Tag: Public Health
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After killing 18 last year, first 2026 case of West Nile virus pops up in Colorado
While West Nile Virus tends to get overlooked by many Coloradans due to a general lack of mosquitoes in the Centennial State compared to elsewhere in the country, it’s a very serious risk and it kills an average of about 10 to 11 people in Colorado each year. In 2025, it killed 18 Coloradans with…
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Colorado marijuana regulators pledge crackdown on intoxicating hemp
Citing potential tax avoidance, ‘serious risk to public safety,’ Marijuana Enforcement Division warns companies about swapping illegal chemically converted hemp for marijuana This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Colorado regulators announced on Monday that they plan to crack down on companies that illegally substitute cheaper and…
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After the trauma of the fires, survivors faced worry over contamination, struggled to find testing
LOS ANGELES — After the Eaton and Palisades fires ripped through Los Angeles County, the vast majority of residents in and around the burn scars were concerned about the hazardous compounds from the smoke and ash lingering in their homes, water and soil, according to a new survey published Tuesday. Yet many felt they lacked…
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Boston Jury Returns $83 Million Asbestos-Exposure Verdict Against American Art Clay Company
Iola, Gross & Forbes-King Law Firm: Company failed to warn about its ceramics clay products BOSTON, Sept. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A Boston jury has returned an $83 million verdict against American Art Clay Company, agreeing that a Western Massachusetts woman’s mesothelioma death was caused by their asbestos-laden products. The verdict includes $60 million in punitive…
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National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA’s effort to undo regulations fighting climate change
The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger
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Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F
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Groundbreaking New Sensor Transforms How Europe Tracks Pollution, Smoke and Cloud From Space
DARMSTADT, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 16, 2025– The first images from the Multi-Viewing, Multi-Channel, Multi-Polarisation Imager, presented at the 2025 EUMETSAT Conference, reveal the brand-new instrument’s exceptional ability to monitor the Earth’s atmosphere from multiple perspectives, to support improved forecasts and air pollution and climate monitoring. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250915322837/en/…
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Congress asks whether Boar’s Head deli meat plant tied to deadly outbreak will be fit to reopen
Lawmakers have summoned Boar’s Head deli meat officials to face a federal food safety committee
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Ebola vaccine reaches the epicenter of Congo’s outbreak as officials race to contain the disease
The World Health Organization said limited access and scarce funds are a challenge in its response to the Ebola outbreak in southern Congo
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Ebola cases in Congo rise as authorities race to contain spread of outbreak, health agency says
Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday that suspected Ebola cases in Congo’s southern Kasai province have more than doubled since last week