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How Teal Health Aims to Save Lives With Its At-Home Cervical Cancer Tests
With $10 million in new funding, Teal Health co-founder Kara Egan shares how her health care startup intends to reach its first patients.Inc. - 2d -
‘Running to danger and saving lives’: 1,100 incarcerated firefighters are on the LA frontlines
The jobs are highly coveted, offering training and reduced sentences, but face criticism over low wages. As firefighters are battling multiple huge blazes tearing through Los Angeles, California’s ...The Guardian - 3d -
Biden says Trump administration officials ‘dead wrong’ on climate threat – US politics live
President criticizes Trump officials who deny existence of climate crisis in speech defending his foreign policy record. It’s just past noon in Washington DC, meaning that one week from today, Joe ...The Guardian - 5d -
The Evacuation App That’s Saving Lives in the L.A. Wildfires
Government agencies were slow to adapt Genasys Protect, created by two tech industry veterans at the request of a fire chief. But the app, which guides people to safety, has proved its value.Inc. - Jan. 10 -
Man who fled U.S. to avoid prison for Capitol riot captured in Canada
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Tibet earthquake: at least 95 reported dead as strong quake strikes near holy Shigatse city – live updates
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India rescuers race to save men stuck in flooded 'rat-hole' mine
Nine men were trapped on Monday morning after water flooded the narrow hole manually dug to extract coal.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
Live ones go in paper bags, dead ones in the freezer: the volunteers saving birds that fly into windows
Across Toronto, a team sets out at dawn to rescue migrating birds that have collided with buildings, and keep a record of the thousands each year that don’t make it. Every morning at dawn, a dozen ...The Guardian - Jan. 2
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