The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a unit of the National Institutes of Health, recently removed references to climate "change" from its website, reports Chicago Tribune.
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California legislators proposed a bill to enact a drinking water tax on households and businesses to fund efforts to clean up unsafe tap water, according to Mercury News.
Public health interventions have been credited with adding 25 years to life expectancy in the 20th century, yet only 3 percent of health spending in the U.S. is dedicated toward these initiatives, write Karen DeSalvo, MD, and Jeffrey Levi, PhD,…
A tobacco giant, Philip Morris International, has asked the FDA to approve a new tobacco product, which the company deems a "less risky" smoke-free cigarette, according to The Hill.
Indianapolis-based Anthem will stop covering emergency department visits it deems unnecessary for Indiana policyholders, extending the discretionary policy recently enacted in Georgia and Missouri, according to an IndyStar report.
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Immediately following the solar eclipse, Google searches related to vision problems spiked in popularity, according to the Business Insider.
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ordered the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to stop a study on potential health risks for residents living near surface coal mines in the Appalachian…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic declared plans to make a multimillion-dollar investment in its Albert Lea campus Aug. 21, according to KTTC News.
Roughly 42 percent of Americans favor "behavior" or "sin" taxes to curb unhealthy consumption habits, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey.
Boulder (Colo.) Medical Center's Foothills Hospital stopped providing infant delivery services this month, according to The Pueblo Chieftain.