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Authorities report no threat to public health or safety after train derailment near Rockwood

Apr 15, 2023adminHealthAuthorities, derailment, health, public, report, Rockwood, safety, threat, train

A train carrying hazardous materials derailed and caught fire near the village of Rockwood in north-central Maine on Saturday, but officials said the derailment posed no threat to public health or safety. The Kansas City Canadian Pacific freight train derailed around 8:30 a.m. in Sandwich Academy Grant Township in Somerset County, according to a statement…

In South Africa, drug shops provide a kind of health safety net

Yaguina Nesly waits outside a hut whose corrugated iron walls are smeared with green and white paint. It is one of several unlicensed pharmacies in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) — outlets for cheap medicines for the city’s many poor. Informal pharmacists, known as “doctas”, thrive here, despite fears they dispense…