world health news 2019
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Changes in how cholesterol breaks down in the body may accelerate progression of dementia: Study suggests that some cholesterol medications may impact signaling pathways in the brain, particularly in men
The blood-brain barrier is impermeable to cholesterol, yet high blood cholesterol is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and…
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Where Wind and Solar Power Need to Grow for America to Meet Its Goals
President Biden has promised to sharply reduce America’s planet-warming carbon emissions, which means changes to the country’s energy system may…
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Are Salt Substitutes a Healthy Way to Lower Your Sodium Intake?
It’s hard not to acquire a taste for salt when it’s hidden in so many foods (especially the processed foods popular in America). So…
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How we can help coral and seabirds survive a warming world
Global warming is not just increasing average temperatures on land, it’s heating up the oceans as well. As marine heat…
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Where should Pittsburgh environmental groups focus to combat the city’s racist legacies?
When Betty Foster-Pinkley’s mom passed away in 2010, she took over responsibility for the family house in the East Hills. …
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Ascension posts $17M loss in Q3 but sees bright spots in patient volumes
Ascension hospital system posted a $17 million operating loss for the third quarter of the year, but the chain saw…
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How to Get Back to Exercising After Joint Replacement Surgery
Hip and knee replacements can get you back to an active life in no time. Know this, though: You are…
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E.P.A. to Modify Trump-Era Limits on States’ Ability to Oppose Energy Projects
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday said it planned to revise a Trump-era rule that limited the ability of states…
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Opioids like ‘Lean’ Permeate Hip-Hop Culture, but Dangers Are Downplayed
Nykerrius Williams knows about the close relationship between hip-hop and opioid use. Williams, 27, an independent rapper from Gibsland, Louisiana,…
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Ottawa dollars can save B.C.’s old-growth forests
A coalition of conservationists is urging the B.C. government to use federal funds to end the province’s new war in…
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Historic Black town in Maryland seeks justice for stormwater discharge
A Maryland power plant has been releasing stormwater for years into a small Patuxent River town founded in the late…
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Massive LNG export projects along the Louisiana coast could capture 1 million tons of carbon
A company proposing four liquefied natural gas export terminals in south Louisiana plans to capture climate-changing greenhouse gases from at…
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How the Texas Legislature could change the state’s power grid this session
Most Texans will likely have higher charges on their power bills for years to come to cover gas utilities’, electric…
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Climate Ruling Could Force Big Change at Shell
To comply with a Dutch court order to cut carbon emissions, Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A -0.82% PLC may have to…
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Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products
An independent testing lab has detected the chemical benzene, a known human carcinogen, in 78 sunscreen products and is now…
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Ultrasensitive blood test detects viral protein, confirms mRNA vaccine activates robust immune response
The carefully orchestrated dance between the immune system and the viral proteins that induce immunity against COVID-19 may be more…
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‘It Is Wrong’: DeKalb Residents Fight Industrial Facility Near Their Neighborhood | 90.1 FM WABE
Residents of south DeKalb County are trying to stop an industrial development next to their neighborhoods. They say the project…
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Brazil’s Xingu River Basin feels the heat from Bolsonaro’s fiery rhetoric
An area six times larger than New York City has been destroyed by loggers, land grabbers and illegal miners from…
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Versatile coronavirus antibody may be starting point for broader-acting vaccines: A special type of antibody is produced in patients who’ve had COVID-19 as well as less-serious coronaviruses that cause colds
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, most people in the United States already had been sick with a coronavirus, albeit a…
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After Harris County was left out of latest round of Hurricane Harvey relief funds, George P. Bush asks feds for $750 million
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Technologies to slow climate change could give 20% population growth in northern Sweden
Construction work is in full swing at Northvolt in Skellefteå, where large-scale battery production for electric vehicles is set to…
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How a Frenzy for Echinoderms Exposed and Entrenched Inequities in a Fishing Community | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy For Ann Singeo, being in the ocean has always been a way of life. Growing up…
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Jay Inslee and the American Desire to Put Tribes in Their Place
This veto is, admittedly, an abrupt turn from the path the Washington state government had been following in previous years.…
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Mathematical model developed to prevent botulism
For years, food producers who make lightly preserved, ready-to-eat food have had to follow a set of guidelines to stop…
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Global microbiome study discovers thousands of new species, maps urban antimicrobial resistance and reveals new drug candidates
About 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected in a sampling from public transit systems and hospitals around the world from 2015…
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Fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria has a glowing new weapon
In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the…
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Microbial gene discovery could mean greater gut health
As the owner of a human body, you’re carrying trillions of microbes with you everywhere you go. These microscopic organisms…
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Three years younger in just eight weeks? A new study suggests yes!
