The number of Americans sickened each year by bites from infected mosquitoes, ticks or fleas tripled from 2004 through 2016, with infection rates spiking sharply in 2016 as a result …
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US Clamps Down on Kid-Friendly Packaging for E-cigarette Liquids
U.S. regulators on Tuesday issued warnings to 13 companies selling e-cigarette liquids for using child-friendly images in their packaging, in the latest crackdown aimed at preventing tobacco sales to minors. …
your ads here!Storing Energy Nature’s Way
The biggest obstacle on our way towards a sustainable-energy-based future is the problem of energy storage. Of all the energy generated by solar panels, wind turbines, ocean waves and other …
your ads here!Antibiotic Resistance Spreads at "Shocking Rate" from Animals to Humans
Scientists have expressed shock at the speed at which resistance to powerful antibiotics is able to spread from animals to humans. New research has shown how anti-microbial resistance to a …
your ads here!Antibiotic Resistance Spreads at ‘Shocking Rate’ from Animals to Humans
Scientists have expressed shock at the speed at which resistance to powerful antibiotics spreads from animals to humans, as new research has shown how genetic mutations in pathogens likely spread …
your ads here!America’s Air Isn’t Getting Cleaner as Fast as It Used To
For decades America’s air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reductions leveled off, a new study …
your ads here!Pakistan Moves to Curb Urban Air Pollution After High Court Ruling
Pakistan’s environmental protection agency is installing air quality monitors and warning factories to add pollution filters after a panel of the country’s top judges ordered the government to detail its …
your ads here!Recycling Oyster Shells Improves Water Quality, Oyster Population
It’s another busy day for Tony Price, who has a list of around two dozen restaurants and other seafood businesses to visit, to pick up discarded oyster shells. Fast and …
your ads here!Autism Poses Special Challenges in Africa
The 4-year-old Cote d’Ivoire boy couldn’t walk, speak or feed himself. He was so unlike most other kids that his grandparents hesitated to accept him. The slightly older Kenyan boy …
your ads here!EU Moves to Further Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides
European Union countries backed a proposal Friday to extend a partial ban on the use of insecticides known as neonicotinoids that studies have shown are harmful to bees. The full …
your ads here!Fossil Footprints Capture Prehistoric Sloth Hunt
A prehistoric sloth hunt is frozen in time in footprints preserved in the New Mexico desert, according to new research. It’s an extremely rare find that authors say could revolutionize …
your ads here!Global Study Finds 44 Genetic Risk Factors for Major Depression
International scientists have identified 44 genetic variants that can increase the risk of developing major depression and found that all humans carry at least some of them. The new findings …
your ads here!A Possible Malaria Vaccine Poisons the Anopheles Mosquito
Scientists in Kenya believe they have discovered a new way to combat malaria. As Faith Lapidus reports, a common medication, already used to treat a host of illnesses, makes people’s …
your ads here!US House Moves to Reverse Order to Aid Salmon
The U.S. House approved a bill Wednesday that would reverse a federal judge’s order to spill more water from four Pacific Northwest dams to help migrating salmon reach the Pacific …
your ads here!Scientists: Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs
It’s a punchline that sends every 12-year-old boy into a fit of giggles. Now it has been proven to be true. Uranus stinks! Scientists using a huge telescope on Hawaii’s …
your ads here!Study: Farming Legacy a Factor in Present-Day Behavior
A customer from Beijing and one from Hong Kong walk into Starbucks. A chair blocks the path between the counter and their seats. Who of the two moves the chair? It’s …
your ads here!WHO Joins Urgent Call to Stop Malaria’s Resurgence
The World Health Organization is joining a worldwide call to stop a resurgence of malaria that threatens much of the progress made over the past decade. To mark World Malaria …
your ads here!HIV Discoverer Says Malawi On Track to Eradicate Virus
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Visiting Malawi this month, one of the pioneers of that research, the American scientist …
your ads here!EPA Proposes to Bar Use of Confidential Data in Rulemaking
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule Tuesday that would stop it from relying on scientific research underpinned by confidential data in its making of regulations. EPA Administrator Scott …
your ads here!Iceland’s Reykjavik Tops Index for Green City Getaways
Iceland’s small, snowy capital, Reykjavik, has been crowned the greenest city for travelers, with the most green space per head of 50 cities surveyed, a travel agency said Tuesday. Auckland in …
your ads here!Malaria on Rise in Crisis-hit Venezuela, WHO Says
Malaria is spreading rapidly in crisis-hit Venezuela, with more than an estimated 406,000 cases in 2017, up roughly 69 percent from a year before, the largest increase worldwide, the World Health Organization …
your ads here!Nano-Drops Bring Simple Eye Fix into View
The path to sharper vision has gone from glasses to contact lenses to laser correction… and now, to eye drops. Faith Lapidus has details of the latest development. …
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