WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick. The data had long been sought by retired military aviators who have raised alarms for years about the number [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week ordered a number of improvements in access to mental-health care to reduce suicides in the military, but held off on endorsing more controversial recommendations to restrict gun and ammunition purchases by young troops, sending them to another panel for study. An independent committee in late February [...]
The state of Ohio this week launched new data dashboards to better track and report overdose deaths and other substance-use related measures throughout the state, Gov. Mike DeWine said in an announcement. The statewide dashboards were adopted and expanded from dashboards devised from the National Institutes of Health-funded HEALing Communities Study, which investigated the effectiveness of local [...]
The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the United States: traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or costs a lot less. The four were abducted — leading to the deaths of two — during a trip to Mexico [...]
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 [...]