Garden Grove chemical incident update: California lawmakers urge Trump to approve federal emergency declaration
California lawmakers are increasing pressure on the federal government over an ongoing toxic chemical emergency at the GKN aerospace plant in Garden Grove. Congressman Derek Tran and Senator Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla Officially urging President Donald…
Two Indian-origin public health scientists receive South Africa’s highest civilian honors
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Two internationally recognized scientists of Indian origin have been awarded the country’s highest civilian award, among 38 others, for their outstanding contributions to public health. Two Indian-origin public…
From medieval plague ships to hantaviruses: how maritime epidemics helped shape international public health systems
Chicago, cruise ships are convenient floating hotels through which to see far-flung parts of the world—but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want: thousands of strangers crammed into enclosed spaces for…
Hantavirus, coronavirus, norovirus, Legionnaires: Why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks?
Limerick cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are thoughtfully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move around in the same shared space for days. Hantavirus,…
British man jailed for life for HIV: British man jailed for life for deliberately infecting seven victims with HIV over years World News
Adam Hall was jailed for life for knowingly infecting seven victims with HIV/Image: BBC A British man has been sentenced to life in prison for infecting several young men and teenage boys with HIV in what a court said was a deliberate and harmful act of…
New UK rules: Born after 2008? UK introduces tough new rules, you may never be allowed to buy cigarettes | World News
UK creates ‘smoke-free generation’ with landmark lifetime tobacco ban / Picture: File If you were born after 2008, you may be banned from smoking for life. In a sweeping government move, the UK is rolling out landmark rules that will steadily…