Health
EPA earmarks $3 billion to replace lead pipes nationwide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will spend $3 billion to help states and territories identify and replace lead water pipes.
May 2, 2024
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Health
Public health heavily influenced by corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods
You go to the gym, eat healthy and walk as much as possible. You wash your hands and get vaccinated. You control your health. This is a common story we tell ourselves. Unfortunately, it's not quite true.
May 2, 2024
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Medical economics
US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state's new way to help pay for them could be nixed
If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not.
May 1, 2024
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Health
US to reclassify cannabis as low-risk drug, in major shift
US President Joe Biden's administration is set to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, an official said Tuesday—a historic shift that would bring federal policy more in line with public opinion.
May 1, 2024
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Pediatrics
Canada-wide child care: It's now less expensive, but finding it is more difficult
Three years after the federal government launched the Canada-wide early learning and child-care plan (CWELCC), our study conducted through the Atkinson Center for Society and Child Development at the University of Toronto ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Medical research
How corporate involvement in psychedelic research could threaten public safety
In the mid-20th century, psychedelics were deemed illegal substances with little medical purpose, a high potential for abuse and a lack of safety. However, emerging evidence suggests the opposite; a potential role for these ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New nets 'prevent' 13 mn malaria cases in Africa: Project
A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project's backers said Wednesday.
Apr 17, 2024
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Autism spectrum disorders
Colorado has lost dozens of autism clinics as state struggles to shore up funding
For the first time in years, Jay Ortengren has seen his 16-year-old son, Ethan, reach milestone after milestone as he lives with a severe form of autism.
Apr 15, 2024
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Addiction
Researchers identify an economic solution to Canada's opioid crisis
Nasal-administered naloxone is more cost-effective and could help reduce the number of opioid-related fatalities compared to the current publicly funded intermuscular version, a new study has found. The study, "An economic ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Medical research
One in five US cancer patients join in medical research
More patients these days are taking part in cancer research, a new study finds.
Apr 3, 2024
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Funding
Funding or financing is to provide capital (funds), which means money for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions.
Those funds can be allocated for either short term or long term purposes. The health fund is a new way of funding private healthcare centers.
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