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Canadian wildfire

Environment

Smoke from Canadian wildfires caused pollution spikes in New York City

Two spells of unusually poor air quality in New York City have been traced to harmful smoke pouring from wildfires burning hundreds of kilometres away

News

Chelsea Lydell holds her son, Joseph, 4, as she joins hundreds of others waiting to get into a legislative committee to oppose a proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, by state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a pediatrician, said his legislation would give state health officials the tools they need to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles

Health

California's strict vaccination laws may only have a small effect

News

The MMR vaccine

Health

There have been more than 1000 cases of measles in the US this year

News

Protesters at Mauna Kea

Space

Hawaii declares state of emergency amid protests over huge telescope

News

astronaut on moon

Space

NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to

News

tornado damage

Environment

Stalled jet stream has caused two weeks of tornadoes in the US

News

NASA picks Maxar to build the first piece of its lunar space station

Space

NASA picks Maxar to build the first piece of its lunar space station

News

Activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in WashingtonMarch For Life, Washington, USA - 18 Jan 2019

Health

Alabama’s extreme new law could lead to an end of US abortion rights

Analysis

The US wants to send astronauts to the moon’s south pole in 2024

Space

The US wants to send astronauts to the moon’s south pole in 2024

News

The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary

Environment

The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary

Last year China banned imports of foreign waste, temporarily disrupting US recycling efforts. In the meantime, some US communities are burning their waste

Analysis

Comment

Liberals who want a Green New Deal must include nuclear power

Comment

Health

Can teenagers get vaccinated without their parents’ permission?

Analysis

Health

Behind the Sheet review: Eye-opening play follows slaves’ story

Culture

Health

Trump is wrong – millions of Americans breathe badly polluted air

Analysis