Category: Health & Wellness
EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Many polluters no longer have to report greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane, reducing corporate accountability for health risks and climate change.
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Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
Workers at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Laboratories facility is engaging in unsanitary practices similar to those that led it to temporarily shut down just three years ago, sparking a nationwide formula shortage.
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Health News: Baby Eye Development, Diabetes & Alzheimer’s, COVID’s Autoimmune Link
Catch up on the latest health news on protecting your baby’s eyesight from pregnancy to preschool; a possible connection between diabetes and early Alzheimer’s disease; and why COVID-19 may be linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, like rheumatoid arthritis.
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CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The number of confirmed cases of measles rose to 483 this year over 2024. An unvaccinated child died of measles in Texas, the first such death in the U.S. since 2015. About 20% of unvaccinated people who get measles wind up in the hospital.
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Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short
The Trump administration has proposed a dramatic reduction in federal funding and support of the critical infrastructure that keeps labs open and running. Numerous scientists and health professionals have noted that changes will have far-reaching, harmful outcomes for the health and well-being of the American people.
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Weather Events Impact Views on Climate Change and Health
Seventy percent of older adults who had experienced at least one weather emergency in the past two years are more likely to be concerned about climate change and their health. This includes a wildfire, extreme heat, severe storm or power outage lasting more than a day.
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Spring Cleaning for Your Mental Health
Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to spring clean. And I’m not just talking about your living...
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Synthetic Hair Products Used by Black Women Contain Carcinogens
Yet another study has revealed the danger of hair products used primarily by Black women. New...
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Wildfire Smoke Is Always Toxic. LA’s Is Even Worse.
It is extraordinarily rare to see wildfires penetrate an American city, but that’s exactly what happened in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest metropolis. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine particulate matter, but these wildfires are a public health hazard with a dangerous mix of chemicals, from plastics and gasoline to asbestos and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s.
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Anacostia River Cleanup in DC Honors King Through Service
To honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service and justice, volunteers braved near-freezing temperatures in the 30s on Saturday, hauling soggy suitcases, rusted tires, abandoned toilets and bags of food wrappings at Pope Branch Park near the Anacostia River In Southeast Washington. By the end of the day, they had collected nearly 4,000 pounds of illegally dumped waste.
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Through the Fire: ‘I Just Really Want My Home Back’
Women reflect on the toll of the Eaton Fire and the destruction it brought to their community of...
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Coco Gauff Is Fulfilling Expectations
By Larry Bivins Ever since Coco Gauff reached the fourth round of the 2019 Wimbledon...
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