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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2717 which will provide the state's 911 operators unlimited mental health services.

Coral reefs in one part of the Pacific Ocean have likely adjusted to higher ocean temperatures which could reduce future bleaching impacts of climate change, new research reveals.

Right now there’s a patchwork of coordination. In many cases the Chicago Abortion Fund and doctors race to find appointments by texting and emailing each other.

New vaccine targets a distinct stage in the malarial parasite's life cycle.

Mauritius has become the first African country to fully implement the entire World Health Organization’s (WHO) package of tobacco control measures aimed at reducing tobacco use and reducing related deaths.

Announces new proposed rule ahead of 33rd anniversary of the ADA that would improve online access to state and local services for nearly 50 million people with vision, hearing, cognitive, and manual dexterity disabilities. For more than three decades, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been a driving force in moving...

Advocates applaud this as the first step in ensure food and nutritional justice for all students.

Massachusetts recently passed a budget to ensure permanent, universal school meals for K-12 students. Which states will be next?

A First Nations group in Western Australia has secured a landmark victory in the UN Human Rights Committee over a native title claim on land in the Pilbara region of WA. The UN Human Rights Committee

The world’s best TB drug was too expensive for sufferers—until advocates and a YouTube star changed almost everything

BEN GUERIR, Morocco — Moussa Bouray sifts through hundreds of soil samples on the shelves of his lab that that will undergo analysis for nutrients: nitrogen, potassium, and especially phosphorus. Outside the lab at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, mounds of phosphate sediment from a nearby mine rise so high they resemble...

Charity vaccinates nearly 75,000 dogs against rabies in ten days

On the face of it, it’s good news. India’s infamous air pollution has shown a significant decline across almost all states, according to a new three-year

Devolution also led to a rapid increase in the number of health workers across the country.

Given that global efforts to eradicate the poliovirus were recently described as unsuccessful, how are Afghanistan and Pakistan now on the verge of eliminating it?

Almost half a million students—52 percent of them girls—benefited from the improved school operations, learning facilities, and capacities of teachers and school leaders this project yielded. The project also formed the backbone of the country’s distance teaching and learning program or efforts during the school closures...

Where would a 10 percent decline in murder this year rank with homicide declines in the 20th Century?

The government of Benin and the public utility company Omilayé are jointly launching the "One household, one tap" promotional campaign to improve the supply of drinking water to people in eight departments. An average of 20,000 social connections will be made in rural areas as part of this initiative over the next four years.

LANSING, Mich.—Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced 12 recipients of Early Care and Education (ECE) Registered Apprenticeships from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation’s (ECIC) Child Care Innovation Fund. All 12 recipients will help finance, provide educational support, and increase compensation for Michiganders...

$3 Billion This Year Alone to Build and Repair Community Connections Through Safe, Equitable Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transit Improvements.

Prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine, but only briefly, and economists are still debating why.

The health of effects of ingesting microplastics are, predictably, not good, though the science is in its early stages.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a historic decision, Ecuadorians voted on Sunday against the oil drilling of a protected area in the Amazon that’s home to two uncontacted tribes and serves as a biodiversity hotspot.

A tiny Greek island has undergone a green revolution, becoming energy self-sufficient and permanently closing its landfill site

Climate change is one of the most urgent and complex challenges facing humanity today. It threatens our health, our economy, our security and our future. But