El Paso Animal Services turns to traveling veterinarians, inmates during shortage
EL PASO, Texas – Facing a shortage of workers, El Paso Animal Services seeks relief for the shelter’s surgical needs and basic animal care. One source of help is coming from an unconventional source – low-risk inmates. According to animal services, there are as many as 25 city-wide vacancies in veterinary care, with three at […]
LA’s mask mandate could be lifted by Feb. 16 if trends hold
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — COVID-19-positive hospitalizations continued to fall in Los Angeles County Saturday, moving residents closer to a lifting of outdoor mask mandate for large events, but another 84 virus-related deaths were reported. What You Need To Know The deaths reported Saturday gave the county a pandemic death toll of 29,846 The county also reported […]
No, COVID-19 Is Not In Your Tap Water; MoH Confirms It Is Not True
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest stories and updates. You may have seen the posts on social media claiming to show tap water turning a Covid-19 test positive. The trend prompted the Health Ministry (MoH) through the Medical Devices Authority (MDA) to issue a statement to assure that there’s no Covid in the water. Citing a video by […]
5 environmental issues to watch in Connecticut legislative session
That effort, the Transportation Climate Initiative, is not on Lamont’s agenda this year as lawmakers begin a short legislative session that will last until May 4. Despite the short time frame to act on the state’s budget and a few more big-ticket items such as crime and health care reform, lawmakers and lobbyists who are […]
Migrants feel blindsided by plans to clear site
TIJUANA (Border Report) — Dozens of police officers and Mexican National Guard troops arrived at a makeshift campsite about 4:30 a.m. Sunday to move 371 migrants to shelters and clear the area just south of the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The migrants, almost all Mexican nationals, were awakened and told to vacate as crews […]
Casey, Adair, Taylor, Marion water projects get funding
Almost $3 million awarded for different projects CAMPBELLSVILLE, LEBANON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Gov. Andy Beshear delivered $2,943,884 to Taylor, Adair, Casey and Marion counties Friday to provide cleaner drinking water and improved sewer and wastewater systems. The funding is part of the $250 million Cleaner Water Program and is estimated to create approximately 3,800 jobs […]
Has Indoor air quality worsened in the UK, Europe and US over a year of lockdown Envirotech Online
Clean Air Day, is a nationwide awareness day to increase people’s understanding of air pollution, its effects on both climate change and public health and what needs to be done to reduce it. The World Health Organisation and UK Government recognise that air pollution is a major public health risk and poses the single greatest […]
L.A. County officials urge caution for Super Bowl gatherings
Los Angeles County public health authorities are urging people to celebrate the Super Bowl with caution as new coronavirus cases continue to decline following a surge fueled by the Omicron variant. County officials on Saturday reported 4,760 new cases of the virus and 84 related deaths. There were 2,211 COVID-19 patients in county hospitals as […]
How to control disease spread in your garden
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about controlling the spread of infectious diseases in humans. How often do we consider that some of the same principles can be applied in our gardens? Fungi and microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses, are major pathogens in plants as they are in humans, and they employ […]
LA County COVID Hospitalizations Fall Ahead of Super Bowl – NBC Los Angeles
COVID-19-positive hospitalizations continued to fall in Los Angeles County Saturday, moving residents closer to a lifting of outdoor mask mandate for large events, but another 84 virus-related deaths were reported. The deaths reported Saturday gave the county a pandemic death toll of 29,846. The county also reported 4,760 new positive COVID tests, for a cumulative […]