According to a recent report, pollution from coal-based steel production causes hundreds of premature deaths each year, with people in the Great Lakes region bearing much of the burden. Read […]

According to a recent report, pollution from coal-based steel production causes hundreds of premature deaths each year, with people in the Great Lakes region bearing much of the burden. Read […]

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The loss of measles elimination status in Canada is a symptom of a declining trust in public messaging about science and health
The loss of measles elimination status in Canada is a symptom of a declining trust in public messaging about science and health
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By Clara Lincolnhol

New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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By Clara Lincolnhol

New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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Amid surging influenza cases provincewide, public-health officials for London and surrounding Middlesex County are reporting 20 times more cases than this time last year.
Amid surging influenza cases provincewide, public-health officials for London and surrounding Middlesex County are reporting 20 times more cases than this time last year.
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Fifteen flu-related deaths have been reported since Aug. 24, 2025, according to Middlesex-London Health Unit.
Fifteen flu-related deaths have been reported since Aug. 24, 2025, according to Middlesex-London Health Unit.
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The decline could continue with good hand hygiene, staying home when sick and vaccination, an MLHU physician said.
The decline could continue with good hand hygiene, staying home when sick and vaccination, an MLHU physician said.
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Odds always were against a happy ending for Iranian protesters against its entrenched religious dictatorship. 
Odds always were against a happy ending for Iranian protesters against its entrenched religious dictatorship. 
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Health experts are closely monitoring a new variant of COVID-19, roughly six years after the highly infectious disease ground the world to a halt in March 2020. Here are some things to know about the new strain, dubbed Cicada. What is the new variant? The new COVID-19 variant is called BA.3.2, also referred to as […]
Health experts are closely monitoring a new variant of COVID-19, roughly six years after the highly infectious disease ground the world to a halt in March 2020. Here are some things to know about the new strain, dubbed Cicada. What is the new variant? The new COVID-19 variant is called BA.3.2, also referred to as […]
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