Preliminary federal data reveals that approximately 110,000 individuals died from drug overdoses in the United States last year. While this number indicates a plateau after two years of sharp increases, it remains a devastating toll. Synthetic opioids like fentanyl, often mixed with other drugs,!-->…
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Drug shortages in the United States are causing significant delays in accessing vital treatments, particularly chemotherapy, bypass surgery, and lead-poisoning drugs. The generic drug market, responsible for 90% of domestic prescriptions, is grappling with supply chain disruptions, quality!-->…
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The price of insulin has quadrupled in the past 20 years, making it unaffordable for many of the eight million Americans with diabetes who need it, including one million Californians. While some people with private health insurance pay little or nothing for a monthly insulin supply, those with!-->…
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Juul has faced numerous lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over the past few years, with many accusing the company of fueling the youth vaping epidemic in the US. Under the terms of the settlement announced on Wednesday, April 12, Juul will pay $462 million to various states to resolve the lawsuits.!-->…
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The FDA has issued the recall of Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops distributed by EzriCare, which is found to contain the highly anti-biotic resistant bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The use of artificial tears by this company has caused severe eye infections in 68 patients. As imported!-->…
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Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania had Marburg outbreaks in January and March of this year, respectively. As a hemorrhagic fever, Marburg is a relatively rare disease with a very high death rate. Like Ebola, it is transmitted through bodily fluids and symptoms include high fever and capillary leakage.!-->…
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California is expected to have more rain and snow in March, and there is a possibility of a warm system that could melt the snowpack, leading to flooding. Forecasters predict that the state will have an above-average chance of precipitation throughout March. Potential warmer storms could cause!-->…
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A study published in the journal Nature Medicine suggests a possible link between the popular sugar substitute erythritol and an increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke. The study looked at the levels of erythritol in the blood of around 4,000 people from the!-->…
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Locals who keep animals report that chickens, cows, and foxes have died after a train derailment that caused chemical burns in Ohio.
Officials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that they counted about 3,500 dead fish in four waterways nearby. In an early sampling shortly!-->…
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On February 3, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on its way to Pennsylvania. Its cars were carrying, vinyl chloride, a colorless, hazardous gas that is a known carcinogen, and other toxic substances such as dioxin.
On 6 February, after evacuating the immediate area,!-->…
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The San Andreas fault in California is capable of similar activity to the East Anatolian fault that caused the Turkey-Syrian Earthquake earlier this week.
Following the earthquakes in the 1980s and 1990s, some Californian cities have retrofitted or destroyed problematic buildings. However, not all!-->…
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On February 6, 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes shook northern and western Syria as well as southern and central Turkey.
The number of fatalities in Turkey alone reached 17,674 as of today, making it the country's deadliest earthquake since 1939.
Following the deadly earthquake, Turkey's!-->…
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On Tuesday, January 31, the US public health emergency declaration for mpox came to an end. The virus hasn't completely gone away, but the average number of new cases per day reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the single digits, as opposed to the August 2022 peak!-->…
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In October 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 24, more commonly known as College Student Right to Access Act, making California the first state to mandate state universities to provide medication abortion resources on campus. Before this bill, students on average had to drive!-->…
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