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What are leaking underground storage tanks and how are they being cleaned up?

What are leaking underground storage tanks and how are they being cleaned up?

For more than a decade, some residents of the tiny Richmond, Rhode Island, neighborhood of Canob Park drank and bathed using tap water that had been tainted by gasoline that leaked from storage tanks buried under service stations a few hundred yards
Germany scraps a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for military servicepeople

Germany scraps a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for military servicepeople

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19 , a mandate that had been in place since late 2021, the government said Wednesday.
Your Good Health: heart patient unable to take meds due to nausea

Your Good Health: heart patient unable to take meds due to nausea

My 64-year-old son just returned home after cardiac bypass surgery. The surgery went well, but he has severe pain. His body won’t tolerate any oral painkiller due to nausea and vomiting.
Patients who end up in ER for severe dependence on alcohol need medications: doctors

Patients who end up in ER for severe dependence on alcohol need medications: doctors

A group of Canadian and American experts is urging emergency room doctors to prescribe specific medications to help curb cravings and alleviate withdrawal from heavy use of alcohol, which leads to more hospitalizations than any other substance.
Proposed gender identity measure fails to qualify for California ballot

Proposed gender identity measure fails to qualify for California ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won't be voting this November on a policy that would have required schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.

A driver with an Oregon-based medical care nonprofit is fatally shot in Ethiopia while in a convoy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A staff member with an Oregon medical care nonprofit was killed when the team he was traveling with in a convoy was fired upon in Ethiopia, officials said Monday.
Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm

Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday. Crews are in the process of killing 4.

Authorities urge proper cooking of wild game after 6 relatives fall ill from parasite in bear meat

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reaffirmed the importance of properly cooking wild game after six people became sick from a parasite traced to undercooked bear meat that was served at a family reunion in
'Let’s call it for what it is': Tory bid to focus pharmacare bill fails at committee

'Let’s call it for what it is': Tory bid to focus pharmacare bill fails at committee

OTTAWA — Conservatives say the federal government is offering "false hope" to Canadians with a national pharmacare bill that will not initially apply to a broad range of medications.
East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions

East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions

BANGKOK (AP) — East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said in a new report Tuesday.