world health news 2019
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New method for studying functionality of microbiota
A research group from Turku Bioscience Centre, Finland, has developed a new method for studying the functionality of microbiota through…
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Multi-layered strategies needed to protect public health from oil and gas drilling impacts
Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of oil and gas drilling are often focused on single measures, such as…
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Imaging solves mystery of how large HIV protein functions to form infectious virus: Detailed views of the HIV protein may lead to novel treatments against the virus
Understanding how HIV replicates within cells is key for developing new therapies that could help nearly 40 million people living…
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Cutting-edge hydrogen power project planned for Port Moody, B.C. | CBC News
Port Moody, B.C., will be home to an innovative low-emission hydrogen power plant, according to the three companies behind a pilot…
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Georgia Power to recycle coal ash from Plant Bowen – The Current
ATLANTA – Georgia Power announced plans Wednesday to recycle more than 9 million tons of coal ash stored at Plant…
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Safety first: How stigma may impact health: Theory suggests that lack of perceived safety may impact the health of people in marginalized communities more than exposure to discriminatory events
Where do you feel safe? And with whom? Where are the spaces in your life where you can truly relax,…
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Scientists strive to restore world’s embattled kelp forests
Kelp forests grow along more than one-quarter of the world’s coastlines, and are among the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But…
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Researchers create VX neurotoxin detector
City College of New York associate professor of physics Ronald Koder and his team at the Koder Lab are advancing…
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New training builds local capacity for beluga sampling in Tuk
Last week, Tuktoyaktuk resident Hazel Nuyaviak packed her bags to spend almost a month doing specialized beluga sampling on an…
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Could Human Pee Be the Key to Saving Seagrass? | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy Around the world, seagrass is in decline. But University of Florida biogeochemist Patrick Inglett and…
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Gardening can cultivate better mental health
Many longtime gardeners will tell you that the garden is their happy place. New research suggests that many people may…
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The Infamous 1972 Report That Warned of Civilization’s Collapse
What creates a little bit of frustration is that in the scientific domain, there was not enough controversy, because somehow…
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Researchers decode retinal circuits for circadian rhythm, pupillary light response: Photoreceptor cells in mice drive vision and non-vision functions using distinct circuits in the eye
The eye’s light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision…
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Climate change to affect wheat production, experts warn
Experts warned in a study published in Berlin on Wednesday that wheat yields could drop by seven per cent for…
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Thyroid problems linked to increased risk of dementia
Older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a study…
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New study sheds light on why opioids can cause gastrointestinal problems
Opioids are the gold standard for treatment of chronic and acute pain; however, their use may result in significant gastrointestinal…
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The World Is Turning Back to Coal
Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. Happy July! The year is…
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Solving algorithm ‘amnesia’ reveals clues to how we learn: Finding could help combat cognitive impairments
A discovery about how algorithms can learn and retain information more efficiently offers potential insight into the brain’s ability to…
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Vitamin B12 Benefits and Best Sources
If you want to increase your intake of vitamin B12, put down that bottle of vitamins! Unless you have a…
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Depression in fathers and children linked, regardless of genetic relatedness
Adolescent depression and behavior problems are on the rise and paternal depression may be contributing to this increase, regardless of…
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In study, Biscayne Bay oysters come out on top—for toxic ‘forever chemicals’
MIAMI – A Florida International University study looking at the presence of toxic “forever chemicals” in Florida oysters found that…
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Honeycomb maze reveals role of hippocampus in navigation decisions: Neuroscientists unearth how hippocampal place cells support flexible navigation in rats
Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at University College London have discovered that the hippocampus creates a vector-based representation to…
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A U.S. uranium mill is near this tribe. A study may reveal if it poses a health risk
A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer…
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‘Supergene’ wreaks havoc in a genome
The human genome is littered with “selfish genetic elements,” which do not seem to benefit their hosts, but instead seek…
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‘Free’ Screening? Know Your Rights to Get No-Cost Care
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News An ounce of prevention … well, you know the rest. In medicine, prevention aims to…
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Time for Solar Energy to Shine • The Revelator
