Contaminated drinking water is a growing concern for cities facing wildfires
As fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, several utilities have declared their drinking water unsafe until extensive testing can ...
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Mark Cuban once helped his college friend save almost $10,000 on prescriptions after a ‘horrific car accident’ todayheadline
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) “invent all these special categories,” Cuban told Fortune’s Andrew Nusca. “They’re just pills.” Read More
Read moreDetailsH5N1 tests on the way
Thursday morning 2nd January 2025, the US government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that they have developed ...
Read moreDetailsThe Role of Effluent Decontamination in Protecting Public Health
Protecting our communities and the environment from the dangers of pollution is a critical responsibility. Unfortunately, untreated wastewater from industries, ...
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Why US obesity rates fell for the first time in decades todayheadline
Obesity rates in the US have begun fallingEvgeniya Pavlova/Getty Images For decades, rates of obesity in the US have climbed ...
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Dozens of people get sick after L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants event
Health officials are investigating a possible norovirus outbreak after dozens of people became sick after eating raw oysters at the ...
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Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enough
He was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires ...
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Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide todayheadline
Plastic food packaging can expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA)Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of deaths and ...
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Almost half of Americans don’t get enough alone time during holiday season, survey says todayheadline
As you’ll surely hear Andy Williams croon in the coming weeks, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. For ...
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Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
MILWAUKEE -- The Aurora Health Care Mobile Medical Clinic team waited patiently at a table in the main hallway of ...
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