#public-health

#public-health

A decade ago, the cheapest way to meet growing demand for electricity was to build more coal or natural gas power plants. Not anymore. Solar and wind power aren't just better for the climate; they're also less expensive today than fossil fuels at utility scale, and they're less harmful to people's health. Yet renewable energy projects face headwinds, including in the world's fast-growing developing countries.

Millions of Americans are unknowingly being exposed to a cancer-linked toxin in their household water, but now, scientists have discovered that reducing contamination can halve the risk of disease - even after years of accumulated exposure. Arsenic has been found in drinking water systems across the country, with research estimating that between 100 million and 280 million Americans drink water, typically well water, laced with the heavy metal.

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Every day. Nearly. Every. Damn. Day. Maybe twice a day. Shooting rigidly awake from blissful sleep into the literal warzone of bleating death engines. My complex is surrounded sometimes by several dudes just running their nozzles over the same already clean patch of grass. It sends my dog into a mania. It sends me into a depression. Running a commercial gas-powered leaf blower for one hour

People can get the virus, but it's rare and occurs only in those with weak immune systems

While it remains unclear how big of an impact the outbreaks of bird flu will have on supply and prices, Mr Heydon said there are no concerns over consumers being put off from buying turkeys, leading to a fall in demand as we get closer to Christmas. "We've assured everybody that properly cooked poultry meat and egg products are perfectly safe to eat," he said. "There is the public health advice that if the public see a sick or dead bird, not to handle it, but instead to contact my Department though our regional veterinary offices or our emergency online numbers.

In the first study on this topic that we published in 2023, we found that increasing levels of union membership tends to make working-class people happier. We zeroed in on a question in the General Social Survey, which the University of Chicago makes available. It asks respondents to choose whether they are "very happy," "somewhat happy" or "not at all happy" with their life.

San José lawmakers are aiming to crack down on the proliferation of smoke shops and the sale of nitrous oxide canisters, or "whip-its." Officials are calling it a growing public health issue among youth, especially due to its easy accessibility. Inhaling nitrous oxide recreationally, which can deliver a short, euphoric high, poses "serious health risks, including neurological damage and in some cases, death," Rachel Roberts, San José's deputy director of code enforcement, said during Tuesday's meeting.

The COVID-19 pandemic was not where the anti-vaccine movement began, but the tumult of those years and the often-heated public debates over vaccines and vaccine mandates seem to have shifted something dramatically in the United States. In this case, that's cause for alarm; as NPR reported last month, the current number of measles cases in the United States this year is the highest it's been in decades.

The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition. The archipelago's health ministry announced on Saturday that it would be illegal for younger generations to use, buy or sell tobacco within the country. The ban "reflects the government's strong commitment to protecting young people from the harms of tobacco", the ministry said.

A man walking past a group of strangers near Van Ness Avenue and California Street in SF was hit by stray bullets Friday night around 11:50 pm. The group, who may have been arguing at the time, fled the scene, and the victim was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. A trial will proceed against David Pokorny, 45, of El Cerrito who is suspected of threatening to torture and kill Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.

I love every quiet corner of home: my armchair, angled for a perfect view of bird goings-on and bleak skies outside; my marshmallowy bed; the sofa, stacked with blankets; the kitchen (I don't cook, but it's where snacks live). What could be nicer than sinking into the stifling embrace of multiple heated throws as a jacket potato crisps up in the oven and I succumb to a smorgasbord of good winter telly?

Even if you were unfamiliar with the concept, each day - perhaps several times a day - you might have peered anxiously through the lens of your macroscope of choice, and what you saw determined whether your day would be one marked by anxiety or relief, hope or despair.

Engaging with the arts is not an indulgence or an afterthought-it is part of the infrastructure of health. Just as we invest in clean water, nutrition and safe housing, we must invest in cultural participation as a determinant of wellbeing.

The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only country with a generational prohibition on tobacco, according to its health ministry. The move, which was initiated by the president, Mohamed Muizzu, earlier this year and came into effect on 1 November, will protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation, the ministry said.

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