world health news 2019
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‘High on the Hog’ Celebrates Black Contributions to Global Food and Culture | Civil Eats
In the first episode of Netflix’s new docuseries, High on the Hog, host Stephen Satterfield meets a woman who runs…
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Are Salt Substitutes a Healthy Way to Lower Your Sodium Intake?
It’s hard not to acquire a taste for salt when it’s hidden in so many foods (especially the processed foods popular in America). So…
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This scorecard will tell you the environmental impact of your new H&M T-shirt
If you browse for a shirt on H&M’s website, you might now see a new scorecard—a little like a nutrition…
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Chutes & Ladders—Obama-era CMS vet joins Babylon Health; UnityPoint Health names Sioux City regional head
Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your…
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How we can help coral and seabirds survive a warming world
Global warming is not just increasing average temperatures on land, it’s heating up the oceans as well. As marine heat…
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Where should Pittsburgh environmental groups focus to combat the city’s racist legacies?
When Betty Foster-Pinkley’s mom passed away in 2010, she took over responsibility for the family house in the East Hills. …
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E.P.A. to Modify Trump-Era Limits on States’ Ability to Oppose Energy Projects
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday said it planned to revise a Trump-era rule that limited the ability of states…
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Caring for an Aging Nation
Lydia Zuraw, Kaiser Health News and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News USE OUR CONTENT This story can republished for…
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In California, Nursing Home Owners Can Operate After They’re Denied a License
Aaron Mendelson, KPCC and Elly Yu, KPCC The pandemic has highlighted poor care in America’s nursing homes, where nearly 175,000…
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New research finds virus passed to wild salmon via fish farms
The transmission of a virus tied to kidney and liver damage in endangered Chinook salmon is being fuelled by the…
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Ottawa dollars can save B.C.’s old-growth forests
A coalition of conservationists is urging the B.C. government to use federal funds to end the province’s new war in…
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Researchers uncover mechanism related to severe post-COVID-19 disease in children: Prior work in celiac disease leads to a potential treatment
A multidisciplinary team from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), Brigham and Women’s Hospital and other institutions have identified the mechanism…
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The Texas Grid Came Close to an Even Bigger Disaster During February Freeze
The Texas electric grid came within five minutes of a complete collapse in mid-February. The problem could have been much worse. A…
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Inhaled nanobodies protect hamsters from COVID-19, study finds
In a paper published today in Science Advances, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine showed that inhalable…
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Drugs, fire, settlers poised to wipe out one of Paraguay’s most biodiverse forests
San Rafael National Park/Proposed National Reserve encompasses one of the most unique, biodiverse and threatened forests in Paraguay. Fires in…
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Judge orders Uniontown to stop fighting $31M sewer fix
A $31 million project to repair the Black Belt city of Uniontown’s failing sewer system is poised to move forward…
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Mathematical model developed to prevent botulism
For years, food producers who make lightly preserved, ready-to-eat food have had to follow a set of guidelines to stop…
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Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products
An independent testing lab has detected the chemical benzene, a known human carcinogen, in 78 sunscreen products and is now…
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New microscopy method reaches deeper into the living brain: Imaging method poised to bring new insight into how the brain works in health and disease
Researchers have developed a new technique that allows microscopic fluorescence imaging at four times the depth limit imposed by light…
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‘It Is Wrong’: DeKalb Residents Fight Industrial Facility Near Their Neighborhood | 90.1 FM WABE
Residents of south DeKalb County are trying to stop an industrial development next to their neighborhoods. They say the project…
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Blink Charging Taps Cash Pile in Electric Car Bet
Blink Charging Co. is using cash acquired in a recent stock offering to expand its network of charging stations ahead…
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How more inclusive lab meetings lead to better science
A new paper, published recently in PLOS Computational Biology by a team including UMass Amherst researchers, seeks to help scientists…
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Massive LNG export projects along the Louisiana coast could capture 1 million tons of carbon
A company proposing four liquefied natural gas export terminals in south Louisiana plans to capture climate-changing greenhouse gases from at…
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How a Frenzy for Echinoderms Exposed and Entrenched Inequities in a Fishing Community | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy For Ann Singeo, being in the ocean has always been a way of life. Growing up…
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Court Orders Shell to Slash Emissions in Historic Ruling
For the first time in history, a court yesterday ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its…
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Think like a virus to understand why the pandemic isn’t over yet – and what the US needs to do to help other countries
