January 6, 2023

EPA Moves to Toughen Standards for Deadly Soot Pollution

The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.A proposal released Friday by the Environmental P…

US Approves Alzheimer’s Drug That Modestly Slows Disease

U.S. health officials on Friday approved a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug that’s been shown to modestly slow the early stages of the brain-robbing disease, albeit with potential safety risks that doctors and patients will have to weigh carefully.The …