Why It Matters: Penguins are already under pressure. The familiar black-and-white birds are facing numerous threats, including climate change, pollution and commercial fishing. Three Antarctic penguin species — emperor penguins, southern rockhopper penguins and macaroni penguins — are listed as vulnerable or near threatened. Before H5N1 arrived in the Antarctic region last fall, highly pathogenic… Continue reading First Bird Flu Deaths Reported In Antarctic Penguins
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Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk
The news Cancer deaths in the United States are falling, with four million deaths prevented since 1991, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report. At the same time, the society reported that the number of new cancer cases had ticked up to more than two million in 2023, from 1.9 million in 2022. Cancer… Continue reading Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk
Travis Scott Questioned Over Astroworld Deaths for Lawsuit
Travis Scott. Photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage Travis Scott was questioned for around eight hours on September 20 in a civil deposition over his 2021 Astroworld Festival, where crowd crush killed ten and injured hundreds more. The Associated Press reports Scott sat for questioning in Houston, where the festival took place, after the hundreds of lawsuits against… Continue reading Travis Scott Questioned Over Astroworld Deaths for Lawsuit
Overdose deaths rise in Chicago area, so does harm reduction
Elected officials and advocates called for empathy Monday toward people with substance abuse disorders and increased options for treating and preventing opioid overdoses. In his address to the crowd of volunteers, supporters and onlookers in Chicago’s Federal Plaza ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day Thursday, Mayor Brandon Johnson repeated his campaign promise on so-called “Treatment… Continue reading Overdose deaths rise in Chicago area, so does harm reduction
How US heat deaths are counted complicates safety efforts
PHOENIX (AP) — Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died. Carla Gates said she’s sure heat was a factor in her 66-year-old husband’s death, even though she’s still waiting for the… Continue reading How US heat deaths are counted complicates safety efforts