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Trump Administration Removes Rules Requiring Companies Fix Methane Leaks

September 18, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: September 21, 2020

The Trump Administration has rolled back a regulation requiring oil and gas companies to detect and fix methane gas leaks from pipelines, storage facilities, and wells. The director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited the economic benefits of relieving… [read]

New Study Links Parkinson’s to Abundance of Opportunistic Pathogens in the Gut

September 17, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: September 21, 2020

Parkinson’s disease is a nervous system disorder that affects movement. As early as 2000, research has shown that Parkinson’s disease originates in the gut. Many studies have proposed that pathogens from the gut travel to the brain via the nervous… [read]

COVID Second Wave Is Happening All Over Europe, Except in Sweden

September 17, 2020 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: September 17, 2020

While most countries across Europe are seeing a resurgence in coronavirus cases, Sweden is not. Image: The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted. After a long, dark Scandinavian winter, the coronavirus pandemic is not keeping Swedes at home… [read]

COVID HotSpots Could Be Predicted by Google Searches

September 17, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: September 23, 2020

An increased number of google searches for gastrointestinal issues corresponded with an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to a new study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Researchers were inspired to look into this phenomena by the tendency of patients… [read]

Study Shows 37% of Measles Cases Within Study Occur in Recent Vaccinees

September 15, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: September 17, 2020

A study done in 2017 showed that within a 2015 measles outbreak in California, a large number of cases occurred within recent vaccinees (73 out of 194 cases). Researchers within the study developed a test to identify measles vaccine strains… [read]

Gum Disease Associated with Higher Risk of Colon Cancer

September 15, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: September 16, 2020

Cases of colon cancer are on the rise in young people, and a study found that people with gum disease are at a significantly higher risk of developing colorectal cancers. Those with gum disease had a 52% higher chance of… [read]

Canada to Ban “Harmful” Single-Use Plastics by 2021

September 14, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: September 14, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will ban “harmful” single-use plastics by the year 2021. The precise list of products that will be banned will be available after scientific evaluation. As parents we’re at a point when we take… [read]