Indian author, activist and teacher Harsh Mander talked with Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal on WORT’s World View program. Mander has notably worked all of his professional life in the […]
Does where you live affect when you die?
In the September 2023 issue of American Journal of Public Health, Dr. Patrick L. Remington’s piece “Trends in US Life Expectancy: Falling Behind and Failing to Act,” points to a disparity […]
U.S. Life Expectancy Declines Steadily since 1980
In their recent paper, “Missing Americans: Early Death in the United States, 1933-2021“, Jacob Bor et al. assessed how many U.S. deaths would have been averted each year, 1933-2021, if […]
Blue-Green Algae Comes to the Madison Area Lakes
It’s summer in Madison, and that can only mean one thing: people at the lakeshore. Unfortunately this year, a perennial but unwanted guest is showing up early. Blue-Green algae is […]
Report Finds No Evidence of Lead Poisoning from Middleton Airport
Editor’s Note: This story has been revised to more accurately reflect the number and nature of consultant reports released in 2022. The Middleton Municipal Airport, also known as the Morey […]
Rats invade Emerson neighborhood in northeast Madison
Public Health Madison Dane County, the local public health department, has found evidence of a rat infestation in the Emerson East neighborhood on Madison’s northeast side. While not only a […]
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