Palisades Fire firefighters taking part in first-of-its-kind cancer study

Palisades Fire firefighters taking part in first-of-its-kind cancer study

(KTXL) — The Wildfire Conservancy is conducting a first-of-a-kind cancer study on firefighters battling the Palisades Fire. The goal is to track how the extreme conditions increase firefighters’ risk of cancer. The study comes after the International Agency for Research on Cancer officially classified firefighting as a carcinogenic profession. The initiative is a collaboration with…

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Public services complaints in England soar by more than a third since 2016 – study

Public services complaints in England soar by more than a third since 2016 – study

Written complaints about DWP double, while prisons, the NHS and higher education experience big increase Complaints about public services have soared by more than a third since 2016 with substantial jumps in relation to benefits, prisons, the NHS and higher education, according to a leading thinktank. Demos, a cross-party organisation, found that between 2015-16 and…

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As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, veterans face food insecurity in significant numbers: study

As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, veterans face food insecurity in significant numbers: study

This Thanksgiving, one in nine working-age veterans is facing food insecurity, according to Feeding America.  Of the thousands of veterans surveyed by Yale School of Medicine’s Veterans Aging Cohort Study, 24% reported being food insecure.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access…

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Albuquerque Community Safety featured in Harvard Business School study

Albuquerque Community Safety featured in Harvard Business School study

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Harvard Business School released a new case study featuring the accomplishments of Albuquerque Community Safety. The study recognized Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller for the “innovative creation” of the department saying it reimagined public safety and community well-being. Another locally-owned supermarket coming to International District Mayor Keller created ACS after tumultuous social justice…

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Millions of teenagers in Africa have undiagnosed asthma – study

Millions of teenagers in Africa have undiagnosed asthma – study

Rapid urbanisation thought to be damaging adolescent health, as researchers say need for medication and diagnostic tests is urgent Millions of teenagers in Africa are suffering from asthma with no formal diagnosis as the continent undergoes rapid urbanisation, researchers have found. The study, published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, involved 27,000 pupils from…

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