world health news 2019
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Bee-friendly urban wildflower meadows prove a hit with German city dwellers
To escape the Berlin bustle on a summer afternoon, all that Derek O’Doyle and his dog Frida have to do…
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Concerns raised over impact of cannabis industry
Environment Minister John Young. Picture: DAVID FERGUSON. Environment Minister John Young and officers from his department this week answered questions…
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ENERGY TRANSITIONS: N.C. weighs joining RGGI, closing all Duke’s coal plants
A group of North Carolina Republican lawmakers, including the House majority leader, rolled out highly anticipated energy legislation this week,…
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Do you want your pension to invest in companies harming the planet?
Whether it’s cutting back on meat and dairy, or switching to a green energy company, people are increasingly looking for…
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U.S. senators haggle over funding of $1 trillion infrastructure compromise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan infrastructure plan costing a little over $1 trillion, only about a fourth of what President…
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Our climate is beyond hot
June 21 is the first full day of astronomical summer – and meteorologists all over the world have declared it…
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Q&A: Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ new head has his eyes trained on the future – MedCity News
An engineer by training, Dr. Geoff Vince plans to leverage his process-driven traits in his new role as executive director…
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INVEST Pitch Perfect winner spotlight: Systems Oncology’s AI tech yields trove of cancer drugs – MedCity News
The biopharmaceutical industry continues to churn out new cancer medicines, and some of them work for awhile. Over time,…
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All the times Keystone XL was inevitable
Former President Barack Obama arrives at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing,…
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As the Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat
As summer arrives, farmworkers will especially feel the consequences of a warming climate. Amadeo Sumano, a strawberry worker in California,…
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Opinion | Leave This Wondrous Island to the Birds
By Deborah Cramer Photographs by Damon Winter Deborah Cramer is a visiting scholar at M.I.T.’s Environmental Solutions Initiative and the…
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Toward Food Sovereignty in Alaska Native Communities
A grassroots project to build biomass-heated greenhouses aims to alleviate food insecurity in the communities most affected by it. Jun…
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Ready for a little good environmental news?
What we do at EHN and The Daily Climate is write and aggregate on issues that are generally pretty depressing.…
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Orion Magazine | Upriver
Photographs by Ansel Adams [Petrochemicals] began as many American industries have begun, almost by chance, in scattered places, in many…
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Biden to reinstate road ban for Tongass National Forest
Joaqlin EstusIndian Country Today Several tribes and Alaska Natives are applauding the Biden administration’s plans to revive a ban on…
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Jennifer Granholm Still Has High Hopes for the Infrastructure Bill
It’s an exaggeration to say that the future of human civilization depends on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s charm and persuasiveness.…
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New technique can measure metabolic process at the single-cell level
Understanding cellular metabolism – how a cell uses energy- could be key to treating a wide array of diseases, including…
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Blocking IL-11 signaling can promote liver regeneration after paracetamol-induced damage
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), in collaboration with colleagues in Singapore and the UK,…
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Increased levels of moderate and vigorous physical activity can curb arterial stiffening in children
According to a recent Finnish study, higher levels of moderate and vigorous physical activity can curb arterial stiffening already in…
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Maternal and paternal inflammatory disease can affect pregnancy outcomes
Data presented at the 2021 EULAR congress show women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risks of adverse pregnancy…
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EU loses bid for faster deliveries of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
The European Union failed in its attempt to force AstraZeneca (AZN) to speed deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine or face…
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A California law that bans drug coupons failed to increase generic use
A California law that banned coupons for brand-name prescription drugs failed to significantly boost greater use of cheaper generics during…
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RIG-1 agonist shows potent antiviral efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 infection
A team of scientists from the United States has recently revealed the antiviral efficacy of stem-loop RNA 14, a RIG-1…
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Combination of interferon-α and nafamostat inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in vivo
The continued spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) results in many new infections, which often manifests…
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Following up with families from ‘Fractured,’ EHN’s fracking investigation in western Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH—It’s been three months since EHN published Fractured, a groundbreaking investigation into the personal costs of fracking for western Pennsylvania…
