HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — When Jamieson Brill answers a crisis call from a Spanish speaker on the newly launched national 988 mental-health helpline, he rarely mentions the word suicide, or "suicidio" Brill, whose family hails from Puerto Rico, knows that just discussing the term in some Spanish-speaking cultures is so frowned upon that many callers [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The number of traffic deaths on the nation’s roadways fell slightly during the first nine months of 2022, but pedestrian and cyclist deaths continued to rise. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 31,785 people were killed in crashes from January through September last year, down 0.2 percent from the same [...]
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released earlier this week. The longstanding practice of "watchful waiting," or delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. A proposal released late last week by the Environmental Protection Agency would set maximum levels of 9 to 10 micrograms of fine [...]
The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply during a five-year period as pot became legal in more places in the United States, according to a study published earlier this week. More than 7,000 confirmed cases of kids younger than 6 eating marijuana edibles were reported to the nation’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration's contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer's drug took another hit late last week as congressional investigators called the process "rife with irregularities." The 18-month investigation by two House committees detailed "atypical collaboration" between FDA regulators and a company it's supposed to oversee — Aduhelm manufacturer Biogen. The [...]
DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Colorado's regulation of air pollution from industrial facilities discriminates against Hispanic residents and other racial minorities, according to a letter released last week. That's a level of scrutiny long sought by Lucy Molina whose daughter goes to school near Colorado's only petroleum refinery. Three years ago, [...]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it's semi-translucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through. This is a pig liver that's gradually being transformed to look and act like a human one, part of [...]
A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on food labels is having unintended consequences — increasing the number of products with the ingredient. Food industry experts said the requirements are so stringent that many manufacturers, especially bakers, find it simpler and less expensive to add sesame to a product — [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C, and a study underway in a hard-hit corner of Kentucky is exploring a simple way to start changing that. The key: On-the-spot diagnosis to replace today's multiple-step testing. In about an hour and with just a finger-prick of blood, researchers [...]