Health
EPA to require removal of all lead pipes from U.S. water system
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it plans to require the removal of all lead pipes from the country's water systems.
Nov 30, 2023
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Health
California workers died of a preventable disease: The threat of silicosis was known years earlier
When Wendy Solano first heard the word "silicosis," her husband Jose Raul Garcia Leon was already suffering from the incurable disease that would kill him.
Nov 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK confirms first human case of swine flu strain H1N2
UK public health officials on Monday said they had confirmed a first human case of a swine flu strain similar to one that has been circulating in pigs.
Nov 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe's capital declares state of emergency over cholera
Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a cholera outbreak that has claimed dozens of lives across the country, the city's mayor said on Friday.
Nov 17, 2023
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Addiction
Overdose prevention sites not associated with increase in crime, according to study
An analysis co-led by a Brown public health researcher has found that the nation's first two government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers were not associated with significant changes in crime.
Nov 13, 2023
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Medical research
Research explores environmental pollutant BPA and asthma susceptibility in mice
The "hygiene hypothesis" posits that allergic asthma can be triggered by a childhood environment that is too clean and sterile. One studied mechanism underlying this relationship is the influence of microbial lipopolysaccharides ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Vaccination
Vaccine confidence falls as belief in health misinformation grows: Survey
Americans have less confidence in vaccines to address a variety of illnesses than they did just a year or two ago, and more people accept misinformation about vaccines and COVID-19, according to the latest health survey from ...
Nov 1, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds COVID vaccination in female or male partners does not increase risk of miscarriage
Multiple studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines do not lead to infertility or pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, but many people are still wary of adverse effects from the vaccine on pregnancy.
Oct 31, 2023
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Health
Storing guns away from home could reduce suicides, but legal hurdles loom
Mike Hossfeld unlocked a heavy black steel door to his home's gun safe, unveiling both modern and antique firearms, some dating from the early 1900s.
Oct 30, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
With breast cancer risks, where you live matters, researchers find
Inadequate health care access, unhealthy diets and not enough exercise are all well-known risk factors for the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in women—breast cancer—but what was never clear is why death rates ...
Oct 20, 2023
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