Weather Over the course of the year, 7.3 billion people, or 90% of humanity, endured at least 10 days of high temperatures that were made at least three times more likely because of climate change. A man cools off in a shower at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2023. AP Photo/Bruna Prado, … [Read more…]
Local News “Our auditors concluded that CAR’s financial management of its grants and gifts was appropriate,” said Gary Nicksa, BU’s chief financial officer and treasurer. In this Oct. 21, 2020, file photo, Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, stands for a portrait in Boston. AP Photo/Steven Senne, File By THALIA … [Read more…]
Local News The conditions found during the investigation led OSHA to cite both companies with 11 violations, including eight serious ones, and propose $298,254 in penalties. A Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection worker walks in front of the damaged Seqens plant after crews removed chemicals, May 5, 2023, in Newburyport, Mass. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file … [Read more…]
Health The findings could shift perceptions that the new class of obesity drugs are cosmetic treatments and put pressure on health insurers to cover them. This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023, shows packaging for the company’s Wegovy medication. According to a study published Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in the New England Journal … [Read more…]