The increasing hazard of black lung disease facing coal miners
West Virginia, October. Friday night football. The Oak Hill Red Devils are hosting the Buckhannon Buccaneers. In small town America, Friday night football is a big deal. Zach Davis, head coach for the Buccaneers, described what’s ahead for the area’s young people: “Our kids, some are gonna go to college and then go into some More...
Recognizing the signs of postpartum depression
High school sweethearts Mitchail and Brenda Encarnacion filled the early years of their marriage with excitement, before embarking on another kind of adventure. According to Mitchail, Brenda was “gung-ho” More...
FDA approves gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a landmark gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, a painful condition that affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States, predominantly More...
Social Security clawbacks hit a million more people than agency chief told Congress
The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclosed at an October congressional hearing. That’s More...
Minnesota-based Just The Pill providing women with mobile reproductive health care
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota-based startup is hitting the road for abortion rights, but this is not a policy campaign. Just The Pill is an organization that offers reproductive health services to women via telehealth More...
Air quality had gotten better in parts of the U.S. — but wildfire smoke is reversing those improvements, researchers say
Wildfires in the U.S. have caused a decline in air quality and an increase of deaths in parts of the U.S. – even though air quality had been improving, researchers say. The study used data on air pollution More...
Eliminating the stigma surrounding suicide
Gardening at home in Kansas City, Missouri, Clancy Martin hardly looks like someone who has struggled for years with grim thoughts of suicide. “It was just all day, every day, wanting to die, wanting to More...
COVID-19 now increasing again, especially in Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, CDC says
Several key COVID-19 trends that authorities track are now accelerating around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. It’s the first major nationwide uptick in the More...
A look inside the United States’ first-ever certified “Blue Zone” located in Minnesota
Albert Lea residents reflect on Blue Zone certification Albert Lea residents reflect on Blue Zone certification 03:15 More...
Protein bars recalled after hairnet and shrink wrap found in products
Doctors Scientific Organica is recalling certain protein bars distributed throughout the U.S. because they may contain foreign material including disposable hairnets, shrink wrap and parchment paper, the Florida More...
