Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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Dangerous outbreak of E. coli illness from romaine lettuce expands, with 19 states affected
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/04/25/dangerous-e-coli-outbreak-from-romaine-lettuce-expands-with-19-states-affected/?utm_term=.e3e1b8f2b7dc


FDA re-examining Parkinson's drug Nuplazid after reports of deaths
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/384895-fda-re-examining-parkinsons-drug-after-reports-of-deaths



Extreme and exceptional drought conditions have contributed to wildfires in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, delaying the growth of or destroying grass and wheat used to feed cattle in spring.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/24/drought-wildfires-colorado-cattle-ranchers-feed/


More than a thousand low-lying tropical islands risk becoming “uninhabitable” by the middle of the century — or possibly sooner — because of rising sea levels, upending the populations of some island nations and endangering key U.S. military assets, according to new research published Wednesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/25/climate-change-could-make-thousands-of-tropical-islands-uninhabitable-in-coming-decades-new-study-says/?utm_term=.fa281df6b471


Trump’s next NASA administrator is a Republican congressman with no background in science
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/18/17253560/nasa-administrator-jim-bridenstine-confirmation


When a consumer has a complaint about a bank, whether it's dealing with a mortgage or a credit card, right now there's a place to lodge that complaint online.
The Trump administration's Mick Mulvaney was in the news again this week because he said he wanted to shut down public access to this popular government database at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/25/605835307/the-consumer-complaints-database-that-could-disappear-from-view

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