sucker punched that girl this ain’t a ray rice situation never said he was right but it ain’t right calling for that man’s career."
This is where it must be stressed that Terrence Parsons Jr.'s opinion does not necessarily reflect that of Micah Parsons.
But Parsons Jr. bills himself as a "media personality," who is well known to Dallas Cowboys fans (and the team) for sharing opinions that make the organization cringe because of who he's related to is his thing.
It would not be surprising if the Packers are not happy with this. This opinion will very likely result in Micah Parsons at some point having to answer for his brother's defense of Jacobs.
Parsons Jr. is right in that he recognizes Jacobs is in deep trouble regardless of whether he is convicted of the two charges that carry up to an 18-month combined jail sentence or not.
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The NFL is investigating Jacobs. It can, at its discretion, hand down discipline that could include a six-game suspension for Jacobs violating the league's Personal Conduct Policy.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell can also decide to place Jacobs on the exempt list, which is basically a paid suspension until the matter is decided.
But Jacobs' status is also at risk long-term if the video District Attorney David L. Lasee described in his incident report indeed shows the NFL player allegedly knocking down his ex-girlfriend.
That could potentially put Jacobs at risk of getting the Ray Rice treatment from NFL teams who want nothing to do with the bad publicity of having him on their roster.
Parsons Jr. recognizes that.
And he decided minimizing what Jacobs did to try to help avoid that for his brother's teammate was the way he wanted to address the matter.
Free climber stranded on Georgia rock face calls 911, prompting dramatic rescue by firefighter
A free climber who called 911 after becoming stranded on a Georgia cliff face was rescued Tuesday by a firefighter who rappelled down to reach him.
The climber, who hasn't been identified by authorities, was stuck on the west face of Mount Yonah, a 3,166-foot mountain ridge in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in North Georgia.
According to White County Public Safety officials, the man called 911 at around 7 p.m. to report that he was unable to safely climb up or down the mountain.
Authorities used a drone to locate the man, who was standing on a 20" by 20" ledge approximately 260 feet up the mountain.
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White County firefighter Will Roper rappelled down the mountain to reach the man. Drone video showed Roper maneuvering beneath him before securing him in a harness and clipping him to the rope. The climber was then hoisted to the top of the mountain.
The entire rescue operation took about 42 minutes, officials said.
Roper told FOX 5 Atlanta said this was the first time he's had to rescue someone on a mountain.
"I've done a lot with dummies and a lot with other firefighters in training, but that's the first time that I've ever done it, kind of in the heat of the moment with a live subject," Roper said.
"It was a little nerve-racking going over the edge," he added.
Roper said the climber was strikingly calm, telling FOX 5 he jokingly asked him: "Have you been rescued before? You're pretty good at this."
The climber told Roper that he had experience with Mount Yonah but simply picked the wrong route and got stuck.
"I've been on kind of a high since then, just to have the first rescue," Roper said, adding that he was glad to be able to help someone using his technical training.
Popular beach town rejects noise, trash and traffic as it weighs stricter vacation rental rules
A popular Florida beach community is weighing tighter rules for its short-term vacation rentals after full-time residents have raised concerns about visitors' noise, overflowing trash and parking complications.
The proposal under consideration for Pensacola Beach could create a registry for vacation rentals. It could require owners to designate someone who can be reached 24/7 when problems arise, according to reports.
Rhonda Dorfman, president of Pensacola Beach Advocates and a full-time resident of the island, told Fox News Digital that one concern is giving law enforcement a clear point of contact when complaints are made at rental properties.
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"The sheriff's deputies have a very difficult time finding out who's in charge here," Dorfman said, noting that calls can involve complaints about noise and underage drinking.
She said many problems are tied to larger vacation homes that can accommodate dozens of guests.
"It's not the three- and four-person families that come out to the beach," Dorfman said.
Instead, she said, some homes "sleep 30 or 40 people — and that is where we're getting the problems."
