Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Adequate coverage of groundwater contamination is crucial as it’s both a regional environmental issue and a largely invisible public health crisis that could have profound long-term impacts. This is an opportunity to shed light on the complexities of environmental policy, public health, and individual rights.

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HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra stood outside the small public library. He came to talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to protect farmworkers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, two emerging public health issues at the forefront of the climate crisis.

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Environmental Health News

APRIL 10, 2025

As chief financial officer of a law firm specializing in environmental toxic exposure cases including those involving PFAS I have seen firsthand how this crisis has deeply affected countless individuals. Witnessing those stories unfold up close has made it clear just how far-reaching and personal this issue is.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Exposure to PFAS, a group of thousands of compounds, has been linked to health problems including cancer, decreased response to vaccines, and low birth weight, according to a federally funded report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The chemicals accumulate in the human body.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Valle worries that eating food from her farm and drinking the water, found also to contain arsenic, are to blame for health issues shes experienced recently. Californias Central Valley is one of the nations biggest agricultural producers.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Read part 1: Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules One Wednesday evening last May, Yukyan Lam stared into the camera on her computer, delivering carefully prepared remarks during a virtual listening session convened by the U.S. Later, after reading the DOE's public summary of the event, she felt frustrated. “I

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Concerns are growing about the fate of a Biden-era rule to limit toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with some states moving to introduce laws that would lock in place PFAS protections that could survive any potential rollback by the Trump Administration. An annual report released Feb.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It will be crucial for health and environment journalists to keep a close watch on how the incoming administration approaches drinking water regulations. The new regulations also mandate enhanced testing of drinking water and lower action thresholds for communities to address lead exposure risks. To support this effort, the U.S.

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Politico: eHealth

MAY 2, 2025

A man who seems to disregard ( or delete</u>","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"[link] or delete ) regulations and systems that do not serve him is now aiming to define ordinances on the most local level, building a new city from the ground up in rural Texas.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

. “Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. 30, when the public comment period closes.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Its been little over a year since the measure took effect, and we now have a clearer picture of what it accomplished: more than 600,000 low-income North Carolinians received health insurance through expansion, surpassing in just 12 months a milestone the state estimated would take at least two years to reach.

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The Hill

APRIL 2, 2025

Thousands of employees across the vast Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began receiving layoff notices as early as 5 a.m. Cutting 10,000 critical public health jobs puts every American at risk weakening our defenses against disease outbreaks, unsafe medications, and contaminated food, said Kelley. on Tuesday.

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