Science News

The number of fatalities from the earthquakes in western Japan has increased to 126, as precipitation in the form of rain and snow adds to the instability of the already unstable ground.

As the death toll from the recent earthquakes on Japan’s western coast reached 126 on Saturday, aftershocks posed a threat to bury more homes and impede essential roads needed for relief efforts in WAJIMA, Japan. A 5-year-old boy who was recuperating from injuries sustained from boiling water during the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred on

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Health Care

The governor of Kansas is embracing politics and going against her brand in a push to expand Medicaid.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its annual session Monday following five years of failed efforts to provide state health coverage to another 150,000 people. Kelly confronts Republican supermajority leaders who are focused

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