6 results

• U.S. Preterm Birth Rates Have Not Improved in a Decade: Report

  November 26, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  The March of Dimes has given the U.S. a D+ rating on its handling of preterm birth rates for the third year in a row, indicating the rates have barely changed over the last 10 years.

• Extreme Heat Adds to Wildfire Air Pollution, Disproportionately Affecting Poor U.S. Communities: Study

  February 6, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that extreme heat exacerbates the health effects of wildfires, disproportionately affecting poor and underprivileged communities.

• U.N. Report Warns of Future Threats from Treatment-Resistant Superbugs

  February 10, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new U.N. report warns the global community that treatment-resistant superbugs will continue to kill more people each year unless countries address climate change, poor waste disposal practices and antibiotic overuse.

• Deadly Candida Auris Fungi Are Emerging World Threat: Scientific American Reports

  May 19, 2021

  Martha Garcia

  A new report warns that fungi are an emerging infectious threat, which is being accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

• EPA To Roll Back Fuel Efficiency Standards For U.S. Vehicles

  April 3, 2018

  Russell Maas

  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced he is rolling back pending auto emission regulations, setting up a likely fight between the EPA, California and several states which set their own air quality standards.

• Failing To Control Air Pollution Leads To Millions of Deaths: Study

  March 26, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that taking the slow, cheaper path to carbon emission reductions puts tens of millions of lives at risk.