Large groups can also put pressure on parking and trash collection, she said.
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"If you have a home that sleeps 30 or 40 people, even if you put five people in a car, that's six cars," Dorfman said.
Trash left outside between guest checkouts and scheduled collection days has also become a concern, she indicated.
"That trash sits out there in the heat. It stinks. It's ugly," she said.
Noise can become another issue at night, with Pensacola Beach's noise ordinance taking effect at 10 p.m., according to Dorfman.
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Still, she noted that vacationers come to Pensacola Beach to enjoy themselves during the summer.
"You work 50 weeks out of the year, you save up for your vacation, and you want to have a good time," she said.
"We know you're here on vacation, and we want you to have a wonderful time, but you are in a residential community," Dorfman said.
Online discussions reveal the competing perspectives on tourism.
Some Reddit commenters have pushed back against criticism of visitors, pointing to the economic activity that tourism brings to the Pensacola area.
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Other commenters highlighted the appeal of visiting Pensacola Beach despite its crowds.
"The beaches are beautiful," another commenter wrote, while advising travelers to "pack your patience" when the area becomes particularly busy.
Dorfman emphasized that the residents who support additional rules are not seeking to eliminate vacation rentals.
"We don't want to get rid of short-term rentals," she said. "We want our low-density residential communities to still feel like a community."
She said officials are looking at regulations used in other Florida communities, including Gulf Breeze, Anna Maria Island and Panama City, as they consider what could work for Pensacola Beach.
14 tailgating essentials for grilling, watching the game and staying warm
College football season has just started, and the NFL isn’t far behind. Whether you’re setting up your backyard for game-watching or heading to a tailgating event, things like portable grills, Bluetooth projectors and coolers help you show up prepared.
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Pop this Coleman RoadTrip grill in your backyard and get 285 square inches of cooking space. Two folding side tables give you prep room and the rollable wheels make it easy to move.
If you’re watching the game outside, the Monster Vision 2 entertainment system offers a 15.2-inch screen and up to eight hours of video playback. Just connect to your favorite smart streaming device with the HDMI port and you can start watching. The weather-resistant casing stands up to light rain.
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Broadcast college and NFL games outside with a portable Bluetooth projector. It works with most streaming sticks like Fire TV Sticks and Roku Sticks, and you can connect it to Bluetooth speakers for stronger sound. With the coupon price, the projector costs just $70 — a $40 savings.
Coleman’s rolling cooler accommodates food and drinks for a party of people. Plus, it acts as additional seating, holding up to 250 pounds. Large, all-terrain wheels help you move it, even when fully stocked.
If you’re bringing just enough drinks for yourself and a few friends, the YETI Roadie 15 has space for up to 22 cans (without ice). It even fits standard wine bottles and 2-liter soda bottles. An extra-tough strap adds to the portability.
Lay out all your food or set up your entertainment system on this 4-foot folding table. It conveniently folds in half for easy storage in the back of your car.
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The JBL FLIP 5 is a waterproof Bluetooth speaker so it can withstand rainy fall football games. The near-perfect 4.8-star rating and thousands of positive reviews praise the sound quality and lightweight design, ensuring you’re getting a solid speaker built to last.
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Clip this mini Bose speaker to your bag or keys for music on the go. The 12-hour battery life keeps the music going no matter how long you’re waiting for the game to start. Despite its small size, customizable bass and treble options give you the sound quality you’d expect from Bose.
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College football often means early morning games and chilly weather. A Mr. Heater portable heater runs off small propane cans. It heats up to 95 square feet, enough for a single person or pair.
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Whether you’re at home or in a public space, a pop-up trash can helps your area stay clean. It collapses down when empty, and includes a zip-on lid that prevents bugs or animals from getting in.
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Kirk Cousins dominates Raiders preseason quarterback play but coach Klint Kubiak still won't name the starter
The preseason has ended for the Las Vegas Raiders and Kirk Cousins clearly outplayed rookie first-round pick Fernando Mendoza in those games, but coach Klint Kubiak is stubbornly still refusing to name a starting quarterback.
