Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were preparing Tuesday to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes. …
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Australian Study Seeks to Resolve Traumatic Sleep Disorders in Wildfire Survivors
A clinical trial in Australia is developing a treatment for sleep disturbances caused by wildfires. The study, which is supported by Natural Hazards Research Australia, a research organization, and Federation …
your ads here!New Zealand Removes Last of COVID-19 Restrictions
New Zealand on Monday removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the pandemic that was watched closely around the world. Prime …
your ads here!Off Alaska, Crew on High-Tech Ship Maps Deep, Remote Ocean
For the team aboard the Okeanos Explorer off the coast of Alaska, exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor along the Aleutian Islands is a chance to surface …
your ads here!Popular Weight-Loss Drugs May Raise Risk of Anesthesia Complications
Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This …
your ads here!Imprecise US Heat Death Counting Methods Complicate Safety Efforts
Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he …
your ads here!Heat Wave Tests Stamina, Resourcefulness at Southern Youth Baseball Event
With field temperatures soaring above 150 degrees at times, 10-year-old baseball player Emmitt Anderson and his teammates from Alabama thought better of kneeling when they gathered near the mound for …
your ads here!Scientists Look Beyond Climate Change, El Nino for Other Factors that Heat Up Earth
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. The European climate agency Copernicus reported that July was one-third of a …
your ads here!US to Invest $1.2 Billion on Facilities to Pull Carbon From Air
The U.S. government said Friday it will spend up to $1.2 billion for two pioneering facilities to vacuum carbon out of the air, a historic gamble on a still developing …
your ads here!Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh Sparks Alarm After 364 People Die This Year
Monsoon season can exacerbate the outbreak as infected people overwhelm hospitals …
your ads here!US Suicides Hit All-Time High Last Year
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …
your ads here!Russia Launches Its First Moon Mission Since ’76
Russia launched its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years on Friday, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there. The …
your ads here!US Hospital Pharmacists Ration Drugs as Shortages Persist, Survey Shows
Nearly a third of U.S. hospital pharmacists say they were forced to ration, delay or cancel treatments as drug shortages in the United States approach an all-time high, according to …
your ads here!Traditional Medicine Takes Center Stage at WHO Meeting in India
The World Health Organization says traditional medicine plays a pivotal role in the health and well-being of people and the planet and should be seen as complementary to modern medicine …
your ads here!Virgin Galactic Flies Its First Tourists to the Edge of Space
Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from …
your ads here!Paris Plans Dramatic Transformation to Cope With Warming Temperatures
Paris’ escape from record temperatures gripping parts of Europe this summer could be a short-term reprieve. A study finds the city could have the most heatwave-related deaths of any European …
your ads here!US CDC Sees No Major Shift in COVID Variants
Currently spreading COVID-19 variants such as EG.5, or Eris, do not represent a major shift in COVID variants, and updated vaccines in September will offer protection, the director of the …
your ads here!Indonesia’s Capital Named World’s Most Polluted City
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta topped the list as the world’s most polluted city on Wednesday, having consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities globally since May, according to data by …
your ads here!Health Conditions Deteriorate as More People Flee Sudan
U.N. agencies warn health conditions are deteriorating in Sudan and neighboring countries as growing numbers of people flee escalating fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. …
your ads here!Australian Study Warns of Air Conditioning Health Fears
Darwin, the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory, can be brutally hot and humid. Many of its 150,000 residents seek refuge from the tropical elements in air-conditioned homes, offices and …
your ads here!Global Average Temperature Hits Record High in July
The World Meteorological Organization says the global average temperature for July 2023 is confirmed to be the highest on record for any month. “The month is estimated to have been …
your ads here!US COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rising, but Not Like Before
Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. With an updated vaccine …
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