Health Archives

  • Land degradation is impacting farmlands worldwide, affecting almost 40% of the world’s population. Reversing that process and restoring these croplands…

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  • Occupational settings can involve exposure to loud noise, a known and preventable contributor to hearing loss. Hearing conservation programs and…

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  • “I’m worried I’m going to fail,” my mom told me over the phone the night before her fire inspection. It…

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  • Scientists at the University of Nottingham have confirmed that an autumn ‘booster’ dose of a Covid-19 vaccine will be an…

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  • About 170 years ago, land surveyors walked through the floodplains of the lower Fraser River, making careful note of the…

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  • A set of brain signals known to help memories form may also influence blood sugar levels, finds a new study…

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  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after clinching an initial budget victory, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer conceded Wednesday that Democrats face…

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  • Steroid-based inhalers deliver life-saving medication for millions of asthma sufferers, providing relief and the ability to simply breathe. Unfortunately, inhalers…

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  • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — At least 25 soldiers died saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of…

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  • A simple addition to injected COVID-19 vaccines could enhance their effectiveness and provide “border protection” immunity in areas like the…

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  • Stateside’s conversation with Michelle Martinez and Jennifer Haverkamp. The global scientists behind the 4,000-page long Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…

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  • A recent study shows the association between bank vole abundance variations and the incidence of Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala hantavirus…

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  • The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined Texas-based Energy Transfer $140-thousand for construction violations on a Beaver County natural gas…

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  • Tiny synthetic particles known as dendrimers have been shown to avoid detection by our immune system and so could be…

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  • Problems at a Los Angeles sewage treatment plant that caused a massive spill into Santa Monica Bay last month have…

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  • Researchers have discovered a certain type of blood vessel cell in muscles that multiplies rapidly upon exercise, thereby forming new…

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  • California fire officials pleaded with residents to remain vigilant over the next few months of the state’s fire season, pointing…

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  • A study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends…

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  • Canadian banks have financed oil, gas, and coal companies to the tune of nearly $700 billion since the Paris Agreement…

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  • A severe course of COVID-19 disease is not caused by the direct destruction of the lung due to the multiplication…

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  • On Monday, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dropped a landmark report on the state of the planet…

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  • A new study shows that people who walk or garden at least three to four hours per week, or bike…

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  • Brazil’s lower house of Congress has approved a controversial bill that could help legalize claims by land grabbers occupying public…

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  • Scientists with the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN have conducted a first-in-the-world randomized placebo-controlled trial of third dose COVID-19 booster…

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  • What should we be looking for on climate in this second, bigger package? The reconciliation package contains the climate and…

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  • One dose of a new monoclonal antibody discovered and developed at the National Institutes of Health safely prevented malaria for…

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  • For two decades, children in Anderson County have been playing — unaware — on a sports field constructed with the Tennessee Valley…

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  • People taking certain drugs to lower blood sugar for type 2 diabetes had less amyloid in the brain, a biomarker…

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  • A waterfall in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec. The Inuit Circumpolar Council says the dismal forecasts of the…

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  • The owner of multiple telemedicine companies has again been indicted by a federal grand jury for quarterbacking and concealing one…

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  • Although some people say that baldness is the “new sexy,” for those losing their hair, it can be distressing. An…

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  • Plastic pollution: we all know it’s a problem. In 2015, we produced almost 450 million tons of plastic, with that…

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  • Regence has added its largest client to its value-based Episodes of Care program, with the Washington State Health Care Authority…

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  • Sensorimotor issues aren’t well understood in people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, yet they are important because they can…

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  • Seven years after Canada’s largest tailings spill, the two engineers who were involved have been found in breach of their…

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  • Several North Carolina residents charge in a new lawsuit that hospital chain HCA Healthcare has raised costs and lowered quality…

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  • A new survey study links belief in the concept of social Darwinism with certain dysfunctional psychological characteristics, such as exploitative…

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  • With less than a month before Bonnaroo 2021 kicks off (and amid another wave of COVID-19 infections in the U.S.),…

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  • The president of the Cop26 summit Alok Sharma has said the UK is already experiencing the impact of climate change, as a…

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  • A massive cyberattack May 1 cost Scripps Health $112.7 million through the end of June, with lost revenue bearing most…

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  • The research found that those with more severe COVID-19 symptoms scored lower on an online series of tests, with performance…

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  • A fact of adulthood is that bedding is one of the few things you can always justify splurging on. A…

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  • Humans have warmed the planet by an average of 1.2 degrees Celsius since industrialization began in the 19th century. This…

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  • Startup Medicare Advantage insurer Alignment Healthcare is expanding into 16 new markets for the 2022 plan year, nearly doubling its…

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  • The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been thought to spread primarily when an infected person coughs or sneezes, but little…

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  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, the already-dire overdose crisis in the U.S. became even worse. And now the country is dealing…

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  • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The groundwater of at least nine military installations near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia…

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  • People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are known to shed it in their stool, even if they…

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  • If you’ve spent a lot of time at home since March 2020, it can feel like a lot to go…

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  • Pipeline Rupture Caused 29 Million Gallon Spill Over 143 Days Before Discovery WILLISTON  – The Department of Justice this week…

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