The rookie coach is refusing to do what everyone knows he will eventually do and name Cousins the starter for the Sept. 13 2025, regular-season opener against the Miami Dolphins.
"I still don’t think we need to name anybody," Kubiak told reporters after Thursday's loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
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Alrighty, then.
We know this is some kind of motivational mind game thing Kubiak is playing because last week he told everyone he simply doesn't want any player getting comfortable with his status on the team.
And that includes the quarterbacks.
That's fine. But this borders on being comical.
Because in the same news conference Kubiak declined to pick a starter, he spoke of Mendoza taking backup repetitions once regular-season practices begin.
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He also said Mendoza could benefit from three more preseason games.
And then there's the statistics that blare as if through a bullhorn that Cousins is the guy.
Cousins on Thursday evening completed 8 of his 11 passes in action limited to the first quarter. Cousins finished the preseason 13 of 17 (76.5 completion percentage) for 101 yards with 1 TD.
That means Cousins authored a 110.2 passer rating in the preseason and the team announced that is the best mark by a Raiders quarterback since 2017 for anyone with a minimum of 17 attempts.
Translation: Cousins balled out.
"Kirk looks great, he looks ruthlessly efficient," Mendoza said.
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Mendoza didn't look that way the past couple of games. He threw an interception last week and another on Thursday night. He completed 5 of 9 attempts to be barely above the 50 percent completion mark for the second consecutive week.
And unless Kubiak is seeing Mendoza dominate in some super secret practice that no one else in the organization is attending, then this is a delayed announcement for the sake of, well, who knows what?
The oddly obvious part that telegraphs Kubiak's intention to name Cousins the starter is that he tells the truth a lot when offering an evaluation of the NFL's first overall draft pick.
"He needs another three preseason games, all those rookies do," Kubiak said of Mendoza. "And now that the season is starting, the practice reps get smaller and that's just life.
"But us, as coaches, we got to keep getting him ready to play, keep developing him."
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Once teams begin regular-season practices, they give their established starting quarterback the majority of work in practice so he can be prepared for the games that count.
The backup gets limited practice work. And as Kubiak himself said, that's Mendoza.
Uber Eats drone delivery could soon reach your home
Your next Uber Eats order could arrive without a car pulling up outside your home. Uber Eats drone delivery is moving closer to everyday life through a new partnership with Zipline, one of the most established names in autonomous delivery.
Uber and Zipline announced the deal earlier this month. The companies say the first deliveries will begin later this year in existing Zipline markets. From there, they plan to expand into dozens of U.S. cities. Their long-term target is huge: 1 million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029.
That does not mean a drone will show up with your meal tomorrow. The rollout will start in markets where Zipline already operates, including Dallas and Houston, before expanding to additional areas. Zipline already has commercial delivery systems operating in the U.S., which gives this partnership a running start. Here's how the system works and what you could expect if drone delivery reaches your neighborhood.
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The experience should eventually feel much like placing any other Uber Eats order. The companies say eligible Uber Eats customers will have the option to receive their orders through Zipline when the service launches later this year. Today, customers in Zipline's existing U.S. service areas can download the Zipline app, enter their address and browse available restaurants and stores. Once someone places an order, the business prepares it and loads it into Zipline's autonomous delivery system.
Zipline handles the flight with its Platform 2 system, also called P2. The electric aircraft can carry up to 8 pounds and has a 10-mile service radius. Zipline says the system can make some 10-mile deliveries in about 10 minutes. Its current fact sheet lists a cruise speed of about 70 mph. When the aircraft reaches the delivery location, it hovers around 300 feet above the ground. A smaller delivery unit descends on a tether, steers toward the selected drop-off spot and gently places the order on the ground.
