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Tag: Public Health

‘Cheaper, More Humane’ Drones Emerge as Key Weapon in Mosquito Control from Poland to Africa
Technology

‘Cheaper, More Humane’ Drones Emerge as Key Weapon in Mosquito Control from Poland to Africa

August 27, 2025

In Ghana, Kenya, Japan, Poland and probably other countries as well, it’s now the mosquitos who fear the sound…

Dementia Rates Set to Double Along with the Importance of Prevention Strategies by 2060
Medicine

Dementia Rates Set to Double Along with the Importance of Prevention Strategies by 2060

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Around 1 million adults in the US are projected to develop dementia each year by 2060, compared with around…

Trump’s Public Health Picks Roundly Criticized While Half of American Adults are Obese, 25% of Adolescents
Medicine

Trump’s Public Health Picks Roundly Criticized While Half of American Adults are Obese, 25% of Adolescents

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Under the second Trump Administration, it’s fair to suggest that the nation’s public health sector will undergo the most…

Infant and Maternal Mortality Rise in the US Putting it Among the Worst of Industrialized Nations
Medicine

Infant and Maternal Mortality Rise in the US Putting it Among the Worst of Industrialized Nations

November 14, 2023

A report from the advocacy and non-profit organization Zero to Three has found a very developing world problem is…

Celebrate European Parks Day by Sending Photos Showing How Parks Keep us Healthy
Conservation

Celebrate European Parks Day by Sending Photos Showing How Parks Keep us Healthy

May 6, 2020

Last year, the EUROPARC Federation came up with the theme “Healthy Parks, Healthy People” for European Day of Parks…


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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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