Category: Health

Walgreens is expanding its digital health partnerships so consumers can try on glasses virtually, take an at-home COVID-19 test and  access mental health services. The pharmacy retail giant is broadening offerings on the Walgreens Find Care platform to include 15 new or expanded collaborations with providers, offering easier access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital health… Continue reading Walgreens expands digital health services to offer cancer screenings, mental health support

Around the world, a huge amount of research and development work is currently being done on carbon-containing, or organic, molecules that emit coloured light after appropriate excitation. This research field is driven by the display industry and the development of biomedical imaging techniques. While precise colour tuning in organic fluorescent dyes has so far usually… Continue reading Chain length determines molecular color

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been working up a sweat, but it wasn’t always because I wanted to. (Spoiler alert: I haven’t always appreciated my muscles and curves.) I was a bold and confident little girl, rarely deterred by hard work or the less glamorous side of sports. My mother says… Continue reading How Movement Helped CNN's Brooke Baldwin Stop Fighting Her Body

A Portland-based advocacy group was instrumental in getting the owners of a popular macaroni-and-cheese brand to work toward eliminating a potentially harmful chemical from its packaging process. General Mills, the corporate parent of Annie’s Homegrown, announced last week that it will begin eliminating ortho-phthalates from Annie’s packaging and food processing equipment, about four years after… Continue reading Portland group key to convincing General Mills to drop chemical from mac-and-cheese processing

First-ever federal program for household water-bill assistance could see another $500 million. The U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington D.C. Photo by Quick PS on Unsplash By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Even before an initial round of funding is distributed to states and tribes, Congress is preparing to add another $500 million to a first-ever… Continue reading Congress on Track to Approve Millions More in Federal Funding for Water Debt ReliefCircle of Blue

Greenspace in cities gives people places to exercise. It’s good for mental health, and studies have shown that greenspace can help urban areas stay cooler during heatwaves. But a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives shows that across the United States, many neighborhoods lack greenspace today because of a specific government policy… Continue reading Study Finds Fewer Greenspaces in Historically Redlined CitiesThe Allegheny Front

In 2016, Patna was declared as the sixth most polluted city in the world according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Even as there is no robust data supporting the efficacy of smog towers, the Bihar government is considering introducing one in Patna to tackle air pollution. In 2019, several civil society… Continue reading Will a smog tower help tackle air pollution in one of the world's most polluted cities?

The Canning River, which flows north from the Brooks Range across the Arctic coastal plain into the Beaufort Sea, forms the northwestern border of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Lisa Hupp / USFWS) ANCHORAGE — Plans for seismic surveys to help find oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have fizzled due to a lack of… Continue reading Interior Department halts seismic surveys for oil in Alaska's Arctic refugeArcticToday

The Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock is teetering on the verge of collapse and some experts say the EU, which has profited the most from the fishery over decades, should do more to save it. EU-controlled ships, including those flagged to smaller coastal states like Seychelles, haul in the lion’s share of Indian Ocean tuna,… Continue reading Red flag: Predatory European ships help push Indian Ocean tuna to the brink

Eleven years ago, as President Obama was beginning to emphasize climate change as a potential legislative priority, utility companies began strategizing to survive the new age. In June 2010, then–Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers co-authored an op-ed in Politico with Eileen Claussen, a veteran of the Clinton administration and the founder of the Pew Center… Continue reading Duke Energy’s Green Facade Isn’t Fooling People Anymore