health
A rational response to the Ebola epidemic
October 27, 2014The panic surrounding the 2014 Ebola epidemic is more infectious than the virus itself; this is the time for forward-thinking activists to take a deep breath.
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Yuck! What’s on my chicken?
October 23, 2014"USDA's plan will reduce the federal inspection process to a mere rubber stamp." The "USDA has pushed through its dirty chicken rule."
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At state park, fight is on to stop mountaintop removal
October 21, 2014The Kanawha Forest Coalition is desperately fighting a mountaintop removal project just outside of Kanawha State Forest, a state park in Loudendale, West Virginia.
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Ebola fear, monitoring ease for some in Dallas
October 20, 2014Officials said 43 of 48 people on an original watch list have passed the 21-day maximum incubation period for the viral disease and are now in the clear.
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Nurses: Ebola threat requires emergency presidential action
October 16, 2014With concern escalating bout the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on Obama to "invoke his executive authority."
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