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LA County voted to update building codes after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. The updated codes require all non ductile high rises, or high rises that tend to perform poorly during earthquakes, to be retrofitted within the next 10 years.  To read the full article by Nadine El-Bawab on ABC News,…

The flu shot this year has shown relatively effective levels of protection according to new data. The vaccine's effectiveness ranged from 45-55% against the dominant Influenza A and H3N2 flu viruses, and according to experts this year's vaccine showed greater effectiveness compared to past years. …

The European Center For Disease Control (ECDC) is warning of a potential increase in infectious diseases in the wake of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Scientists at the ECDC speculate that the increase in infectious diseases could be caused by limited access to clean drinking water due to…

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ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence known to generate long-form written content in response to user input prompts. Since its introduction to society in November, educators are scrambling to understand how to handle student work produced with the help of artificial intelligence. Some public…

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…

Europe could face a climate crisis due to consistently low groundwater levels. The severe droughts in Europe have caused the groundwater levels to stay low after the drought in the summer of 2018, causing energy shortages and crop failure.  To read the full article from The Independent by Alice…

Scientists discovered a new plant toxin called albicidin that displays antibacterial properties. The discovery is a landmark in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria that has been on the rise for decades.  To read the full article from The Guardian by Robin McKie, click here

Students at Harvard Medical School are working with administrators to incorporate climate change into its medical school curriculum. The new curriculum will include topics such as how climate change impacts human health, and how healthcare systems contribute to climate change.  To read the full…

Atmospheric rivers caused severe rain, wind, and heavy snow in California, creating hazardous road conditions and flood warnings across the state. However, more coastal towns in California could experience a break in the storm due to the weather system moving farther east. To read the full article…

Weather disasters may become more frequent with climate change, forcing people to move to more vulnerable areas to escape. Although 2022 had an average number of hurricanes, it still contained the third highest number of multi-billion dollar storms since 1980. With the climate crisis, scientists…

Many signs of stress were found in trees across Seattle after this decade's arid, hot summer climate. At the Washington Park Arboretum, which is a 230-acre park, a few significant trees showed stress which were last efforts to reproduce. Even with protocols such as President Biden's Inflation…

A new study that conducted genetic testing on glacier runoff in Lake Hazen suggests that due to rising temperatures and glacier melting, it is more likely that viruses trapped inside the ice could become released and potentially become a global health hazard. The researchers sequenced the DNA and…

The illegal donkey skin trade operating out of parts of Africa and shipped to China for traditional medicine purposes could be the source of the spread of new zoonotic infectious diseases due to the scale of the trade, lack of regulation, and unhygienic slaughtering methods. Researchers tested 108…