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California schools must drop ultra-processed food, and kitchen managers explain why that’s hard

California will phase ultra-processed foods out of school meals, but kitchen directors say money, staff and small kitchens stand in the way.

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Climate change is undermining our health, and the burden falls heaviest on women

As sea levels creep higher in the Pacific, salt leaches into the soil and reduces the land available to grow food. Ocean warming is damaging coral reefs, reducing fish stocks, and salinity has tainted freshwater supplies.

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Firm Tied to Trump Sons Won Nearly $40 Million in Federal Funds to Screen for Ebola, Other Diseases

XpresTest has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. It’s “a new thing for us,” the company’s CEO said.

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An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot.

As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — once considered virtually eliminated. Doctors don’t always recognize or know how to treat the life-threatening condition.

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Extreme heat is creating a workplace health crisis in Bangladesh's garment industry

Rising temperatures in Bangladesh are creating an occupational health crisis for the 4.2 million workers in the country’s garment industry, reports Mongabay contributor Usraat Fahmidah. A World Bank report shows that maximum temperatures across the country have climbed by about 1.1° Celsius (2° Fahrenheit) since 1980. The country’s capital, Dhaka, hit a record 40.6°C (105°F) […]

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Nearly a billion people face heatwaves and wildfire smoke in the same year

Heatwave wildfire smoke days now reach about 916 million people a year, and the heaviest burden falls on countries rarely linked to fires.

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Bird flu death in Washington state renews concern as virus spreads unchecked at Utah mink farm

A resident of Washington state died this week after a severe case of bird flu, a new and worrying sign that the virus continues to be a threat in the United States.

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Toxic air pollution surges in Indian capital

Toxic air pollution in India's capital, New Delhi, surged on Wednesday to more than 30 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily limit, data from air monitors showed.

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Six measures could save 1.6 million lives a year: WHO

Implementing a few climate and health measures could save nearly 1.6 million lives a year and generate trillions of dollars for the economy, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

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Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September: Report

Pollution from smoke emitted by months of wildfires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in the vast Southeast Asian archipelago in September, according to a new study.

bbc.co.uk

PFAS: Major study into 'forever chemicals' in UK population

The government is launching the first study to measure PFAS in the UK population to understand the risks.

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Experts warn of long-term health risks as Indonesia’s wildfire haze takes a growing toll

JAKARTA — Michael’s 20-month-old daughter began coughing and had shortness of breath in early October, as thick haze from wildfires blanketed Balikpapan, the capital of Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. He and his wife took the toddler to a private hospital, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia. An X-ray showed an infiltrate in the upper part […]

arstechnica.com

Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock

The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.

health.ny.gov

Joint Statement From New York State Department of Health and Lewis County Public Health on Pediatric Measles-Associated Death in Lewis County

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Why the WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency

Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The Northern Hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events. The Southern Hemisphere now faces a summer of heat waves, flooding, wildfires and droughts. This is driven by decades of climate change, now supercharged by an unprecedented El Niño—the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, which is a cyclical warming and cooling of the Pacific Ocean driven by changing trad

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Climate health harms outpace action, prompting calls for global health emergency

The 2026 Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change finds that many of the health risks and harms of climate change grew faster in the decade since the Paris Agreement was introduced (2016–2025) than in the decade before it (2006–2015).

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Wildfire smoke is invading America’s schools, and staying indoors may not be enough

Wildfire smoke is reaching schools more often, and researchers found indoor air is not always safer for children.

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Wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy linked to higher autism risk

A study of nearly 900,000 families found that greater wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy was associated with a higher likelihood of autism in children.

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Global framework urgently needed to assess emerging health risks of novel chemicals, experts say

Over the past century, humanity has invented a dizzying array of novel chemicals for industrial, commercial and domestic use. These synthetic chemicals have been manufactured and released into the world with little caution for the harm they might cause to human health or to ecosystems that we depend on for life as we know it. […]