Water Vendors Blame Blackout, Fuel Scarcity For Increase In Charges
Many Nigerians are groaning under acute water scarcity as vendors in several parts of the country have increased charges as a result of persistent power blackout and fuel scarcity making access to water for domestic needs difficult for many families. While boreholes, wells and even streams in cities and rural communities are being overcrowded by […]
Eureka shigella spread greater than first believed – Times-Standard
The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services is alerting medical providers in the Eureka area to be vigilant of a possible local shigella outbreak as the spread is believed to be greater than first thought. The Friday update for the medical community sent out by Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman states the […]
First All-Electric Cargo Equipment implemented at Tacoma’s South Intermodal Yard – The Suburban Times
Northwest Seaport Alliance announcement. TACOMA – The South Intermodal Yard (SIM) in Tacoma will be the first location for all-electric yard handling equipment in The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) gateway. The SIM Electric Truck Project represents a $2.2 million investment for equipment purchase and infrastructure installation supported by funding from Tacoma Power, Rail Management Services […]
Solar farm project could harm Kingston’s drinking water – Daily Freeman
Dear Editor, Protecting our drinking water is of utmost importance, even when it comes to siting renewable energy projects that may reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. The Ulster County Legislature is on the verge of awarding a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement to SG Pioneer PV to build a giant 20-acre solar farm directly next to […]
Adapting to the ‘new normal’ with UV-C
Sponsored content: As we learn to live with the Covid-19 pandemic, UV-C disinfection technologies can help Covid-19 is here to stay and as we open up our societies, we must learn to do one thing: live with the new normal. But this is difficult when cases remain high and vaccine uptake wanes. We need to […]
Dangerous levels of lead found in water of almost Half of schools tested in Montana | National News
About half of Montana schools that had tested their water by mid-February under a new state rule had high levels of lead, according to state data. But the full picture isn’t clear because less than half of the state’s school buildings had provided water samples six weeks after the deadline. For many schools with high […]
Ramanome technique devised to spot ‘sleeper’
image: D2O-probed Single-Cell Raman Microspectroscopy is a promising approach in quantitatively assessing disinfectants’ antimicrobial efficacy via metabolic activity view more Credit: LIU Yuhan and YU Ningfu A Chinese research team has devised a ramanome-based technique to catch pathogens that are still present and metabolically active in a tooth about to undergo root canal treatment even after […]
5 Homes for Sale Equipped With Underground Bunkers
After Russia recently raised the threat of using nuclear weapons in its conflict against Ukraine, sales of backyard bunkers jumped. Those threats also led to corresponding search spikes on terms such as “fallout shelter,” “bunker,” and “underground bunker.” During the Cold War, bomb shelters were considered a near necessity by forward-thinking homebuilders. After the demise […]
Cases may be coming down, but you still need a mask
Dr. Noha M. Aboelata is a family medicine doctor and the founder and CEO of Roots Community Health Center in Oakland. At the beginning of the year, when omicron was surging and information about the new variant was rapidly changing, we had a conversation with UCSF’s Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo to get our questions answered. Since […]
New Data Shows Public Health Benefit to Closing Indoor Dining
Closing indoor dining during the first two waves of the pandemic was associated with a 61% decline in new COVID-19 cases over a six-week span, preventing an estimated 142 daily cases per city, compared with cities that reopened indoor dining during that period, according to recently published data from experts at the Dornsife School of […]