Topic: The Associated Press
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:. The amount of the outdated vaccine, which will be incinerated, is more than twice the usual surplus and likely sets a record, according to the ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: The number of U.S. hospital patients who died from health care-related complications decreased between 2001 and 2006, says a new study.. The death rate for ...
EPA measuring methods underestimate emissions, but more accurate technologies not usedThe nation's oil and chemical plants are spewing a lot more pollution than they report to the Environmental Protection Agency — and the EPA knows it.But the federal agency has yet to ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: No evidence exists that the herbal remedy St. John's wort is an effective treatment for anxiety, says a U.S. researcher.. On the contrary, there may ...
Children whose mothers encountered a large amount of air pollution during pregnancy may end up with lower IQs, according to a study appearing in next month's Pediatrics. Some researchers point out, however, that those with lower IQs were also likely subjected to ...
Feds may regulate drug residue in drinking water to stem possible health threatFederal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some of ...
Quotes from the AP's interview with KerryQuotes from The Associated Press interview with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., on Wednesday, a few hours after he returned from Afghanistan, where he helped persuade President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff ...
Boxer plans Senate hearing on schools' toxic drinking water supplies following AP storyThe head of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee said Wednesday that legislators will hold hearings to address toxic drinking water in the nation's schools following an Associated Press probe into ...
This article discusses proceedings at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on " Last March, three Associated Press writers caused a stir by reporting that American drinking water is widely contaminated with pharmaceutical chemicals, albeit at extremely low levels. The U.S. Environmental Protection ...
Administration boasts of environmental justice scoring that doesn't yet existThe federal government pointed with pride to a sweeping national database that identifies pollution-stricken poor and minority neighborhoods to help officials better target billions of economic recovery dollars.But it's a tool that doesn't ...
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