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According to climate change models cited by the state’s department of environmental protection, by 2080 Massachusetts is projected to hit an average of 17-52 days every year where the thermostat will read a number above 90 degrees. Some populations are...

Artist Wonuola Obasa (2022) Caption Nearly 7 million deaths a year throughout the world are attributable to air pollution. In the United States, four out of ten residents live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. However, this exposure to...

The Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2020 reported a vaping prevalence of 14% among youth aged 15-19, unchanged from 15% in CTNS 2019. Adolescents point to curiosity, good flavours, use by friends and family, and low cost as their primary...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States, yet there is still so much that is unknown about the disease. Untreated Lyme disease can lead to a variety of physiological and neurological effects, but it can present very...

In the United States and many other nations around the world, societies are struggling with the double burden of malnutrition: the combination of undernutrition with overweight and obesity. Hidden hunger refers to malnutrition due to insufficient...

Breastfeeding can bring a host of benefits to both mother and child, but not every mother can or chooses to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of life as recommended by the CDC. There is additionally a racial disparity in rates of...

In the U.S., 30 million people are estimated to suffer from an eating disorder, and many more display the warning signs of developing one. Eating disorders are most common in individuals in their late teens and early twenties, especially among females...

China is one of the world’s largest producers of pharmaceuticals, but the country is also one of the largest producers of counterfeit medicine. Counterfeit medicine includes any medical product that falsifies its identity, manufacturing source, or...