Ohio EPA awards grants to 46 local agencies for mosquito control COLUMBUS — Forty-six local health departments and municipalities across 41 Ohio counties, including Crawford…
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Breathing in bad air: The health costs of climate change and wildfires
Smoke from Alberta wildfires is pushing its way across Canadian provinces, darkening the spring sky and fouling the fresh air. The sun glows an unmistakable…
Continue Reading....Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill 21 Palestinians: Health Ministry
Gaza, May 11 (IANS) At least 21 Palestinians were killed and 64 were injured in the continuing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, said the…
Continue Reading....Gun violence is ‘a public health crisis’
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra confirmed in a statement Thursday that an employee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Continue Reading....Long COVID risk likely lower from a second infection than a first, study finds: Shots
Long COVID — lingering symptoms that can follow a COVID diagnosis — plague millions of Americans. It may be less likely after a second bout…
Continue Reading....Arcturus COVID subvariant: What we know
The COVID-19 subvariant, dubbed XBB.1.16 by the World Health Organization, was first detected in the Indian subcontinent in late January. It has since been detected…
Continue Reading....Sleep apnea causes cognitive problems even in healthy men, research finds
Most people with untreated sleep apnea develop heart disease, and researchers have assumed that’s why they also have cognitive problems. But a small new study…
Continue Reading....Should You Be Concerned About Arsenic in Rice?
Arsenic-based pesticides have been used in agricultural practices for many years, and, accordingly, soils and groundwater in the US are contaminated with varying levels of…
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