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This comes after a longtime OB/GYN clinic in Jackson announced it’s shutting its doors.
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This week, mental health practitioners and firearms experts are coming together to discuss safety and support for gun owners.
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A new report shows that death rates for people under 40 are surging across the United States, including parts of the Mountain West.
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Lead Poisoning is still a threat, and the department of health is hosting informational webinars
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As part of October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Sheridan VA Medical Center is highlighting their assistive veteran programs
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Many Mountain West homeowners live near wildfire-prone areas and are used to seeing smoke outside their window. But that smoke might linger in the home longer than previously thought, according to new research done by Colorado State and other universities.
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One consequence of human-caused climate change is that warm temperatures are persisting into the fall. Among other things, that means that plants have more time to produce and release pollen that irritates millions of allergy sufferers across the country. A recent report from Climate Central found that the freeze-free growing season for ragweed has grown by an average of 11 days since 1970 in some 160 cities.
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Researchers at the University of New Mexico have found that COVID-19 hit American Indian and Alaska Native patients hard — even inside the university’s hospital.
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a serious issue in bodies of water across the West. In Idaho, USGS scientists have developed a tool that harnesses satellites to help detect where such blooms could be cropping up. That could make time- and resource-intensive detection efforts more efficient.
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Maternal deaths nationwide more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The research also showed that death rates are especially high for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native moms.