Health
New Mexico congressman in swing district seeks health care trust for oil field workers
A bill aimed at compensating oil field workers and immediate relatives for uninsured medical costs related to air-pollution and heat-related illness has been introduced by a first-term congressman from New Mexico
Sixth person dies from injuries suffered in Pennsylvania house explosion
The co-owner of a home that exploded in western Pennsylvania last weekend has died from injuries he suffered in the blast, which also killed his wife and four other people
Bacteria found in raw shellfish linked to two Connecticut deaths also blamed for New York death
The death of a Long Island resident has been linked to a bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater that has also been blamed for two deaths in Connecticut
Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court
New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
New York surgeons transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally
North Carolina GOP seeks to override governor's veto of bill banning gender-affirming care for youth
Transgender rights are taking center stage in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly plans votes Wednesday seeking to override the governor’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors
Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
Transgender youth in North Carolina have lost access to gender-affirming treatments after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of that legislation and others involving gender in sports and LGBTQ classroom instruction
A study of fracking's links to health issues will be released by Pennsylvania researchers
Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are preparing to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes
A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children
Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links between the natural gas industry and certain health problems