The delivery unit then returns to the aircraft, and the drone flies back to recharge for its next order. Zipline told CyberGuy that the entire process happens autonomously. So you do not need a drone landing pad next to the house. Zipline can place deliveries in a yard or another approved location while the larger aircraft remains overhead.
According to the joint announcement, Zipline has completed more than 2.7 million commercial deliveries. Its aircraft have flown more than 135 million autonomous commercial miles. Zipline also says it now makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 20 seconds. In the U.S., its P2 home delivery system has already been operating with Walmart and restaurant partners. Zipline's fact sheet says the service launched in Pea Ridge, Arkansas and more than 20 communities around Dallas-Fort Worth.
The company has been expanding quickly as well. In July, Zipline said the number of businesses offering delivery through its app had grown 13 times during the first half of 2026. Roughly 70% of its flights were taking place in the United States at that point.
CyberGuy recently looked at another side of that expansion when Zipline began carrying eligible prescriptions to Cleveland Clinic patients. The drone stays overhead while a tethered unit lowers the medication to the patient's property.
The obvious appeal is speed. A drone can take a more direct path than a car crawling through traffic. It also avoids the hunt for parking near a busy restaurant. Zipline says its P2 system can make some 10-mile trips in about 10 minutes.
Of course, that does not mean every meal reaches your house 10 minutes after you tap Place order. The restaurant still needs to prepare the food. Severe weather or certain flight conditions could still affect whether a drone can complete a delivery. Local flight conditions may also change what the system can do. Still, cutting time on the road could help your dinner spend less time getting cold in the back seat of a car.
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The Zipline deal also reveals a bigger part of Uber's strategy. Uber says it is building a delivery network that combines human couriers with autonomous technology. Depending on the trip, that technology could include a sidewalk robot or a drone. We have already seen pieces of this plan. Uber Eats uses autonomous sidewalk robots in some markets. CyberGuy previously looked at how those machines navigate streets and bring food directly to customers.
Uber also invested in drone company Flytrex in 2025. At the time, Uber called that its first investment in drone delivery technology. Now Zipline joins the picture. That suggests Uber wants the Uber Eats app to become the layer connecting customers with different delivery systems. A drone may make sense for one neighborhood. A robot may work better somewhere else. You may eventually care less about what carries your dinner and more about which option gets it there faster.
Noise could be one of the first things people notice when drone delivery arrives in their neighborhood. One delivery overhead may be easy to ignore. Regular flights throughout the day could be another story. Zipline says it has spent years working to make its aircraft quieter. The company says its drones now typically fly at least 300 feet above the ground. During delivery, the aircraft stays high while a smaller unit lowers the order on a tether.
Zipline says the full delivery takes about 90 seconds. Flying higher helps reduce how much sound reaches people below. Still, the real question is how noticeable these drones will be once they become part of everyday neighborhood traffic.
A delivery service flying over homes has a much higher bar than the hobby drone someone sends up at the park. Zipline's aircraft fly autonomously with onboard systems that help them understand their surroundings. The company has also received FAA approval for certain beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS, operations. That allows approved flights without requiring ground observers to watch the aircraft along the entire route.
Zipline says it put P2 through extensive testing before launching home deliveries. That included tens of millions of simulated flights and more than 150,000 deliveries at test facilities. However, regulatory approval does not automatically mean drone delivery can appear everywhere. The companies still need the right operating area and infrastructure before a neighborhood can participate.
Uber is also making a strategic investment in Zipline as part of the agreement. The companies have not disclosed the size of that investment in their official announcement. However, they describe the relationship as a long-term effort to accelerate drone delivery across the U.S.
Zipline itself has plenty of money riding on this expansion. Earlier this year, the company announced that it had raised more than $600 million and reached a valuation of $7.6 billion. The companies now have a very ambitious benchmark in front of them. Reaching one million drone deliveries every day by the end of 2029 would require far more aircraft and participating businesses. The network would also need to reach many more homes. CyberGuy reached out to both Uber and Zipline for comment, but neither company responded before our deadline.
