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The Secret to Beating Altitude Sickness Could Be in Your Gut
Altitude sickness affects up to 75 percent of people who recreate at high elevations. Now, a new study suggests probiotics could play a part in helping hikers resist it.
No, It’s Not Déjà Vu. Mining May Be Back on the Table in Grand Staircase-Escalante.
A new proposal by Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy would erase Biden-era protections for the monument, opening it up to coal mining and drilling without shrinking it.