EPA to Restore Rule Limiting Mercury Pollution From Power Plants
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Enforcement of a rule limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants will be resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.It’s the latest move by the Biden admin…
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TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Enforcement of a rule limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants will be resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.It’s the latest move by the Biden admin…
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Pfizer will ask FDA to approve its COVID vaccine for kids under 5. If approved, the two-shot regimen would become the first approved for use in children this young; older children are already eligible for the vaccine. Read moreOpioids’ grim toll on yo…
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Pfizer will ask FDA to approve its COVID vaccine for kids under 5. If approved, the two-shot regimen would become the first approved for use in children this young; older children are already eligible for the vaccine. Read moreOpioids’ grim toll on yo…
Learn MoreYoung Americans Lost Almost 1.5 Million Years of Life to Opioids Between 2015 and 2019
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. drug epidemic continues its death march, with new research showing American teens and young adults have lost nearly 1.5 million years of life due to drug overdose deaths in recent years. For the stud…
Learn MoreYoung Americans Lost Almost 1.5 Million Years of Life to Opioids Between 2015 and 2019
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. drug epidemic continues its death march, with new research showing American teens and young adults have lost nearly 1.5 million years of life due to drug overdose deaths in recent years. For the stud…
Learn MoreAirborne COVID Virus Drifts Outside Isolation Rooms at Home
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Telling people to isolate in a bedroom when COVID-19 strikes may not be enough to keep the virus from spreading to others in the household, a new study suggests.Airborne coronavirus particles were found both …
Learn MoreAirborne COVID Virus Drifts Outside Isolation Rooms at Home
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Telling people to isolate in a bedroom when COVID-19 strikes may not be enough to keep the virus from spreading to others in the household, a new study suggests.Airborne coronavirus particles were found both …
Learn MoreBlood Pressure Crises Sending More Americans to the ER
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalizations for dangerously high blood pressure more than doubled in the United States from 2002 to 2014, new research shows. This jump in hospitalizations for what’s called a “hypertensive crisis” occur…
Learn MoreBlood Pressure Crises Sending More Americans to the ER
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalizations for dangerously high blood pressure more than doubled in the United States from 2002 to 2014, new research shows. This jump in hospitalizations for what’s called a “hypertensive crisis” occur…
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