Category: Health

GENEVA – New data by two leading U.N. agencies find the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine life-saving immunization services for millions of children, many of whom risk dying from vaccine-preventable diseases. The World Health Organization and U.N. Children’s Fund report 23 million children missed out last year on vaccines against […]

The head of Denver’s Department of Public Health and Environment wants the ability to raise fines for public health violations up to $5,000. DENVER — Public health violation fines are too low, according to the person responsible for issuing public health violations in Denver. Bob McDonald, the executive director of […]

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 14, 2021 11:59 pm     Updated July 15, 2021 12:00 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Canada’s food safety […]

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29 per cent increase. “This is a staggering loss […]

European Union leaders on Wednesday introduced the bloc’s most comprehensive plans yet to combat climate change, with a new goal of reducing carbon emissions to 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. Unveiled by the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, the legislation would make the bloc’s goal of reaching climate […]

The five sunscreen products were shown to contain small amounts of benzene, a known carcinogen. Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contain low levels of benzene, a chemical that can cause cancer with repeated exposure. The […]

Young Americans are trying to return to the normalcy they’ve long yearned for since the pandemic started. And, well? Things are shaping up to be a little brutal out here. Americans between 12 and 29 are contracting COVID-19 at the highest rates while being the least protected — only 38 […]

After months of declining numbers, COVID-19 infection rates in the United States have more than doubled in the past two weeks as the new transmissible Delta variant spreads and vaccination rates stall. The spike in numbers also comes a week before the Canada-U.S. border ban is set to expire […]

More than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. last year, a record experts say was partly triggered by the isolation that many experienced during coronavirus-related lockdowns. The government reported Wednesday that the 2020 total easily surpassed the previous record of about 72,000 deaths in 2019. “This is a staggering […]

Frequent and long-term use of lye-based hair straightening products, or relaxers, may increase the risk of breast cancer among Black women, compared with more moderate use. Boston University’s Black Women’s Health Study followed 59,000 self-identified African American women for over 25 years, sending questionnaires every two years on new diagnoses […]