Dec 6, 2023 | Physical Environment
“Children who reported to pediatric center emergency departments with respiratory illness and were hospitalized were more likely to have taken COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than...
Dec 5, 2023 | Physical Environment
“Animal disease experts confirmed that 250,000 birds were euthanized this week after testing positive for the avian flu at two farms in the Bay Area. According to health officials, the decision came as concerns were raised over the spread of the virus when two...
Nov 28, 2023 | Physical Environment
“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that two people have died in Minnesota and 45 others have been hospitalized due to a salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe. A total of 99 people in 32 states have been...
Nov 28, 2023 | Physical Environment
“A Washington state jury last week ordered chemical giant Bayer to pay $165 million to a group of Sky Valley Education Center employees who alleged they became seriously ill from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that leaked from light fixtures made by the...
Nov 24, 2023 | Physical Environment
“Scientists today called for vigilance and transparency from China amid reports of a mystery cluster of pneumonia which has eerie similarities to the early Covid outbreak. Hospitals in Beijing and 500 miles northeast in Liaoning are ‘overwhelmed with sick...
Nov 24, 2023 | Physical Environment
“Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency after a freight train derailed in Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon. Beshear’s office said in a Wednesday night statement that multiple freight train cars derailed in Rockcastle County,...