WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. However, experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources. Concerned about the chemicals' [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services are still reviewing possible discipline of troops who refused the order to get the COVID-19 vaccine, defense officials told Congress earlier this week, and they provided few details on how many of those who were forced out of the military would like to return. Lawmakers expressed frustration with the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For some people who get health-care coverage through Medicaid, they might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program, which has grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but as states begin [...]
WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration officials last week pledged a reset in the agency's tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of direction has hampered efforts to regulate cigarettes, vaping devices and related products. The head of the agency's tobacco center promised to deliver a five-year strategic plan by year's end outlining priorities, [...]
Analysis of data derived from a survey of respondents about their previous non-clinical, psychedelic drug experiences suggests that a more awe-inspiring trip leads to a lasting reduction of anxiety and depression, a new Ohio State University study detailed. Researchers analyzed the responses of 985 participants to draw their conclusion, a news release provided. Published recently [...]
BOSTON (AP) — As Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was driving home from the governor's inauguration ball last month, he was struck head-on by a driver who had entered the highway using a ramp going in the wrong direction, killing both Williams and the driver. Williams' death threw a spotlight on a kind of car [...]
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons in an effort to help some of those most at risk of dying in the nation's overdose epidemic. Dr. Rahul Gupta, director [...]
WASHINGTON — The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It's an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most of its communications toward doctors and corporations. FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf [...]
OMAHA, Neb. — The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the potentially disastrous consequences of train accidents and raised questions about railroad safety. The railroad industry is generally regarded as [...]
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose. She pleaded with colleagues at the college where she's an adjunct teacher in Albany, Ga., to use their prescription benefits [...]