world health news 2019
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Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’
Millions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern…
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Labor and climate groups haven’t always been natural allies. These advocates are changing that
In the beginning of this summer, the US state of Connecticut passed legislation to guarantee prevailing wage and benefits are…
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Period Blood Clots: Are They Normal?
Having a period is normal. And while a menstruation cycle can vary in length, amount and frequency, menstrual blood clots…
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Food Shaming: What it Is and How to Stop It
We’ve all been at a gathering and heard someone comment about what was on another person’s plate. But when it…
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Climate storytelling: Creativity and imagination in the face of bleak realities
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Octavia Butler wrote this as an epigram for…
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I Got a ‘Mild’ Breakthrough Case. Here’s What I Wish I’d Known.
The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A…
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More emergency surgeries, more ‘catastrophic’ bills in states without Medicaid expansion
A Duke University researcher compared surgeries performed in Medicaid expansion states to those in states that did not expand the…
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Municipal Authority approves water sale for fracking site
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members on Friday approved a deal to sell raw, untreated water to a local…
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This Powerful Democrat Linked to Fossil Fuels Will Craft the U.S. Climate Plan
WASHINGTON — Joe Manchin, the powerful West Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate energy panel and earned half a million…
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At 50, Greenpeace is an environmental success story — with a daunting future | CBC News
Fifty years ago, an ad-hoc group of environmentalists gathered around living rooms and kitchen tables in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood with a shared…
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The lessons for British Columbia in Alaska’s epic Bristol Bay sockeye run | The Narwhal
Every summer, biologist Daniel Schindler walks hundreds of kilometers up and down the Wood River in Alaska, counting red and…
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No Matter Who Wins, the Climate Youth Will Be Watching | The Tyee
The article you just read was brought to you by a few thousand dedicated readers. Will you…
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Climate strike: In the words of a hunger striker | DW | 17.09.2021
Jacob Heinze, 27, is risking it all to take a stand. He is one of seven young people who began…
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Global coral reef cover has declined by half since 1950s
Climate change has had a devastating effect on coral reef coverage across the world. Overfishing, pollution, and other activities have…
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‘They screwed up our lake’: tar sands pipeline is sucking water from Minnesota watersheds
Along the eastern boundary of the White Earth Indian Reservation in north-western Minnesota, Indigenous Anishinaabe wild rice harvesters Jerry and…
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Dirty air can be deadly. Here’s how to protect yourself.
The United States has faced nearly 44,000 wildfires this year alone, and altogether they have burned an area the size…
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Climate top of the agenda as knife-edge race to lead Germany enters final stage
As Annalena Baerbock steps on to the stage, the downpour that minutes before had soaked those gathered on Chemnitz’s Theater…
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EU and US pledge to reduce methane emissions in energy and agriculture
Credit: European Space Agency The EU and the US announced jointly on Saturday the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to…
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As Climate Change Fears Grow, a Real Fight Over Fake Turf
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Residents near a small neighborhood park in New Jersey awoke early this month to the roaring…
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Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too – Inside Climate News
For Chuck O’Neal, a lifelong outdoorsman and environmentalist, the moment of truth came on election night 2020, as results rolled…
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Brain microstructural damage related to cognitive dysfunction and steroid medication in lupus patients
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, causing widespread…
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The Promise of Carbon-Neutral Steel
Steel production accounts for around seven per cent of humanity’s greenhouse-gas emissions. There are two reasons for this startling fact.…
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Infants exposed to domestic violence have poorer cognitive development: Study explores impact of multiple father figures on infant neurodevelopmental delays
While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked…
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A 15-Minute Upper-Body Workout You Can Do Anywhere
If you don’t have a ton of time available, you can still get in a great strength-training session. Enter: a…
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Rural Covid-Death Rate Twice as High as Urban One
The rural death rate has been slightly higher than the urban rate for much of the pandemic. But something changed…
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Peter Dykstra: Protected by an alphabet soup of acronyms
Maybe you’ve heard of a few of these, or maybe you think the “CBD” is the trendy cannabis stuff. The…
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Researchers find immune cells that guard frequent site of cancer spread
In the progressing field of immunotherapy, surprisingly little is known about immunity to metastatic tumors in locations such as lymph…
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Are there DBPs in that cup of tea?
