Inside the Pentagonās Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination
Cost estimates balloon and complications mount as the Defense Department grapples with PFAS pollution at hundreds of its bases and surrounding communities.
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Cost estimates balloon and complications mount as the Defense Department grapples with PFAS pollution at hundreds of its bases and surrounding communities.
A chronic health diagnosis and medical debt reordered Sharon Woodward's life.
At least 17 states have issued PFAS-related fish consumption advisories, Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News found. But with no federal guidance, what is considered safe to eat varies significantly among states, most of which provide no regulation.
Federal research linking āforever chemicalsā to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. Thereās no medical treatment yet.
The military first documented health concerns surrounding chemicals known as PFAS decades ago yet has continued to use firefighting foam made with them. Despite scores of lawsuits by its personnel and high rates of testicular cancer among troops, it has been slow to investigate a connection.
States and localities are receiving more than $54 billion over nearly two decades.
Online platforms are overflowing with testimonials for GLP-1s. The drugs show promise for inducing weight loss, but many arenāt FDA-approved for that use.
The full health risks of wearing apparel made with PFAS, also known as āforever chemicals,ā are still unknown. But states are taking action so clothing makers will remove them.
Entrepreneurs see smartphones as an opportunity to meet patients where they are. But many app-based diagnostic tools still need clinical validation to get buy-in from health care providers.
Investors are putting money into everything from emergency room obstetrics units and dermatology practices to nursing homes and hospice care ā from cradle to grave.
You may have seen the ads that promise weight loss and better health ā phone apps, rings, and other devices ā by giving you data on how your body reacts to food, exercise, and sleep. Is this information enough to help consumers achieve their goals?
A University of Pennsylvania professor shares advice on navigating the intersection of gun violence and social media as part of KHNās new āSpotlightā interview series.
KHN checks back in with Dr. Taison Bell to pinpoint changes in health care equity since the rollout of the covid-19 vaccines.
After a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion was published May 2 suggesting that Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, social media users started worrying that their use of period-tracking apps could lead to trouble if they sought an abortion and lived in a state with strict limits or bans on the procedure.
Travel nurse contracts that were plentiful and paid the temporary nurses far more than hospital staff nurses are vanishing. Hospitals nationwide are turning their energies to recruiting full-time people.
The former Tennessee nurse faces prison time for a fatal error. Reaction from her peers was swift and fierce on social media and beyond ā and it isnāt over.
Black mental health therapists talk openly on TikTok about working in a predominantly white field, while at the same time making mental health care more accessible for people of color who might be shut out of the health care system.
You probably wonāt be testing everyone at your Thanksgiving table for covid because the tests are expensive and hard to find. Why? The federal government is partly to blame.
Germans pay less than $1 per test. Brits get them free. Why do Americans pay so much more? Because companies can still demand it.
A raft of startups are charging consumers hundreds of dollars to analyze the microbes in their gut and offer dietary advice based on the results. But scientists say scant research has been done, and as customers of one company have learned the hard way, the experience isnāt always smooth.
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