Environment 20 August 2020 By Liz Kalaugher Loggerhead sea turtles have been used to track water temperatures around hurricanesMichael Patrick O'Neill / Alamy Sea turtles tagged with location and temperature sensors have been used to gather data on water temperatures near hurricanes, which could help us better forecast how strong such storms will be. Hurricanes…
A health worker holds a throat swab to test Covid-19. A courier truck has been hijacked by armed robbers in Port Elizabeth and an unknown number of Covid-19 specimens are now missing. The incident comes less than a month after samples were found dumped near the N2 outside East London.National Health Laboratory Services has warned the…
By Donna Lu Bugging a room just got a little more literal with these tiny cameras that attach to beetles and capture what they seeMark Stone/University of Washington A tiny camera that hitches a ride on the backs of beetles can wirelessly livestream footage from a bug’s eye view. Shyam Gollakota and his colleagues at…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Facing an unexpected surge in ambulance arrivals at the USNS Comfort hospital ship docked in New York City -- some running dangerously low on oxygen -- Marines on security detail ran hundreds of yards down the pier carrying fresh tanks, the Navy said…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to