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Human activity has degraded as much as 40 percent of the world’s land, impacting half of the people on Earth and putting about half of global gross domestic product at risk. That’s the stark finding of the Global Land Outlook 2, a new report from the UN’s Council to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13 (KJV)
You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. Leviticus 19:11 (ESV)
Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples. Habakkuk 2:5 (NLT)
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President Donald Trump during his first administration promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, but fell short.
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In the U.S., hundreds of people working or playing outside – even those who seem healthy – succumb to heat-related illnesses each year.
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Exposure to asbestos is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the Biden administration's EPA.
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Shoppers are seeing record high beef prices at the grocery store. That’s in part because the number of cattle in the U.S. is at an all-time low, while consumer demand has remained strong.
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Everybody should know the stories of Micha and Natalie, the two German children who were infected with measles at the doctor’s office.
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Among the several controversial proposals emerging from the U.S. Senate this week as it considers the tax and spending bill that President Donald Trump has promoted as “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is one that would make parts of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, the Buffalo Hills Wilderness Study Area in Nevada, and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona eligible for sale to housing developers.
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RFK Jr.’s new health panel includes vaccine skeptics, prompting backlash from experts worried about public trust and misinformation.
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Senate Republicans are now considering a new addition to their "big, beautiful bill" of tax cuts for President Donald Trump, Politico reported: a bailout fund for hospitals at risk of shuttering due to the bill's Medicaid cuts.
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A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon preferred limit for global warming...
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The first of two rounds of extreme heat is underway for parts of the eastern half of the United States, the opening act...
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A punishing heat wave in the Southwest is set to spread east in the coming days, with temperatures over 90 degrees Fahrenheit expected in the Northeast and possible record highs in parts of New England later this week.
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Republicans want to curtail taxes states have imposed to increase payments to hospitals.
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The U.S. logged fewer than 20 measles cases this week, though Iowa announced the state’s first outbreak Thursday and Georgia confirmed its second Wednesday.
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High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer...
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The study found that even low levels of arsenic in drinking water may increase the risk of below average birth weight and other adverse birth outcomes.
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Cherry growers say they're seeing a severe labor shortage amid President Donald Trump's nationwide immigration crackdown, leading to a massive shortage of berries.
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Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during a barn inspection in January. Within days, Crescent Duck Farm became a casualty of the global avian flu outbreak.
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Dr. Jonathan Temte of UW-Madison chaired the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on federal vaccine guidelines and requirements — from 2012 to 2015.
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The state Department of Public Health said a mosquito sample in one town tested positive late last week.
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From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, more than 60 top scientists warned Thursday.
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Heat is the No.1 weather-related killer -- and it's heading to the most densely populated part of America for a prolonged period.
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Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S.this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling heat and uncomfortable humidity to millions...
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Thousands of people in Illinois were urged to take cover immediately amid a damaging tornado on Wednesday afternoon.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced a nationwide recall on some ready-to-eat meals sold at Walmart and Kroger stores as public health officials investigate an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).
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