By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkAug 31, 2015
Many Northern Hemisphere forests face destruction as climate change brings both fiercer droughts and higher temperatures. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 25, 2015
After 28 years of development, European regulators have given the green light to the world’s first malaria vaccine. The disease killed an estimated 584,000 people in 2013, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 30, 2015
The new law will require one of the strictest vaccination regimes in the country, and California is now one of only three states that does not permit nonmedical exemptions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Kieran Cooke, Climate News NetworkJun 26, 2015
New scientific study pours cold water on the theory that mortality rates will drop in winter months as the climate warms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2015
For weeks, Israeli forces have shut a village of 6,000 people out from entering Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank; scientists find that when it comes to fighting bacteria that resist antibiotics, viruses may come in handy; meanwhile, one writer explains why Elizabeth Warren is right about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigFeb 5, 2015
Here's a sad bit of irony from the health news department: The type of cancer that's killing the majority of women in so-called developed nations can be quite preventable in some cases -- and it can come down to a matter of personal choice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigOct 10, 2014
The lessons are quite obvious at this point -- and contain implications that are political in the most urgent sense. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 8, 2014
While Spain attends to the first case of Ebola transmission outside of Africa since the crisis began, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expresses cautious optimism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 7, 2014
The panicked, isolationist rush to seal off America from the rest of the world shows how little pundits and politicians understand infectious disease. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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