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New report outlines health impact of air pollution from MidAmerican Energy coal plants in Siouxland
CBS 47 Fresno· 6 days agoA new report from the Iowa Environmental Council, released on World Asthma Day, examines the relationship between pollution from coal plants and lung disease in Woodbury County. Written in partnership ...
The invisible lives — and deaths — of the children of sex workers
NPR· 6 days agoWhile countries routinely collect child mortality data, very little is known about the lives — and ...
Chronic social isolation poisons kids’ chances of academic success
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLoneliness and social isolation are driving a national mental health crisis. Adults suffer too, of...
Dangers firefighters face include higher cancer risks
UPI· 2 days agoCompared to the general public, firefighters have a 9% higher rate of certain cancers, likely due to...
Motherless daughters of the ineffable sea
Salon.com· 2 days agoAfter a long day welding underwater naval mines off the Gulf coast of Florida in 1984, a six-foot-something Alabama bombshell walks herself into a saloon...
WV challenges EPA power plant rule agency projects to save thousands of lives, work days
The Charleston Gazette· 3 days agoWest Virginia is co-leading a coalition of Republican petitioners challenging a new U.S....
Albany’s dangerous push to loosen alcohol laws
New York Daily News· 7 days agoAs any addiction treatment expert will tell you, the first step to treating substance use disorder is admitting that you have a problem. New York has an...
Stem cell treatments in Mexico linked to drug-resistant meningitis, joint infections - UPI.com
UPI· 3 days agoThe cases outlined in the new report began in late 2022, when a Colorado woman in her 30s showed up...
Lawn sprinklers expose Utah kids to water contaminated with E. coli
UPI· 3 days agoHappily jumping around lawn sprinklers on a hot summer day: An idyllic childhood scene. Not so for...
An asylum-seeker who died in ICE custody was sick for months. Advocates fear other ill people are...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA man who died earlier this year in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody had been sick for...