The Philippines is asking for $1.4 million from the US in compensation after the USS Guardian ran aground on the protected Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO world heritage site. Tubbataha Management Office representative Angelique Songco told Al Jazeera she planned to send the U.S. Embassy a letter billing the full amount next week, noting that the damage done […]
The Philippines is asking for $1.4 million from the US in compensation after the USS Guardian ran aground on the protected Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO world heritage site. Tubbataha Management Office representative Angelique Songco told Al Jazeera she planned to send the U.S. Embassy a letter billing the full amount next week, noting that the damage done […]
April 8 Update: Reporters covering the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline rupture in Mayflower, Ark. are claiming they’re being threatened with arrest for entering areas impacted by what now is estimated as a 157,500 gallon oil spill. State Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, who has taken a hard line approach against ExxonMobil for the spill, led a group […]
April 8 Update: Reporters covering the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline rupture in Mayflower, Ark. are claiming they’re being threatened with arrest for entering areas impacted by what now is estimated as a 157,500 gallon oil spill. State Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, who has taken a hard line approach against ExxonMobil for the spill, led a group […]
Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. Health officials believe people are contracting the H7N9 virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there’s no […]
Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. Health officials believe people are contracting the H7N9 virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there’s no […]
Researchers from the New York-based Radiation and Health Project have reported in a study published by the Open Journal of Pediatrics that children born in the west coast of the United States after the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown are 28 percent more likely to develop congenital hyperthyroidism. In examining post-Fukushima children, researchers have found parallels […]
Researchers from the New York-based Radiation and Health Project have reported in a study published by the Open Journal of Pediatrics that children born in the west coast of the United States after the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown are 28 percent more likely to develop congenital hyperthyroidism. In examining post-Fukushima children, researchers have found parallels […]
More than half a million U.S. children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported Thursday. The increase is the result of the government last year lowering the threshold for lead poisoning, so now more children are considered at risk. Too much lead can harm developing brains […]
More than half a million U.S. children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported Thursday. The increase is the result of the government last year lowering the threshold for lead poisoning, so now more children are considered at risk. Too much lead can harm developing brains […]
For 15 years, Congress has bestowed special privileges to some small remote hospitals, usually in rural areas, to help them stay afloat. Medicare pays them more than it pays most hospitals and exempts them from financial pressure to operate efficiently and requirements to reveal how their patients fare. Nearly one in four hospitals qualifies for […]
For 15 years, Congress has bestowed special privileges to some small remote hospitals, usually in rural areas, to help them stay afloat. Medicare pays them more than it pays most hospitals and exempts them from financial pressure to operate efficiently and requirements to reveal how their patients fare. Nearly one in four hospitals qualifies for […]
A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana for the first time in four decades, a poll released today shows. The nationwide poll from the Pew Research Center shows 52 percent support making pot legal while 45 percent are against it. More from GlobalPost: Marijuana legalized in Colorado, Washington Support has been on the rise, but spiked10 percentage […]
A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana for the first time in four decades, a poll released today shows. The nationwide poll from the Pew Research Center shows 52 percent support making pot legal while 45 percent are against it. More from GlobalPost: Marijuana legalized in Colorado, Washington Support has been on the rise, but spiked10 percentage […]
