Enlarge this image E-bike use is increasing quickly, but many people do not wear helmets. And head injuries from e-bike accidents are…
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To get fresh vegetables to people who need them, one city puts its soda tax to work
by Selena Simmons-Duffin January 15, 2024Enlarge this image Maribel Martinez and her son, Ivan Monreal-Martinez, 9, at the Boulder Public Library on the night of the December…
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‘All we want is revenge’: How social media fuels gun violence among teens
by Liz Szabo August 25, 2023Enlarge this image Oona Tempest/KFF Health News Oona Tempest/KFF Health News Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun…
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Once ‘paradise,’ parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water
by Melissa Bailey May 22, 2023Enlarge this image Farming in a 20-year drought is “hard for us,” says John Mestas, at his cattle ranch in Colorado’s San…
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Enlarge this image A sewage treatment plant in Norfolk, Va., is one of the sites where workers collect wastewater samples to test…
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‘Live free and die’? The sad state of U.S. life expectancy
by Selena Simmons-Duffin March 25, 2023Loading… Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a…
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‘Live free and die?’ The sad state of U.S. life expectancy
by Selena Simmons-Duffin March 25, 2023Loading… Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a…
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3,000+ young children accidentally ate weed edibles in 2021, study finds
by Rhitu Chatterjee January 3, 2023Enlarge this image Cannabis candies, made to look appealing, are being ingested by children under 6, sending some kids to the hospital.…