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Shell Gets Greener, Even as Climate Advocates Say, ‘Go Faster’
MINETY, England — On a clearing at the edge of a farm field, 40 big rectangular boxes the size of…
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Try This 20-Minute Low-Impact Workout Video for Full-Body Strength
Cardio, core stability, and total-body strengthening—our newest low-impact workout video from Sweat with SELF has it all. This 20-minute workout,…
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Fighting the good fight –a new protein found in red blood cells linked to limiting cognitive decline
A new study shows that depleting mouse blood of the protein ADORA2B led to faster declines in memory, delays in…
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LA’s Watts neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep
Los Angeles’ future is haunted by its past in the South L.A. neighborhood of Watts. A community that has experienced…
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StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups – MedCity News
HealthMine is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Zing Health, an innovative, tech-enabled Medicare Advantage insurance company. The Zing Health & Wellness program…
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The hard realities of a ‘no jab, no job’ mandate for health care workers
Christopher Richmond keeps a running tab on how many workers at the ManorCare skilled nursing facility he manages in western…
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Hearing on ME2 reroute plan shows public rifts persist over pipeline project | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Sunoco’s defenders say plan will help complete the work; foes urge DEP to deny permits Jon Hurdle Jon…
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Is the Controlled Shrinking of Economies a Better Bet to Slow Climate Change Than Unproven Technologies? – Inside Climate News
Existing plans to limit global warming rely too much on “increasingly unrealistic assumptions” that societies will be able to remove…
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Democrats Float $6 Trillion Plan Amid Talks on Narrower Infrastructure Deal
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have begun privately weighing a sprawling economic package that could be as large as $6 trillion…
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Clinicians open their notes to patients in grand experiment in medical care
When Glenda Thomas of Framingham, Mass., checked her doctors’ notes online after a recent infusion, she saw something that stuck…
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FDA inaction is holding back 3D bioprinting of transplantable organs – STAT
Right now, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for organ transplants. Due to a lack of available kidneys, livers, hearts,…
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Printable biosensor enables simultaneous recording and imaging of tissues, organs during surgery
Surgeons may soon be able to localize critical regions in tissues and organs during a surgical operation thanks to a…
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Controlling brain state transitions using a molecule responsive to light
A study led by researchers from IBEC and IDIBAPS achieves, for the first time, the control of brain state transitions…
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Restoring C-section baby’s exposure to beneficial bacteria at birth normalizes microbiome development
Babies born by cesarean section don’t have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led study for…
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New computational model simulates the spread and impact of COVID-19 virus
The emergence and rapid spread of novel Covid-19 coronavirus in early 2020 spurred numerous accelerated efforts to develop a vaccine.…
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus and its vaccines pose unique challenges
Since its emergence in November 2019, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread across the world…
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New platform can detect microRNA-205 with high sensitivity, excellent selectivity
In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Jiangnan University, China have prepared a convenient sensing platform…
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Cinnamon compound could be useful supplement to dexamethasone in COVID-19 treatment
Researchers in Germany and the United States have conducted a study showing that supplementing dexamethasone treatment with Ceylon cinnamon in…
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Novel peptide-based hydrogels hold great promise for tissue engineering applications
Tissue-engineering scaffolds built around ultrashort peptides provide a new platform for studying bone regeneration in the lab. The peptides developed…
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PET/CT images can be used to measure biomarker levels, predict lung cancer outcomes
Tests that analyze biomarkers are used during cancer management to guide treatment and provide information about patient prognosis. These tests…
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Endocrine Society praises U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA
The Endocrine Society today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, which makes health care…
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Inside Clean Energy: Ohio’s EV Truck Savior Is Running Out of Juice – Inside Climate News
For drivers on I-80 in Northeast Ohio, the giant manufacturing complex in Lordstown is a landmark, the place where General…
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U.N. warns drought may be ‘the next pandemic’
BRUSSELS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Water scarcity and drought are set to wreak damage on a scale to rival the…
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What Is a Megadrought?
The Western United States is locked in an extreme drought this year that is one of the worst on record.…
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Turkey’s land rehabilitation combats drought, desertification
On Thursday, Turkey marked World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. For a country hosting diverse agricultural lands, these two…
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