"Greening Health Care: How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet"
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"Ebola Vaccine Works, Offering 100% Protection in African Trial"
"A highly unusual clinical trial in Guinea has shown for the first time that an Ebola vaccine protects people from the deadly virus. The study, published online today by The Lancet, shows that the injection offered contacts of Ebola cases 100% protection starting 10 days after they received a single shot of the vaccine, which is produced by Merck. Scientists say the vaccine could help to finally bring an end to the epidemic in West Africa, now more than 18 months old."
Source: Science, 08/03/2015
Are Health Warnings on Soda Unconstitutional? Industry Says Yes
The American Beverage Association, California State Outdoor Advertising Association and California Retailers Association sued San Francisco for requiring health warnings on advertisements for certain sugary beverages when posted on city property, saying it violates their First Amendment rights.
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Secret Congressional Background Reports Leak Again; Debate Continues
Here are some recently leaked CRS reports of relevance to environmental journalists, as well as the latest on the debate following the NYT editorial calling for the reports to be made public.
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AMA Calls for Disclosure, Monitoring of Chemicals in Fracking Fluid
The American Medical Association, the nation's largest professional association of medical doctors, advocates public policies that doctors believe will protect public health. On Jun 9, 2015, the organization said fracking operation information should go not only to doctors, but also to the public whose health may be at risk.
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"We Need Antibiotics. They’re Not Profitable To Make. Who Pays?"
The problem of growing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is being compounded by the decisions of many drug companies to stop developing and making new antibiotics. The reason: they are not making money.
Source: National Geographic, 05/29/2015
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