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USAID funding freeze devastates reproductive healthcare worldwide

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Women lining up at a mobile tent for reproductive health services at a clinic in Zimbabwe Msi United States / Arete / Thanki Mari The day Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, he issued an order temporarily pausing foreign aid, including the funding that flows through the US Agency for International … Read more

Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide

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Plastic food packaging can expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of cases of heart disease worldwide may be linked to chemicals in common plastic products, suggesting that more stringent regulations on such toxins could benefit public health. Maureen Cropper at the University of … Read more