Most Uber Eats orders will continue arriving the familiar way for now. However, if you live in an area where Zipline already operates, watch the Uber Eats app later this year. The companies say qualifying customers will eventually have the option to receive an order by drone.
Before selecting drone delivery, pay attention to the drop-off location. You should also check what happens when weather prevents a flight. Then look closely at the price. Uber and Zipline have yet to explain whether customers will pay an additional fee for the drone option.
If the cost stays reasonable, speed could become the selling point. Waiting for dinner feels a lot longer when your phone says a drone could get it there in minutes. The larger change may happen almost without us noticing. Once people stop thinking of drone delivery as unusual, choosing one could eventually feel as routine as selecting a faster delivery window today.
I've watched drone delivery go from something that felt years away to something people are actually starting to use. What jumps out to me here is how quickly Uber could help push it into the mainstream. Millions of people already know how to order dinner through Uber Eats, while Zipline already has drones making real deliveries. Put those two pieces together and this starts to feel a lot closer to everyday life. Of course, people will have questions once these drones start showing up over their neighborhoods. How much noise will they make? Will the delivery really be faster? And how much extra will Uber charge for the convenience? For me, that last part could be the dealbreaker. If a drone can get my food to me noticeably faster without adding a hefty fee or becoming a neighborhood nuisance, I can see a lot of people giving it a try. The real test will come when that drone delivery option actually pops up on your phone, and you have to decide whether you want dinner coming by road or through the sky.
Would you choose a drone if it could get your Uber Eats order to your door faster, or would you rather keep delivery traffic on the ground? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com.
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Want to know what's really in your food? The Trump administration is trying to help
Americans have a right to know what is in their food.
That shouldn’t be controversial. You should be able to walk into a grocery store, read a label, and be confident that the ingredients listed on the food you are buying have been subject to transparent, science-based oversight and are safe for consumption. The Trump administration has now taken an important step toward doing exactly that.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule requiring food manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) whenever they determine that an added substance is Generally Recognized as Safe, or "GRAS." When Congress passed the Food Additives Amendment in 1958, the idea was simple: ingredients with a documented history of safe use or those that qualified experts had agreed were safe should not face the same pre-market approval process as brand-new food additives. Everyday substances like salt, vinegar, black pepper, and baking powder fall into this category.
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Unfortunately, our regulatory system has fallen short of that basic standard. And over time, the exception became the rule.
Under the current system, manufacturers can self-determine whether a new additive is GRAS and introduce it to the U.S. food supply without notifying the FDA or the public. The manufacturer is still responsible for maintaining evidence to support its own determination, but the FDA may have no advance notice when a new substance enters the supply chain.
And that is the problem. The FDA cannot effectively oversee substances and ensure our health if it does not know they are entering the food supply, and Americans cannot make fully informed choices when our system lacks transparency. That’s a loophole.
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One that has allowed large food manufacturers to flood the domestic food market with new substances without FDA review or even FDA notification.
We’ve raised this issue before at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI). Last year, we laid out this problem in an issue brief, "Make America Healthy Again by Ensuring Safe Foods," calling for greater transparency and accountability in the GRAS process.
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The proposed rule would require the FDA to maintain a public list of GRAS notices, giving researchers, regulators, and consumers visibility into ingredients entering the marketplace. For substances already on the market, the Trump administration is proposing a streamlined process to ensure the public has transparency about what is in their food.
This is exactly how you modernize our food system and close loopholes: increase transparency and give responsible manufacturers a path to compliance. We’ve already seen why reform is necessary. Consider tara flour, a food additive that entered the food supply without the manufacturer submitting a GRAS notice to the FDA. After hundreds of illnesses and hospitalizations were later associated with the substance, the FDA conducted its own review and found that tara flour did not meet the standard for GRAS.
We should learn from that experience.
