Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump’s order

In some places, the order is galvanizing support for syringe exchange programs, which decades of research show are extremely effective at preventing disease among intravenous drug users and getting them…

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Heat, humidity due to climate change could increase stunting in South Asia’s children by 2050: Study

Looking at exposure during the third trimester revealed that health outcomes due to heat and humidity were about four times worse than those from heat alone, explained Kathy Baylis, a…

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