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Appalachia is seeing black lung rates that have climbed back to levels not seen in nearly 50 years, according to NPR News. The renewed rise comes as thousands of miners are reported to be sick or dying, raising fresh…
H2: London’s clean-air policy shows signs of reversing damage A major study has found that children’s lungs in London grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were pushed out of the city centre under…
A NASA-supported monitoring network has produced a detailed three-year picture of PM2.5 and black carbon pollution across Ethiopia's capital.
Ukraine struck Russia?s Black Sea naval base at Novorossiysk, raising pressure on Moscow?s war logistics and Black Sea trade risk.
Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. Nearly half are kids under age 5. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope
New map analysis from NPR shows how the ongoing redistricting fight has broken up predominantly Black congressional areas across six states, with major implications for
Wildfires and heat waves are making it harder for countries to clean the air, the World Meteorological Organization warned in a new bulletin released on September 7 for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies…
Albanese’s comments come as One Nation leader nears end of UK tour. Follow today’s news live Albanese helps launch major air combat exercise Anthony Albanese has announced the official opening of Exercise Pitch Black
Astronaut photographs published by NASA show smoke surrounding Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as major fires affect air quality and communities.
September 19, 2026: A large plume of black smoke was visible near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday after Saudi Arabia issued overnight security alerts warning residents of potential danger in the…
Seven American aid workers who had been fighting the Ebola outbreak in Congo are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after a US travel ban, becoming the first known people to use the facility.
COVID-19 activity is increasing across the United States, led by the South and West, while experts say overall levels and severe outcomes remain comparatively low.
The FAO Food Price Index edged higher in July as disruption and difficult weather lifted wheat, sugar and vegetable-oil quotations.
The United Nations is warning that the Sudanese city of el-Obeid is under severe pressure as drone strikes continue and civilians face mounting humanitarian risks, including water shortages, a worsening cholera outbreak…
Kyiv battlefield gains have put Ukraine counteroffensive claims back in focus as officials seek to prove Russia can still be pushed back.
President Donald Trump has signed an order seeking changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, including separate visits and a review of MMR options.
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed another grim milestone, becoming the deadliest outbreak in the country’s history as health authorities report a continuing rise in infections and deaths…
The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the much-anticipated pirate game which has been remade from the ground up.
Retired pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is known for safely landing an airplane on the Hudson River in 2009. This week, he announced that he has Alzheimer's
A monkey that injured 18 people during a two-week series of attacks in a town on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has been trapped, ending a scare that forced schools to close and left residents on alert, according to local…
Australia’s national test of the new AusAlert emergency warning system is set to go ahead on Monday, bringing a loud alert to most phones and renewed advice for people using secret safe phones to take precautions. The…
Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and is one of the latest updates picked up from the monitored RSS feeds, and it has enough public interest to deserve more than a short automated…
Uganda has begun pressing countries to remove Ebola-related travel restrictions after the discharge of its last confirmed patient marked a major step toward the outbreak being declared over. The development came on…
The Cambridge plagiarism scandal has taken a tragic turn after former professor Jason Arday was found dead following his resignation from the university.