The appointment of a US health secretary with anti-vaccine views could cause deaths and have profound consequences around the world, global health experts fear. Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump’s pic
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Microplastic pollution has been found in all human semen samples tested in a study, and researchers say further research on the potential harm to reproduction is “imperative”. Sperm counts in men have
Human society is on track for a collapse in the next two decades if there isn't a serious shift in global priorities, according to a new reassessment of a 1970s report, Vice reported In that report —
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President-elect Trump has tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic, for the nation’s top health care job, leading the Department of Health and Human Services.
Donald Trump suggested vaccines could be banned if he becomes president, in the clearest sign yet of a radical shake-up in public health policy should he put his ally Robert F Kennedy Jr in charge of
It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of zooplankton, crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic algae, returning to the depth
A former US navy base in Maine has caused among the largest accidental spills of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” ever recorded in the nation, and public health advocates suspect state officials are att
Local officials in Massachusetts have issued warnings about mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), and, in one case, placed restrictions on the use of public fields at night, prompting
Donald Trump’s criminal case on charges that he illegally retained classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club was dismissed on Monday after a federal judge sided with the former president and ruled t
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Grocery stores in Alabama and Oklahoma have vending machines that allow users to purchase ammo for guns. The vending machine supplier, American Rounds, markets “ammo sales like y
Major news and tech media that have run fossil-fuel ads were largely staying quiet after the UN’s secretary general called for governments and companies to place bans on advertisements for coal, oil a
ALERTHOUSTON Cooling Center Operations for City of Houston City of Houston Activates Cooling Centers Certain community centers, multi-service centers available for people to take refuge from the heat
For the last several months, a city at the heart of Silicon Valley has been training artificial intelligence to recognize tents and cars with people living inside in what experts believe is the first
Advertisement 3 hours ago Business correspondent, BBC News Getty Images A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US. John Ba
Microscopic pieces of plastic are everywhere. Now, they've been found in bottled water in concentrations 10 to 100 times more than previously estimated. Researchers from Columbia University and Rutger
Katie Mazarac just wanted to give her daughter a bath. It was late summer evening, and the small Louisiana fishing community where she and her then 18-month-old live had been plagued by water issues f
Artificial rain has been used in an attempt to lower pollution levels in Lahore, Pakistan. The capital city of the eastern province of Punjab, near the Indian border, has some of the worst air quality
Social Health What's the point of doomsday kits? Jessica Wildfire Dec 9, 2023 Grandfailure December 09 2023 11:04 PM 6 min read Share Email I'm not sure how I found out about Judy, but it was an accid
Someone recently told me, "I honestly believe young people are going to cause the collapse of civilization by 2050." Here's something you probably didn't know: For years, a Saudi Arabian dairy company
Well, we did it. Pop the champagne. After the hottest summer in recorded history, the planet continued its upward path. As of Nov 17, we've gone more than 2.0C degrees above the preindustrial baseline
Social Health Now will never come again. Alan Urban Nov 13, 2023 Photo by NEOM on Unsplash November 13 2023 6:56 PM 5 min read Share Email I first became collapse-aware in the fall of 2020. At the tim
In the aftermath of extreme weather events, major insurers are increasingly no longer offering coverage that homeowners in areas vulnerable to those disasters need most. At least five large U.S. prope
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In the early afternoon of September 1, 1914, Martha the passenger pigeon, the last of her kind in the world, passed away, and her entire species disappeared with her. But before that instant of extinc
It was just over a decade ago that Emma Smart and her husband, Andy, first decided they would not have children. Back then, her friends and family did not understand. “When you tell people you didn’t
Underneath the vineyards and thermal spas in southern Italy, magma churns to create one of the world’s most active volcanic systems in a region known as Campi Flegrei. Outside of Naples, Campi Flegrei
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About ten years ago, the National Geographic Channel aired this show about doomsday preppers. One woman was filling her entire house with food. She thought she was going to continue cooking gourmet me
Social Health The author of "Frankenstein" wrote an honest book about the end of the world. Jessica Wildfire Sep 27, 2023 Grandfailure September 27 2023 12:24 PM 4 min read Share Email You probably kn
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