A groundbreaking clinical trial shows we can reduce biological age (as measured by the Horvath 2013 DNAmAge clock) by more…
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ENERGY TRANSITIONS: What Exxon, Chevron climate shake-ups mean for oil
Climate change activists scored historic victories at the two biggest U.S. oil producers yesterday, winning shareholder votes to shake up…
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Parasites as fountains of youth: Study finds infected ants live much longer: Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens
Ant workers that are infected with a tapeworm live much longer than their uninfected nest-mates. Parasitic infections are usually harmful…
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Oman plans to build world’s largest green hydrogen plant
Oman is planning to build one of the largest green hydrogen plants in the world in a move to make…
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Artificial neurons recognize biosignals in real time
Current neural network algorithms produce impressive results that help solve an incredible number of problems. However, the electronic devices used…
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‘Cataclysmic day’ for oil companies sparks climate hope
A “cataclysmic day” for three major oil companies in which investors rebelled over climate fears and a court ordered fossil…
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CMS delays requirement for drugmakers to offer multiple best prices for Medicaid value-based deals
The Biden administration has delayed for six months the implementation of a Trump-era rule aimed at incentivizing the use of…
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Ryan Reynolds Talks Candidly About His ‘Lifelong Pal, Anxiety’ in a New Instagram Post
Ryan Reynolds shared some candid details about what his life with anxiety is like. The Deadpool actor explained in an…
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Sri Lanka braces for beach pollution as vessel burns – Taipei Times
Three Indian vessels yesterday joined efforts to contain a major fire on a container ship off the Sri Lankan coast…
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Blue Shield of California, Gemini Health see $20M in savings through drug cost reduction partnership
Blue Shield of California has seen more than $20 million in drug cost savings through its partnership with Gemini Health…
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What Jacksonville Can Learn From Nashville About Fighting Climate Change
Downtown Jacksonville. Photo courtesy WJCT Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM…
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China makes remarkable gains in maternal and child survival rates
China has made remarkable gains in reducing the number of women who die during childbirth and boosting child survival rates…
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Return of the Public Option
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts…
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Investing 0.1% of global GDP could avoid breakdown of ecosystems, says UN report
The world needs to quadruple its annual investment in nature if the climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises are to…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado sounds alarm on ‘unsustainable’ spike in pediatric mental health cases
A children’s hospital system in Colorado is pleading for increased state and federal government assistance to treat an overwhelming spike…
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When cancer cells ‘put all their eggs in one basket’
Normal cells usually have multiple solutions for fixing problems. For example, when DNA becomes damaged, healthy white blood cells can…
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Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia: Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep general anesthesia
Millions of surgical procedures performed each year would not be possible without the aid of general anesthesia, the miraculous medical…
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Causal mechanism of link between cancer and obesity
A review study led by Maria D. Sanchez-Pino, PhD, an assistant research professor in the departments of Interdisciplinary Oncology and…
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Industry Voices—In a time of need, hospitals must be able to transform
America’s hospitals may be seeing the end of one of the most grueling phases in recent history. Throughout the COVID-19…
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Sometimes, even 3-year-olds just want to fit in with the group: As young children develop they start to go along with the crowd, not just follow the leader
What makes preschoolers eat their veggies? Raise their hand? Wait their turn? “Because I say so” is a common refrain…
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Industry Voices—Delay in codifying ‘reasonable and necessary’ undermines healthcare enforcement
In a rule issued in the waning days of the last administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sought…
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New study confirms noble false widow spiders bites can result in hospitalization
NUI Galway study confirms that the Noble False Widow spider does have public health implications. Research team have established a…
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Suficiente para arruinar el descanso: le cobran $10,322 por un estudio del sueño
Los ronquidos de José Mendoza eran malos, pero para su esposa Nancy era peor cuando dejaba de respirar. El repentino…
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