Surpassed only by water, tea is the second most consumed beverage worldwide. When boiled tap water is used to brew…
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Subthreshold depression in adolescents can be successfully treated with psychological interventions, study finds: Interventions, including CBT, are now shown to be effective in the treatment of these conditions
Depression in children and adolescents has become a major, global, public health challenge, with several negative health outcomes — many…
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Do doctors treat pain differently based on their patients’ race? Study shows physicians dispensed opioids for back pain more frequently to their white patients than to their patients of color
Physicians prescribed opioids more often to their white patients who complained of new-onset low back pain than to their Black,…
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Marching band kids at risk from heat illness: It’s not just student-athletes who need guidelines for heat protection during practice
This time of year, you hear a lot about heat-related illnesses in athletes. Thousands of student-athletes are sidelined by heat…
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New microscopy technique reveals activity of one million neurons across the mouse brain
Capturing the intricacies of the brain’s activity demands resolution, scale, and speed — the ability to visualize millions of neurons…
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Treating infertility with drug-delivering microspheres
For an embryo to survive, it must attach to the lining of the uterus within days of conception. However, if…
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How ribosomes are assembled in human cells
All cells need ribosomes to make the proteins necessary for life. These multi-component molecular machines build complex proteins by stitching…
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Officials wrapped the world’s largest tree in protective foil to guard it against California wildfires
(CNN) — The world’s largest tree has been wrapped in foil to protect it against flames from a fire raging…
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Allergies to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines rare, generally mild, study finds
Allergic reactions to the new mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are rare, typically mild and treatable, and they should not deter people…
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Discovery of rapid-response signaling platform suggests new path for blocking allergic inflammation
New discoveries about a built-in rapid reaction system that triggers inflammatory responses when people are exposed to allergens, such as…
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CMS final rule boosts insurer user fees and extends ACA open enrollment period for 2022 coverage year
The Biden administration is extending Affordable Care Act open enrollment by another month and slightly increasing insurer user fees for…
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CMS delays enforcement of key interoperability requirement of payer-to-payer data exchange
The Biden administration has delayed enforcement of payer-to-payer data exchange included in a May 2020 final interoperability rule until future…
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An FDA Advisory Panel Has New Recommendations for Who Should Get a COVID-19 Booster Shot
Today an advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for certain groups of…
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Gut bacteria might be an indicator of colon cancer risk
A study published today in the journal Cell Host & Microbe reported that the increased presence of certain bacteria in…
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Lead exposure continues to be a ‘silent epidemic’ for kids. These 3 states have the most affected areas
In 2015, pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., based in Flint, Michigan, put out research that revealed children in her community had…
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Scientists demonstrate pathway to forerunner of nanotubes that could lead to widespread industrial fabrication
Scientists have identified a chemical pathway to an innovative insulating nanomaterial that could lead to large-scale industrial production for a…
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FTC warns health apps must notify users about data breaches or face fines
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned apps and connected devices that collect personal health information, such as glucose levels or fertility data,…
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Microneedles pierce biofilm for more effective topical delivery of antibiotics to infected wounds
A Purdue University engineer’s patent-pending invention could improve the quality of life for millions of people suffering from diabetic foot…
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Six stages of engagement in ADHD treatment revealed in new, diverse study
Six stages of engagement in treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been reported by researchers at Boston Medical Center based…
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Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients? New anti-cancer strategy — blocking chemicals produced by tumors — could boost life span, health span
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a…
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Study uncovers new link between long-term arsenic exposure and Type 2 diabetes
A University of Arizona Health Sciences study has identified the biological mechanism linking long-term arsenic exposure to diseases such as…
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Cutting-edge 3D facial scans could give genetic clues to autism
New Australian research is using high-tech 3D facial scans to give us a better understanding of the genetic causes of…
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19 Fruit Salad Recipes That Are Absolutely Scrumptious
Fruit salad cravings don’t necessarily hit every day. But when they do, they hit hard, and you want a solid…
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