Covering climate change: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right
…across the water nine and a half miles away, which is really an important story for so many places that are in the midst of having to respond to the…
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Why people choose to stay in areas vulnerable to natural disasters
…Hurricane Sandy. The study found that proximity to the water didn’t weigh heavily on the decision to relocate; other, more qualitative factors were more important. “The location of surveyed households,…
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What the research says about border walls
…The report also outlines the various laws that DHS can waive for the construction of border fencing – the Safe Drinking Water Act, Archeological Resources Protection Act and the Migratory…
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News stories about the flu shot spawn debates about vaccines in general
…Knowledge deficit: “More ‘aluminum’ in a pickle than a dose of flu vaccine. Do you know ‘aluminum’ (sulfate) is used in water purification systems? So much scaremongering with the word…
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New economic shock model estimates reverberations from Trump tariffs
…affected by economic shock. Some sectors, such as manufacturing and construction, rebounded quickly. Scientific research, air and water transportation and transportation equipment manufacturers were also less affected by economic shocks….
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Global warming has worsened economic inequality and made some rich countries richer
…clean water to poorer countries. But a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences finds that without global warming, the gap in gross domestic product per…
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Child and adolescent deaths decreased by half worldwide since 1990
…development and “improvements in vaccination, early childhood nutrition, sanitation, clean water, and targeted interventions for HIV/AIDS and malaria.” In more-developed regions, mortality decreased primarily because of reductions in mortality due…
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3 steps to determine whether a medical study is newsworthy
…worth covering if there’s human epidemiological evidence (like studies of people exposed to the chemical in drinking water) you could pair it with, too. “I don’t ever report on it…
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Rural Americans struggle with health costs, lack of high-speed internet access
…problems with phone service; unsafe drinking water; mold or other environmental issues; inadequate heating or cooling; electrical problems; and issues with the sewage system. In total, 22% of those surveyed…
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How detention centers affect the health of immigrant children: A research roundup
…facilities. At a facility near El Paso, Texas, for example, lawyers say there has been an outbreak of the flu and kids have inadequate food, water and sanitation, the Associated…
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