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The United States had a record number of overdose deaths last year

Tablets suspected of being fentanyl being examined in the Northeast Regional Laboratory of the Drug Control Administration in New York last October.Photo: Don emmert (fake pictures) The covid-19 pandemic is not the only public health crisis the United States is currently dealing with, as illustrated by new government data released …

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Caltech scientists discover elusive metal-eating bacteria

This bacterium is a true metalhead. Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria that survives by gobbling up metal, according to a new study. Researchers have long believed that a metal-chewing bacteria existed, but couldn’t prove it until Jared Leadbetter, a Caltech microbiologist in Pasadena, launched an experiment. He …

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