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The American West is drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can’t keep up

Tue, 2024-06-25 12:34 — mike kraft

The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can’t keep up, study says Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can&#821… Elise Schmelzer The Denver Post

Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can’t keep up.

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Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely--study

Thu, 2024-06-20 10:12 — mike kraft

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely A new study finds that human-caused climate change dialed up the heat and drastically increased the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America. AP News

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Central U.S. deadly heat wave strains infrastructure, transportation and the Texas power grid

Thu, 2023-08-24 09:42 — mike kraft

Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation and the Texas power grid Temperatures are soaring in the central U.S., leading to deaths and damage. A National Weather Service official says more dangerous heat is expected this week. AP News

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Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans, officials warn

Tue, 2023-08-22 11:36 — mike kraft

Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaid’s American Indian Health Program. AP News

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Cyberattack on some U.S. hospitals keeps computers offline for weeks

Fri, 2023-08-18 17:54 — mike kraft

Cyberattack keeps hospitals' computers offline for weeks Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to be turned back on more than two weeks after a cyberattack forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions. AP News

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U.S. heat wave prompts weather service urgent warnings.

Thu, 2023-07-13 09:43 — mike kraft

Heat wave spanning from Florida to California prompts urgent warnings Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in an average year in the U.S. Andrew Freedman Axios

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Texas Supreme Court rules in favor of Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID ban on local mask rules

Fri, 2023-06-30 17:58 — mike kraft

Texas Supreme Court says Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID ban on local mask r… Several of Texas’ largest cities sought to put in place mask requirements, which Gov. Greg Abbott overturned. The ruling is a legal win for Republicans in Austin their ongoing symbolic fight with cit… Joshua Fechter The Texas Tribune

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Information about malaria as Florida, Texas confirm cases

Wed, 2023-06-28 20:00 — mike kraft

What to know about malaria as Florida, Texas confirm cases Locally acquired cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, according to the CDC. Here's what to know about the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease. Yahoo Life

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CDC issues warning about the first locally acquired cases of malaria in the US in 20 years

Mon, 2023-06-26 20:01 — mike kraft

CDC issues warning about the first locally acquired cases of malaria in the US in 20 years | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors and public health officials about a handful of locally acquired cases of malaria. There hasn’t been a case of malaria caught locally in the US in 20 years. Jen Christensen CNN

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COVID vaccine records in Texas, New Hampshire, Montana could be lost because of opt-in -laws

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:59 — mike kraft

Your COVID vaccine records could be destroyed in 5 years because of Texas law In five years, Texas will have to destroy 10.4 million vaccine records because of an unusual state law. Yahoo News

The impending record destruction is a rare situation in the U.S., because almost every state or municipality that operates a vaccine registry has an “opt out” system.

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