But this shouldn’t be confused with the choice between consumer safety and a thriving food industry. Manufacturers that promote transparency in the products they sell benefit from consumer confidence. Companies that invest in safety and transparency should not be put at a disadvantage by a system that lets competitors introduce substances into the food supply without regulatory oversight. Americans should not have to wait for people to get sick before regulators identify the substances and ingredients entering our food system. This is not about government dictating every decision made at the dinner table, but about ensuring consumers have access to transparent, reliable information on what they’re eating.
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President Trump and Secretary Kennedy are getting that right, taking a step toward restoring accountability in a flawed system that has drifted far from its original purpose. Regulators gain insight into what is reaching the food supply, manufacturers don’t circumvent transparent rules, and families have all the facts they need to make their own choices.
If a substance is safe enough to put on Americans’ plates, requiring manufacturers to tell the FDA should not be controversial.
Americans have a right to know what is in their food.
Taylor Hood is an Analyst of Healthy America Policy at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI).
Common vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk in older adults
A recent study led by researchers at Brown University appears to strengthen the link between shingles vaccination and a reduced risk of dementia diagnoses in older adults.
The study, published in The Annals of Internal Medicine, evaluated electronic health records and Medicare claims for more than 509,926 U.S. adults 66 and older who were admitted to skilled nursing facilities.
Individuals who received at least one dose of the recombinant shingles vaccine, commercially known as Shingrix, experienced a 24% relative reduction in dementia risk over a four-year period compared to people who did not receive the shot, the researchers found.
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However, the findings show an association and do not prove that the vaccine directly prevents dementia, the researchers noted.
Dr. Ajeet Sodhi, a clinical neurologist and neuro-interventionalist in Orlando, Florida, noted that while the finding is "remarkable," it builds upon a growing foundation of scientific literature rather than standing alone.
"This is maybe the third or fourth study, and they all came to the same conclusion," Sodhi, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital. "It seems that by giving patients the shingles vaccine called Shingrix, in the next couple of years, we see a clinically significant decline in the development of dementia."
Researchers have proposed several possible explanations for the association, including the vaccine's role in preventing shingles and its potential complications. The virus has also been linked to vascular events such as stroke, which can contribute to vascular dementia.
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Sodhi noted that recent medical literature continues to support larger cardiovascular benefits as well.
"In addition to the study that we're talking about today, there was a study published just this week that showed the shingles vaccine results in a clinically significant reduction in the incidence of both cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease," he told Fox News Digital.
"So that's heart attacks and strokes."
The neurologist emphasized that while the data shows a strong correlation, the vaccine is not currently classified as a direct therapeutic treatment for cognitive decline.
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"It's not at this time considered a treatment," he noted. "This association is ... very, very suggestive, but we can't say one-to-one it proves that this treats dementia. And this finding, honestly, is kind of like icing on the cake."
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus responsible for chickenpox, according to Mayo Clinic.
After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus lies dormant in nerve tissue near the brain and spinal cord, where it can reactivate decades later as a painful rash with fluid-filled blisters.
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The primary function of the vaccine remains the prevention of the severe nerve pain and rash caused by shingles reactivation.
Shingles can lead to severe complications, including post-herpetic neuralgia, a debilitating condition causing long-term nerve pain that persists after the rash clears, according to Cleveland Clinic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends two doses of Shingrix for adults 50 and older, as well as adults 19 and older who are or will be immunocompromised. The vaccine is FDA-approved to prevent shingles and related complications — not to prevent or treat dementia.
The study received funding from GSK, the maker of Shingrix; the authors stated that the company had no role in the study’s design, analysis or publication.
For individuals concerned about memory loss or family medical history, experts recommend consulting a doctor early.
"The common theme in all of this is the sooner you seek evaluation, the better it is for the treatment," Sodhi advised. "The treatment is more likely to work the earlier you are in the onset of the disease."
