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Heatwaves caused 1,009 deaths in Australia from 2016 to 2019 according to a new analysis led by researchers at Monash University.As the national climate risk assessment…

The Trump administration’s shakeup of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forced Mississippi to stop gathering critical data on women’s experiences before, during…

September 15, 20253 min readDeath Rates from Chronic Diseases Dropped in Most CountriesA report finds that death rates from cancer and heart disease have declined since…

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Air pollution from oil and gas causes more than 90,000 premature deaths and sickens hundreds of thousands of people across the US each year, a new…

MRI Accidents Explained: What Causes Deaths and Injuries in ScannersWhen serious accidents happen in magnetic resonance imaging scanners, it’s usually because people ignore one very important…

A few weeks ago, two groups of protesters gathered on the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. One demonstration was against the war in Gaza,…

Attacks on prison officers and the number of inmate deaths in England and Wales have soared to record levels, according to official figures.Ministry of Justice statistics…

Ethnic minorities and people living in the most deprived areas of England are at increased risk of dying due to excess heat, according to research.A study,…

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