An environmentalist group called Friends of the Earth is suing the U.S. Department of Energy over its decision to award funds to keep California’s last remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, open, according to a new report.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert this week to notify doctors, state health departments and the public of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows in Texas.
A new bill from California would expand the state's assisted suicide measures to allow individuals to end their lives without being previously diagnosed with a terminal disease, such as those with early or mid-stage dementia.