Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows
Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research.
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Miami Faces Future of Rising Seas
Sue Brogan’s street is barely above sea level on a good day. During autumn’s “king tides,” when the sun and moon align to create the highest tides of the year,
Read MoreCambodia’s Major Food Source is Slowly Dying
Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, which lies in the center of the country, is home to hundreds of species of fish that provide the Southeast Asian nation with up to 60
Read MoreVirtual Reality As a Mental Health Tool
It is a simple, but startling, statistic: one in four people around the world will have a mental or neurological disorder at some point in their lives. But dealing with
Read MoreEU’s Top Court Orders Poland to Stop Logging in Ancient Forest
The European Union’s top court Monday ordered Poland to stop logging in the ancient Bialowieza Forest, or pay an $118,000 daily fine. “Poland must immediately cease its active forest management
Read MoreRoche Win Boosts Case for Adding Chemo to Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer doctors struggling to work out the best way to use modern immunotherapy drugs now have further evidence of the benefits of adding them to chemotherapy, despite earlier skepticism. News
Read MoreMiami Responds to Threat of Rising Seas
Preparing for a century of steadily higher tides is a central challenge for city officials from Boston to Bangkok. The U.S. city of Miami, Florida, and its neighbors are home
Read MoreWhite House: Opioid Crisis Cost US Economy $504 Billion in 2015
Opioid drug abuse, which has ravaged parts of the United States in recent years, cost the economy as much as $504 billion in 2015, White House economists said in a
Read MoreDefector’s Condition Indicates Serious Health Issues in North Korea
Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades. At
Read MoreMedical Watch Uses AI to Monitor Health
Another wearable health monitor is poised to enter the market. As Faith Lapidus reports, this one is on permanent watch for any signs of illness. …
Read MoreKafatos, Distinguished Greek Biologist, Malaria Researcher, Dies at 77
Fotis Kafatos, a Greek molecular biologist who had a distinguished academic career in both the United States and Europe and became the founding president of the European Research Council, has
Read More‘Godfather of Coral’ on New Mission to Help Save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
The so-called ‘godfather of coral’ is part of a new research mission to unlock some of the secrets of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Dr. Charlie Veron is part of a
Read MoreScanner Allows Early Diagnosis of Diabetic Ulcers
A 2014 study by the World Health Organization concluded that there are 400 million people around the world living with diabetes. One of the many complications of diabetes is the
Read More20 Years of Changing Seasons on Earth, Packed Into 2½ Minutes
NASA captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of the home planet. The data visualization, released this week, shows Earth’s fluctuations as seen from space.
Read MoreRed Cross: 1 Million Yemenis at Risk of Cholera Outbreak
One million people across three Yemeni cities are at risk of a renewed cholera outbreak and other water-borne diseases following the closing of airports and sea ports by a Saudi-led
Read MoreBirds Connect People with Nature
Millions of Americans feed wild birds in their backyards, from cardinals and English sparrows to blue jays and doves. Making seeds available attracts more birds and gives bird watchers a
Read MorePassenger Pigeons, Now Extinct, Needed Big Flocks to Survive
Passenger pigeons were once so plentiful they could darken the daytime sky when they flew over North America, but oddly, their abundance may have played a role in their extinction,
Read More$1 Million Price Tag in Spotlight as Gene Therapy Becomes Reality
Battle lines are being drawn as the first gene therapy for an inherited condition nears the U.S. market, offering hope for people with a rare form of blindness and creating
Read MoreInfluenza Virus Can Be Deadlier Than War
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the deadliest flu pandemic in recorded history. More people died in the 1918 flu pandemic than in World War I. Despite medical breakthroughs in
Read MoreHRW Report: Rohingya Women Gang Raped by Myanmar Soldiers
Burmese soldiers have gang raped Rohingya women in continued violence against the Muslim minority in the Rakhine state, according to a Human Rights Watch report. Human Rights Watch cited firsthand
Read MoreCould Giant Rats Help Fight Tuberculosis in Major Cities?
Giant rats are probably not the first thing that come to mind to tackle tuberculosis but scientists hope their sniffing skills will speed up efforts to detect the deadly disease
Read MoreUN Warns Manage Climate Risks or Face Much More Hunger by 2050
Climate change threats, from worsening drought and flooding to sea level rise, could increase the risks of hunger and child malnutrition around the world by 20 percent by 2050, food
Read MoreMuslim Charity Clinic Helps Needy People of All Faiths in California
San Bernardino is one the poorest cities in California. A group of Muslim doctors has established Al-Shifa, a medical clinic to provide health-related services to poor residents of the city.