Kill every human on the planet. This is the first assignment I give students in my public health classes, filled…
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Microbial gene discovery could mean greater gut health
As the owner of a human body, you’re carrying trillions of microbes with you everywhere you go. These microscopic organisms…
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Nature funding must triple by 2030 to protect land and climate
Investment of about $8 trillion is needed by 2050 to help meet climate goals and stem the loss of plant…
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ENERGY TRANSITIONS: What Exxon, Chevron climate shake-ups mean for oil
Climate change activists scored historic victories at the two biggest U.S. oil producers yesterday, winning shareholder votes to shake up…
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Parasites as fountains of youth: Study finds infected ants live much longer: Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens
Ant workers that are infected with a tapeworm live much longer than their uninfected nest-mates. Parasitic infections are usually harmful…
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Miami’s new ‘chief heat officer’ urges US to fight the ‘silent killer’ of climate crisis
As the first official appointed in the U.S. to focus on heatwaves, Miami’s chief heat officer is warning about the…
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CMS delays requirement for drugmakers to offer multiple best prices for Medicaid value-based deals
The Biden administration has delayed for six months the implementation of a Trump-era rule aimed at incentivizing the use of…
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When cancer cells ‘put all their eggs in one basket’
Normal cells usually have multiple solutions for fixing problems. For example, when DNA becomes damaged, healthy white blood cells can…
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Ryan Reynolds Talks Candidly About His ‘Lifelong Pal, Anxiety’ in a New Instagram Post
Ryan Reynolds shared some candid details about what his life with anxiety is like. The Deadpool actor explained in an…
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Blue Shield of California, Gemini Health see $20M in savings through drug cost reduction partnership
Blue Shield of California has seen more than $20 million in drug cost savings through its partnership with Gemini Health…
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Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia: Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep general anesthesia
Millions of surgical procedures performed each year would not be possible without the aid of general anesthesia, the miraculous medical…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado sounds alarm on ‘unsustainable’ spike in pediatric mental health cases
A children’s hospital system in Colorado is pleading for increased state and federal government assistance to treat an overwhelming spike…
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Climate Activists Defeat Exxon in Push for Clean Energy
HOUSTON — Big Oil was dealt a stunning defeat on Wednesday when shareholders of Exxon Mobil elected at least two…
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Industry Voices—In a time of need, hospitals must be able to transform
America’s hospitals may be seeing the end of one of the most grueling phases in recent history. Throughout the COVID-19…
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‘Rescue mutations’ that suppress harmful DNA changes could shed light on genetic disorders
New insights into the ability of DNA to overcome harmful genetic changes have been discovered by scientists at the Wellcome…
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Could these ultra-low-cost batteries be the lithium-free energy storage to power the renewable grid?
The cost of the lithium-ion batteries that power smartphones and electric cars has dropped by 97% since the technology first…
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Industry Voices—Delay in codifying ‘reasonable and necessary’ undermines healthcare enforcement
In a rule issued in the waning days of the last administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sought…
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Naomi Osaka Won’t Do Interviews at the French Open for a Very Good Reason
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka announced that she won’t take part in press interviews while at the French Open this year—even…
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Jennifer Granholm sells holdings in electric bus maker after Republican criticisms
Secretary Jennifer Granholm had been a board member for Proterra, but resigned before being confirmed to head the Department of…
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A COVID-fighter’s guide to T cells: New review shows how T cells target more than 1,400 sites on SARS-CoV-2
In a new paper, scientists from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) bring together research findings from COVID-19 researchers around…
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SARS-CoV-2: Estimating infectiousness: New study on viral load
What started as the preliminary analysis of routine laboratory data has since evolved into the largest-ever study of viral load…
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How ‘non-professional’ cells can trigger immune response: Worm cells sense changes in metabolism to activate defensive measures against pathogens
Included in the vast fallout stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are paying closer attention to microbial infections and how…
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Asthma in toddlers linked to in-utero exposure to air pollution, study finds
Infants whose mothers were exposed to higher levels of tiny air pollution particles during pregnancy are much more likely to…
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Truepill launches virtual primary care, diagnostics services to flesh out its white label digital pharmacy platform
San Mateo, California-based digital pharmacy startup Truepill is building upon last year’s funding momentum with the formal launch of two…
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Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in…
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