Homa Bay County Referral Hospital is seeking a court order to dispose of 11 unclaimed bodies that have been lying at the hospital mortuary for more than two months now. The hospital management said the bodies have not been collected in the mortuary fo…
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Pharmacy’s Decision on Abortion Pill May Signal Restricted Availability in US
Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did so.The drugstore chain’s announcement Thursday signals that access to mifepristone may not expand as broadly as federal regulators in…
Former President Bush Urges Lawmakers to Reauthorize AIDS Relief Plan
WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush last week urged Washington lawmakers to continue to support the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an initiative he launched two decades ago against one of deadliest diseases at the time.Bu…
One Month Later, Fallout from Toxic Train Accident Continues
One month after a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, sending tons of toxic chemicals into the air and prompting a temporary evacuation of the town, the fallout from the accident continues, both on the ground where local residents complain …
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reached a Record High in 2022
NEW YORK — Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power.Emissions of…
Asteroid-Bashing Spacecraft ‘Phenomenally Successful,’ Studies Find
WASHINGTON — NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during last September’s first test of a planetary defense system, sending debris hurtling into space and changing the rocky, oblong-shaped object’s p…