When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017 as a high-end category 4 storm, it left in its wake the largest catastrophe in the history of the island. The storm killed over 3,000 people in its immediate ...
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Blazing temperatures can bring on serious illness if you're not careful. Dr. Abhi Mehrotra, an emergency physician at UNC Hospitals, offers tips on protecting yourself and your family against extreme heat.
Jun 9, 2011
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Ever since they were infants, LaRae Cantley's four children were constantly in and out of the emergency room, because they couldn't breathe.
Sep 23, 2022
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A new report in the Medical Journal of Australia on the country's climate change mitigation and adaptation activities is out today.
Nov 29, 2018
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A single dose of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV, provides lasting efficacy in preventing typhoid fever in children ages nine months to 12 years old, according to a new study conducted by researchers at University ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Most Americans view parasitic infections as a problem of the past or one that only impacts low-income countries. However, new research from Washington University in St. Louis finds evidence that the problem is likely widespread ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Rudolph's nose is red because it is richly supplied with red blood cells which help to protect it from freezing and to regulate brain temperature.
Dec 17, 2012
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Global warming is likely to increase the number of people requiring hospitalization due to critically low sodium levels in the blood, a condition known as hyponatremia. A new study from Karolinska Institutet projects that ...
Mar 8, 2022
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The National Weather Service recently issued several heat advisories for the Richmond area in response to a week's worth of forecasted temperatures that exceeded 90 degrees. Such oppressive heat poses health threats to the ...
Jul 28, 2016
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Climate change can have a detrimental effect on children's health, yet there are few studies investigating how climate change affects child health. A recent study were researchers compiled 300 articles shows that child health ...
Mar 22, 2021
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