Several hospitals are contributing to the spread of infectious diseases by failing to properly manage and dispose of their medical waste, also raising concerns about environmental protection. The ...

Loma Linda University Health has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it improperly disposed of hazardous waste and confidential patient records at its facilities across the Inland ...

Loma Linda University Health officials agreed to pay a nearly $8 million settlement over a lawsuit that alleged the hospital improperly disposed of hazardous waste and confidential medical records.

Unmonitored waste from Kerala is being dumped in Tamil Nadu’s border sharing districts, which affect the soil and water near farmlands. This includes biomedical waste from Kerala’s healthcare centres ...

Biomedical waste generated during epidemic outbreaks surges dramatically, encompassing infectious materials, used personal protective equipment and pathological residues. Rapid containment requires ...

Bio-tar, once seen as a toxic waste, can be transformed into bio-carbon with applications in clean energy and environmental protection. This innovation could reduce emissions, create profits, and ...

My friend Anna told me her GP walked into the examining room and said, “My AI is listening today.” Wait, what? Let me tell you what I told her. You may not know it, but at 1 in 3 U.S. physician ...

The Union environment ministry has introduced significant amendments to the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016. The updated regulations now require the inclusion of representatives from the ...

Researchers have developed a method to extract bio-oil from the surface fiber waste of date palm trees, an abundant, low-cost, and sustainable biomass resource generated by an estimated 150 million ...

There’s a paradox in personal finance: the more financial management tools someone downloads, the less they understand their own money. Spreadsheets require discipline. Banking apps deliver charts ...

WOODBURY, N.J. (WPVI) -- Medical waste, including syringes, vaccine vials and urine samples, was removed from along Woodbury Creek in Woodbury, New Jersey, after Action News contacted the health care ...