A year after health officials issued a record number of alerts for high ozone levels on Colorado's Front Range, federal and state officials are trying to rein in the gas that can make outdoor activities a health risk.
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2022
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It can be a bit smellier than other ways of monitoring COVID-19, but analyzing wastewater is a cheaper, faster and more accurate way for public health officials and researchers to detect rising cases. Bits and pieces of the ...
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2022
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During the first year of the pandemic, Black people accounted for a disproportionate 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. That number is bleak, but it's also probably incomplete: it includes only deaths where ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2022
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It's difficult to ask, but how many fatalities should Australia accept from COVID in 2022?
Social Sciences
May 19, 2022
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Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires in Oregon's history by sheltering overnight in a river with a patio chair. So there was never any question that Myron would rebuild his home ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2022
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At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mining giant Vale shut down its Voisey's Bay mine for three months to protect the health and well-being of its employees and the nearby Nunatsiavut Inuit communities.
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2022
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As COVID-19 upended societal norms when it swept through the United States in 2020, a second pandemic—or "infodemic"— was also on the rise. An analysis of Twitter users by researchers at the University of California, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2022
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Consider the following situation: Two experts give you advice about whether you should eat or avoid the fat in common cooking oils.
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2022
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Coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as valley fever, is a disease caused by two species of fungi from the genus Coccidioides: C. immitis and C. posadasii. Normally found in desert soil, these fungi can cause such symptoms ...
Ecology
Jan 20, 2022
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Dozens of critically endangered orangutans in Malaysia have been tested for the coronavirus, with vets in protective suits undertaking the tricky task of giving the apes nasal swabs.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2021
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