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Cone merger cancelled, future consolidation seems inevitable – NC Health News
Even though the Sentara deal fell through, there are larger economic forces at work in health care that may eventually…
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Recipe: Frozen Tropical Fruit Pops
You’re never too old for frozen treats! These tropical fruit pops pack more than just a frozen puree mixture of…
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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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Schools spent millions on high-tech air purifiers. But are they actually making things worse?
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a…
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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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Ascension posts $17M loss in Q3 but sees bright spots in patient volumes
Ascension hospital system posted a $17 million operating loss for the third quarter of the year, but the chain saw…
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How to Get Back to Exercising After Joint Replacement Surgery
Hip and knee replacements can get you back to an active life in no time. Know this, though: You are…
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Opioids like ‘Lean’ Permeate Hip-Hop Culture, but Dangers Are Downplayed
Chaseedaw Giles Nykerrius Williams knows about the close relationship between hip-hop and opioid use. Williams, 27, an independent rapper from…
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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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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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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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Technologies to slow climate change could give 20% population growth in northern Sweden
Construction work is in full swing at Northvolt in Skellefteå, where large-scale battery production for electric vehicles is set to…
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How to return to normalcy post-pandemic – NC Health News
After more than a year away from activities we once deemed normal, many of us are beginning the process of…
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How the Texas Legislature could change the state’s power grid this session
Most Texans will likely have higher charges on their power bills for years to come to cover gas utilities’, electric…
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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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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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Climate Ruling Could Force Big Change at Shell
To comply with a Dutch court order to cut carbon emissions, Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A -0.82% PLC may have to…
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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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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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Brazil’s Xingu River Basin feels the heat from Bolsonaro’s fiery rhetoric
An area six times larger than New York City has been destroyed by loggers, land grabbers and illegal miners from…
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AGA recommends early use of biologics in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation (pain and swelling) in the gastrointestinal tract, can…
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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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Versatile coronavirus antibody may be starting point for broader-acting vaccines: A special type of antibody is produced in patients who’ve had COVID-19 as well as less-serious coronaviruses that cause colds
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, most people in the United States already had been sick with a coronavirus, albeit a…
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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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Global microbiome study discovers thousands of new species, maps urban antimicrobial resistance and reveals new drug candidates
About 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected in a sampling from public transit systems and hospitals around the world from 2015…
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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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Aging: Clinical trial on potential reversal of epigenetic age using a diet and lifestyle
Aging published “Potential reversal of epigenetic age using a diet and lifestyle intervention: a pilot randomized clinical trial” which reported…
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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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Three years younger in just eight weeks? A new study suggests yes!
A groundbreaking clinical trial shows we can reduce biological age (as measured by the Horvath 2013 DNAmAge clock) by more…
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Founders of Flatiron Health, Hims & Hers back $20M seed round in startup targeting chronic pain
A digital health startup has launched a new platform to provide opioid-free pain relief with the aim of reaching the 50…
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Oman plans to build world’s largest green hydrogen plant
Oman is planning to build one of the largest green hydrogen plants in the world in a move to make…
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NextGen Healthcare reports $557M in 2020 revenue with strong bookings growth in Q4
Ambulatory technology company NextGen Healthcare wrapped up its 2021 fiscal year with $557 million in revenue, up 3% from $540…
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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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Group set to receive $1M for new Allegan nature preserve
ALLEGAN — A conservation group announced it expects to receive $1 million from a settlement over Kalamazoo River pollution —…
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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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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Return of the Public Option
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts…
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EPA proposes expanding Colorado’s bad-air zone to add northern Weld County
Federal government officials have proposed expanding the area along Colorado’s Front Range where air quality violates national health standards for…
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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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Causal mechanism of link between cancer and obesity
A review study led by Maria D. Sanchez-Pino, PhD, an assistant research professor in the departments of Interdisciplinary Oncology and…
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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—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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New study confirms noble false widow spiders bites can result in hospitalization
NUI Galway study confirms that the Noble False Widow spider does have public health implications. Research team have established a…
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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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‘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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The U.S. Owes Hawaiians Millions of Dollars Worth of Land. Congress Helped Make Sure the Debt Wasn’t Paid.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around…
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