Former EPA heads sound alarm on administration’s regulatory rollbacks
Former EPA heads from Democratic and Republican administrations raised the alarm about the agency’s direction.
Former EPA heads from Democratic and Republican administrations raised the alarm about the agency’s direction.
More children could wind up in emergency rooms because of allergy attacks spurred by climate change, according to experts. A June 6, 2019 article … Continue reading “Climate change-related allergies could put more kids in ER”
A new state survey found that nearly 20% of respondents in Massachusetts experienced a recent medical error. The analysis, from the Betsy Lehman Center … Continue reading “Medical errors in Massachusetts harm patients, drive up costs”
Mass administration of the antibiotic azithromycin to children between the ages of 1 and 9 in Ethiopia significantly reduced deaths when compared with children … Continue reading “Antibiotic helps prevent childhood deaths, but raises concerns of drug resistance”
It may be possible to reduce unnecessary cesarean sections by using a tool as simple as a white board in labor and delivery rooms. … Continue reading “Keeping mothers informed may reduce C-sections”
A new website has been launched that enables clinicians to share their research results before peer review, with the goal of speeding up scientific … Continue reading “Is publishing unvetted clinical research a good idea?”
The percentage of women and teen girls in South Carolina who received long-acting contraception shortly after giving birth increased after the state changed the … Continue reading “Reducing short-interval births in South Carolina”
Numerous studies have found a connection between education and health. In a June 3, 2019 New York Times article, Austin Frakt of Harvard T.H. … Continue reading “Can education improve health?”
Physicians and humanitarians called for the United Nations to investigate attacks against medical facilities in Syria, and for international governments to exert pressure to stop them.
There doesn’t appear to be any scientific basis for the idea that 10,000 steps should be everyone’s daily fitness goal.