This spring President Biden gave a shot in the arm to solar and other clean-energy technologies with a couple of…
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Treatment-Resistant Depression: What We Know
If you’re living with depression, you know that it can be difficult to take the first step toward treatment. But…
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Baltimore’s ‘Catastrophic Failures’ at Wastewater Treatment Have Triggered a State Takeover, a Federal Lawsuit and Citizen Outrage – Inside Climate News
Sara Bundy, her husband and 12-year-old son moved to Sparrows Point near the Back River in Baltimore County four years…
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Miami pediatrician ousted from state board for her comments about COVID vaccine policy
Dr. Lisa Gwynn, a pediatrician with the University of Miami Health System and the president of the Florida chapter of…
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Peter Dykstra: American Invasive Species Hall of Fame, part 2
Sequels are rarely as good as the original. But here are five more invasive species for the American Invasive Species…
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As wells run dry, Oregon residents depend on a state program that trucks in water – Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rhonda Nyseth’s well dried up on Sept. 15, 2021, nine months after she bought her house in Klamath Falls. “When…
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Krajewski, Frankel introduced fracking health bill
AP file photos Work is pictured at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary’s, Pa. After nearly a…
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Live in an apartment? You can now share solar with everyone in your building
At an apartment building in Orlando, Florida, some tenants will now get solar power directly from panels on the roof.…
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Giant snails carrying meningitis are causing concern in Florida
A giant snail species prone to carrying the parasite that leads to meningitis has been found in an area of…
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Iowa Supreme Court reverses itself, making it harder to sue hog confinements – Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for landowners to sue for damages caused by large-scale animal confinements,…
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The Water Wars Come to the Suburbs
The best gossip you’re likely to hear in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, is about water. Last month, when a few…
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State renews AltEn’s permit to land-apply treated wastewater
A now-closed ethanol plant near Mead will be allowed to continue applying wastewater to farm ground in Saunders County after…
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Braddock residents, environmental activists push back on pollution from Edgar Thomson Works
Some Braddock residents and environmental activists want the Allegheny County Health Department to tighten air pollution restrictions on U.S. Steel’s…
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Utah leaders cheer, oppose court’s EPA decision limiting air-pollution law
SALT LAKE CITY — Hours after the Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that limits how the anti-air pollution law can be…
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As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers? | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Last June, as a record-breaking heatwave baked Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Sebastian Francisco Perez was moving irrigation lines at a large…
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A chronic polluter closes its doors. What’s next?
It was 10:47 p.m. when Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault got the phone call that changed her life. A doctor diagnosed her daughter, Zion,…
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Will carbon capture help clean N.M. power? | Energy News Network
This story is co-published with High Country News, a nonprofit media organization that covers issues and stories that define the…
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Awake prone positioning does not offer benefit in reducing intubation for COVID-19 induced acute respiratory failure
A large multicenter, randomized clinical trial revealed no difference in the risk of endotracheal intubation requirement at 30 days between…
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To Cut Ocean Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture Turns to Renewable Gear
Erin Adams steers a refurbished lobster boat down Harraseeket River toward Casco Bay in southern Maine. As she passes the…
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High water, more flooding impacting Upper Mississippi River
High water and longer-lasting flooding are changing the habitat along the Upper Mississippi River, according to a new report analyzing…
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Historic Yellowstone flooding brings renewal despite destruction
When spring rains and melting snowpack rushed down the mountains of southwest Montana in mid-June, flooding the Yellowstone River and…
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In West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court Will Decide Whether We Act on Climate Change
“],”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on West Virginia v. EPA this week, potentially deciding the…
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Natural gas used in homes contains hazardous air pollutants: Policymakers and individuals can act to mitigate potential health risks from natural gas
Every day, millions of Americans rely on natural gas to power appliances such as kitchen stoves, furnaces, and water heaters,…
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Carolina Abortion Fund helps patients sort out logistics and pay for their procedure
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Anna wasn’t sure if she wanted to be a mom. She was sure that she wasn’t happy…
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Importing water to save the Salton Sea is long overdue.
For various reasons, the Salton Sea is drying: rural-urban water transfers and sales, drought and manmade pollution. We have local…
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