Category: Americas

Scurvy Cropping Up In New England

Poverty often leads to a poor diet, and poor diets can lead to a host of health problems. Doctors

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Yellowstone River Closes Over Deadly Parasite

Montana officials have indefinitely closed the Yellowstone River over concerns of a deadly parasite that has killed thousands of

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Puerto Rico Expects Up to 270 Zika Microcephaly Cases

U.S. health experts estimate that as many as 270 babies in Puerto Rico may be born with the severe

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80 Mile Crack Threatens Antarctic Ice Shelf

A huge crack that scientists found across a fragile ice shelf in Antarctica is continuing to widen and grow,

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Flash Floods Hit San Bernardino County

A and of thunderstorms and heavy rains in eastern San Bernardino County led to powerful flash flooding Monday evening

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Indiana Residents Evicted After Arsenic And Lead Contamination

After decades of nearby industrial pollution, residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana, were abruptly

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Shellfish Infected As Temperatures Rise

Norovirus is the least of your worries. A sometimes-fatal bacteria is infecting more shellfish, even as those species are

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Rising Seas Create First American Refugees

Climate change, particularly unprecedented sea level rise, is already creating refugees in the United States. Back in January, the Department

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Arsenic Contamination In Canada Permanent

YELLOWKNIFE – A study of lakes near one of Canada’s most contaminated industrial sites suggests that the water immediately

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Rising Seas Forces Alaskan Village To Move

A coastal village in Alaska has voted to relocate amid the threat of rising sea levels in their area,

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