Read MoreStudy: Better Soil Could Trap as Much Planet-warming Carbon as Transport Produces
Improving soil health in farmlands could capture extra carbon equivalent to the planet-warming emissions generated by the transport sector, one of the world’s most polluting industries, experts said Tuesday. Soil
Read MoreUN: Syria Formally Joins Paris Climate Agreement
Syria has formally joined the 2015 Paris deal aimed at slowing climate change, the United Nations said on Tuesday, leaving the United States as the only country opposed to the
Read MoreRise in Teen Suicide, Social Media Coincide; Is There Link?
An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link. Suicide rates for
Read MoreFDA Approves First Digital Ingestion Tracking System Med
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system, in an unprecedented move to ensure that patients with mental
Read MoreTough Critter May Hold Clues to Fighting Cancer
The naked mole rat is a unique animal, and to most people one ugly little creature. These rodents live most of their life underground and are nearly blind. But what
Read MoreCost of Diabetes Epidemic Reaches $850 Billion a Year
The number of people living with diabetes has tripled since 2000, pushing the global cost of the disease to $850 billion a year, medical experts said Tuesday. The majority of
Read MoreProtesters Disrupt US Fossil-nuclear Event at Climate Talks
Protesters drowned out speeches by White House advisers and business representatives Monday at an event the U.S. government sponsored at the U.N. climate talks in Germany promoting the use of
Read MoreNew Guidelines Mean Half of US Adults Have High Blood Pressure
New medical guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition. That means now nearly half of U.S. adults have it.
Read MorePair, Linked by Face Transplant, Finally Meet
Standing in a stately Mayo Clinic library, Lilly Ross reached out and touched the face of a stranger, prodding the rosy cheeks and eyeing the hairless gap in a chin
Read MoreCalifornian, Who Identifies as Non-binary: ‘I Am Who I Am’
Thanks to a new law, California residents who do not identify as either male or female can choose a third option on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates. VOA’s Genia
Read MoreLegionnaires Sickens 12 in California, Including 9 at Disneyland
Disneyland has shut down and decontaminated two cooling towers following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that sickened 12 people, nine of them guests or employees at the theme park in
Read MorePneumonic Plague in Madagascar Continues to Decline
Pneumonic plague continues to decline in Madagascar, according to the World Health Organization, whose latest figures put the number of suspected cases at 1,947, including 143 deaths. The latest reported
Read MoreUN to Host Talks on Use of ‘Killer Robots’
The United Nations is set to host talks on the use of autonomous weapons, but those hoping for a ban on the machines dubbed “killer robots” will be disappointed, the
Read MoreUS to Ban Illicit Versions of Synthetic Opioid
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration plans to ban all illicit versions of fentanyl, the highly addictive opioid painkiller responsible for tens of thousands of deadly drug overdoses in the United
Read MoreSix African Countries to Benefit from Discounted Cancer Drugs
The cancer caseload is growing in Africa, but quality treatment options remain limited. By 2030, WHO estimates that for every four deaths from HIV/AIDS on the continent, there will be three
Read MoreClimate Migration Muddied by Legal Confusion in Pacific Islands
Pacific islanders may be among the first people in the world forced to migrate as a clear result of climate change, but thorny legal obstacles stand in the way of
Read MoreFrom Grey to Green: Smokestack Cities Power to Bright Future
Bicycle highways, urban farms and local energy hubs — just some of the ways that yesterday’s smokestack cities are turning into tomorrow’s green spaces. The Urban Transitions Alliance (UTA), a
Read MoreAt 80, Sue Finley Still at Work at NASA
Sue Finley, now 80 years old and NASA’s longest-serving female employee, recalls her early days with the space agency when she worked as a human “computer,” calculating rocket trajectories by
Read MoreStudy: No Cancer Link to Monsanto Weedkiller
A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and
Read MoreAt Climate Talks, US Like an Unhappy Dinner Guest
How’s this for awkward? The United States has a delegation at international climate talks in Bonn that will be telling other nations what they should do on a treaty that
Read MoreComputer Worries If ‘You Sound Tired’
A recent national sleep foundation study found more than half of all drivers report driving while drowsy. And U.S. government statistics show nearly 72,000 accidents and 800 deaths in the
Read MoreSenate Committee Narrowly Backs Trump Pick for NASA Chief
A Senate committee on Wednesday narrowly backed President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next NASA chief. Republicans on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee used their
Read MoreUber Wants to Develop Flying Taxis by 2020
The ride-hailing company Uber says it has signed a deal with the U.S. space agency NASA to develop a fleet of flying vertical takeoff and landing taxis by the end
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