public health
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Two Years After Maui Burned, Researchers Reveal the Wildfire’s True Death Toll
In August 2023, downed power lines on Maui, Hawaii, sparked a wildfire that quickly exploded into multiple, fast-moving blazes fanned…
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Deaths in US Surged in 2020, Well Beyond Official Covid-19 Toll
Volunteers working on an outdoor public art installation in Washington DC. created by Suzanne Firstenberg, December 2020. The white flags…
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Virtual Phone Virus ‘Mimics’ the Spread of Covid-19
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) In an effort to assist the evolving science of contact tracing, researchers have created a…
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Meet Lia, a Flushable, Biodegradable Pregnancy Test
Image: Lia Pregnancy tests are in dire need of a redesign. And while we’ve seen some real progress on this…
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Survivors of Severe Covid-19 Should Get Their Eyes Checked, Study Suggests
Photo: William Thomas Cain (Getty Images) Doctors are warning that covid-19 may be capable of causing lingering eye problems. A…
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