WASHINGTON (AP) — A large pool of dark liquid festered on the floor. There was no fresh air. Computer displays would overheat and ooze out a fishy-smelling gel that nauseated the crew. Asbestos readings were 50 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's safety standards. Those are just some of the past toxic risks that [...]
Online subscription services for care have grown far beyond their roots dealing mainly with hair loss, acne or birth control. Companies including Hims & Hers, Ro and Lemonaid Health now provide quick access to specialists and regular prescription deliveries for a growing list of health issues. Hims recently launched a weight-loss program starting at $79 [...]
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold, states scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Three years later, as the grips of the pandemic have loosened, many states are now trying to deal with an excess of protective gear, ditching their supplies in droves. With expiration dates passing and few requests to tap into its stockpile, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young children. There was some expectation that children in a government food program might be bucking a trend in obesity rates — earlier research found rates were dropping a little about a decade ago for those kids, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in East Palestine. The Environmental Protection Agency said it will review risks posed by a handful of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers buying eyedrops at a store might assume they’re getting a product made in a clean, well-maintained factory that’s passed muster with health regulators. Repeated recalls involving over-the-counter drops, however, are drawing new attention to just how little federal officials know about the conditions at some manufacturing plants on the other side [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from federal health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that anti-tobacco groups fear could scuttle the long-awaited rule. Administration officials earlier this month indicated the process will continue into next year, targeting March to implement the rule, according [...]
Most cities around the country would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public-health crises such as the ones in Flint, Mich., and Washington, D.C. Millions of people consume drinking water [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Life expectancy for Americans rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said last week, but even with the increase, [...]
Researchers at The Ohio State University reported they were surprised to learn the extent to which early-life stress can compound the effects of a childhood head injury on health and behavior later in life. In research presented at Neuroscience 2023, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, scientists detailed the results of an animal [...]