Environmental health
Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2021 03:45 PM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. June 23, 2021. Editorial: Police accountability demands transparency The powers granted to...

In Oman, fungal infection detected in some COVID-19 patients

By Isabel Debre Jun. 15, 2021 07:57 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman announced Tuesday that its doctors have detected a potentially fatal fungal infection afflicting some coronavirus...

FILE - In this April 15, 2011, file photo, a bottle of Johnson's baby powder is displayed. Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using the company's talc products. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict

By Mark Sherman May. 31, 2021 12:49 AM EDT

A man reacts as a health worker in protective suit takes his nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Satish Sharma)
India battles fatal fungal threat as virus deaths near 300K

By Sheikh Saaliq May. 23, 2021 01:55 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
Terre Haute Tribune-Star. April 27, 2021. Editorial: An unnecessary infringement on executive power The coronavirus...

Brianne Smith poses for a photo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Maryland Heights, Mo. Smith was overjoyed to get an email telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later, her relief was replaced by dread: a phone alert — another mass public shooting. Before the pandemic, she would scan for the nearest exit in public places and routinely practiced active shooter drills at the company where she works. But after a year at home in the pandemic, those anxieties had faded. Until now. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
As pandemic ebbs, an old fear is new again: mass shootings

By Gillian Flaccus May. 04, 2021 01:39 PM EDT

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listen, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over motions in the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV, via AP, Pool)
Expert blames George Floyd's death on heart rhythm problem

By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski And Tammy Webber Apr. 14, 2021 10:42 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Erie Times News. March 28, 2021. Editorial: PA’s best shot is at beating COVID is local, not regional It’d be great if...

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, is an entryway into a Foster Farms chicken plant in Fresno, Calif. Local health officials gave a heads-up to a California chicken processing plant about a state inspection during the largest known COVID-19 workplace outbreak in Fresno County, The Fresno Bee reported, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, citing emails obtained through the Public Records Act. Hundreds were infected in the outbreak late last year at a Foster Farms plant in Fresno and at least five workers have died. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Craig Kohlruss)
Report: Fresno chicken plant got tip about virus inspection

Mar. 18, 2021 02:54 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 01:04 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ March 3 The Advocate on a scientific report...

People wait in a long line to buy groceries at H-E-B on South Congress Avenue during an extreme cold snap and widespread power outage on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Millions endure record cold without power; at least 20 dead

By Bryan Anderson Feb. 16, 2021 08:23 AM EST

Ukraine hospital fire kills 3 COVID-19 patients, doctor

Feb. 04, 2021 11:44 AM EST
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three coronavirus patients and a doctor died in a fire at a hospital in Ukraine. Volodymyr Shinkarenko, the head...

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:15 PM EST
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Jan. 24 The News & Observer on the...

5 dead of suspected gas leak in Italian nursing home

Jan. 16, 2021 07:26 AM EST
MILAN (AP) — Five elderly residents of a nursing home near Rome have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and another five residents and two workers...

In this undated photo provided by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Damien Fair poses for a photo in Minneapolis. Fair, a cognitive neuroscientist, is among the 21 recipients of this year's “genius grants." The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the fellowships Tuesday Oct. 6, 2020. Each will receive $625,000 over five years to spend as they please. (John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation via AP)
Activists, scientists, authors among 'genius grant' fellows

By Herbert G. Mccann Oct. 06, 2020 12:01 PM EDT

A man wearing a mask walks by the lake outside of the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, Wash., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Olympia is among the places facing unhealthy air quality due to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
Wildfire smoke brings worst air quality to Portland, Seattle

By Gene Johnson Sep. 11, 2020 04:38 PM EDT

GOP leaders seek to appeal Lamont's future executive orders

By Susan Haigh Sep. 01, 2020 06:05 PM EDT
Opposed to the idea of automatically extending Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont's pandemic emergency powers for another five months, the top Republican legislative...

A rower goes past Angel Island and the sun rising behind in smoke from wildfires Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Sausalito, Calif. Thousands of people were under orders to evacuate in regions surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday as nearly 40 wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week. Smoke blanketed the city of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
California slammed by wildfires, heat, unhealthy smoky air

By Daisy Nguyen And Seth Borenstein Aug. 19, 2020 10:19 PM EDT

This Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo provided by Jennifer Gottschalk shows her getting tested for COVID-19 in a Toledo, Ohio, hospital. As the environmental health supervisor for the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, she fielded calls about COVID-19 cases from a hospital bed while fighting the disease herself. She then worked throughout her home isolation, stopping only when her coughing was too severe to talk. (Jennifer Gottschalk via AP)
Hollowed out public health system faces more cuts amid virus

By Lauren Weber, Laura Ungar, Michelle R. Smith, Hannah Recht And Anna Maria Barry-Jester Jul. 01, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

This Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo provided by Jennifer Gottschalk shows her getting tested for COVID-19 in a Toledo, Ohio, hospital. As the environmental health supervisor for the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, she fielded calls about COVID-19 cases from a hospital bed while fighting the disease herself. She then worked throughout her home isolation, stopping only when her coughing was too severe to talk. (Jennifer Gottschalk via AP)
Hollowed out public health system faces more cuts amid virus

By Lauren Weber, Laura Ungar, Michelle R. Smith, Hannah Recht And Anna Maria Barry-Jester Jul. 01, 2020 12:01 AM EDT