EXCLUSIVE: Bad Bunny, Marxism and 'Nasty Women' among courses offered at Ivy League, elite colleges
EXCLUSIVE: From "Religion and Nasty Women" to "Decolonizing French Food," students at some of America’s most prestigious universities can take courses on Bad Bunny, Marxism, gender and even why dancing matters if the world is ending.
Collegiate conservative organization Young America’s Foundation (YAF) shared the eye-catching offerings in its 2026-27 "Comedy & Tragedy Report," obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.
At Columbia University, "Religion and Nasty Women" takes its name in part from President Donald Trump’s "nasty woman" remark about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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The course description says the phrase has since become a "badge of honor and a rallying cry for women’s empowerment." Students examine goddesses, prostitutes and virgins across several religious traditions in what the description calls a survey of "religious-based misogyny" and women’s responses to it.
Columbia also offers "Marxism and Cultural Theory," though the course description makes clear students shouldn’t expect a deep dive into Marx himself.
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"This course will not offer an intensive study of the writings of Karl Marx," the description states. Instead, the class examines Marxism as a theory of culture, including its relationship to global capitalism, financial crises and other "discourses of social justice."
Bad Bunny, aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, may need to add college course namesake to his list of accomplishments, with the Puerto Rican musician suddenly inspiring multiple classes at elite universities.
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At Princeton, "Thinking with Bad Bunny: the Cultural Politics of Race, Language, and Empire" examines his music, lyrics, activism, "gender non-conforming performances" and business strategies.
The course also explores how Bad Bunny navigates his status as a global Latino icon, while coming from what its description calls "Puerto Rico's colonial context."
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Yale gets in on the Bad Bunny action, too, with "Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics," a course examining his music alongside Puerto Rico's history, politics and "colonial past and present."
At the University of Pennsylvania, "Decolonizing French Food" starts with wine, cheese and baguettes before examining how French culinary traditions have been shaped by colonialism.
Stanford University’s "Gender in the Wild" course reportedly examines how gender shapes ideas about wilderness, freedom, heroism and risk, drawing on feminist texts, "Indigenous knowledge" and "Black environmental thought."
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Swarthmore College offers "Queering God: Feminist and Queer Theology," a religion course examining feminist and queer interpretations of God.
"The God of the Bible and later Jewish and Christian literature is distinctively masculine, definitely male. Or is He?" the course description asks.
The class explores whether characteristics including nurturing, forgiveness and love can be understood as feminine or female, and seeks to "stretch the limits of gendering-and sexing-the divine."
Swarthmore also offers "The Fat Renaissance," which examines depictions of body size in early modern England and their relationship to what the course description calls the modern-day "obsession with bodily regulation and control of body size." The class is taught from the perspective of "conscious respect for bodily diversity."
For YAF, the unusual subjects are no laughing matter.
"Higher education has been hijacked by progressive ideology, transforming too many of our colleges and universities from places of learning into institutions of indoctrination," YAF President Gov. Scott Walker said. "This report pulls back the curtain on what students are being taught and exposes just how deeply ideological agendas have taken root on campus.
"That is why YAF is fighting back, to ensure students receive an education, not an indoctrination, and to restore intellectual freedom and academic excellence to America’s campuses."
The courses reported also come with elite-school price tags. YAF estimates a three-credit course at Princeton costs $5,778, while its report puts the equivalent at $5,613 at Penn. The organization says its estimates are based on U.S. Department of Education tuition data, with annual tuition at flat-rate institutions divided by a standard 30-credit academic year.
YAF told Fox News Digital it surveyed available course catalogs covering the 2026-27 academic year from schools in the Ivy League, Big Ten, SEC and PAC-12, along with U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 liberal arts colleges.
The organization said course titles and descriptions were reproduced unedited from university websites and course catalogs, and said its selections represent a sample rather than an exhaustive list.
YAF has published its "Comedy & Tragedy Report" since 1995, arguing that the courses it documents demonstrate a lack of ideological diversity in higher education.
Columbia, Princeton, Penn, Stanford and Yale did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.