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The Kathmandu Post on MSN2d
Hospitals in Kathmandu fined for not carrying out autoclaving of used syringe needles
The environment department of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has fined three private hospitals for mixing hospital waste ...
To cut ‘waste and fraud,’ reform Medicare Advantage
Republicans in Congress have made a lot of noise about eliminating “waste and fraud” in federal health-care spending. If they ...
A century ago, the government hired unemployed young men to build America's forests, trails, and parks. Photos show FDR's 'tree army.'
During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed ...
Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
Telling the History of the U.S. Through Its Territories
The original founders were circumspect about Western expansion—they were deeply worried about what would happen if white people went too far away from eastern centers of power. There ...
Chronicle5d
Medical waste management transforms in Southern Region
The incinerator will be used to dispose of medical waste ... healthcare waste management (HCWM) systems and technological and infrastructural gaps in minimisation, segregation, handling, storage ...
Scientific American6d
How Dangerous Nuclear Waste Is Stored in the U.S.
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste in the U.S. will continue, probably for many ...