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A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads the disease so people wouldn't get infected with a mosquito's bite.

A Supreme Court ruling allowed it to continue with widespread layoffs of federal employees.

The three sessions are the only in person opportunity scheduled where residents can express their concerns about the project.

The U.S. needs more jaguars. One organization has a unique approach to making that happen, as Vox environmental correspondent Benji Jones explains.

The United Steelworkers union (USW) is now urging Goodyear to reduce emissions of a bladder carcinogen being released into the air around their Niagara Falls chemical plant. USW represents about 40 workers inside the plant.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now requiring the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to submit a plan to install temporary pollution control measures at their Niagara Falls chemical plant by the end of the month, and install permanent pollution control measures by October 2026.

Advocates canvassed Niagara Falls’ LaSalle neighborhood with a plume map last weekend showing neighborhood exposure to a bladder carcinogen. They want to see the EPA intervene and stop Goodyear from releasing ortho-toluidine into the air at high rates. Residents are angry, but not surprised.

New York is calling on private landowners to help monitor wildlife through a new citizen science initiative called Snapshot NY.

Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo decades of progress and lead to the species becoming threatened again.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of Boston University's Center for Autism Research Excellence, about CDC findings that autism rates have increased among children.