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Eric Yang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Wednesday to significantly reduce the level of air pollution known as particulate matter (PM) by updating the national air-quality standards, citing negative health impacts of PM exposure. While the rule is being praised by environmental and health groups, some industry groups […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a food safety alert for recalled cheeses, yogurts and sour creams potentially linked to a multistate outbreak of listeria that has sickened 26, hospitalized 23 and left two people dead. Rizo-López Foods issued a voluntary recall on Monday […]

Environmentalist Scott Smith test samples around the East Palestine train derailment. (ABC News) (OHIO) — In the one year since the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, where 11 cars carrying hazardous materials spilled toxins into the environment, many of the residents still haven’t returned home. The spill forced hundreds of nearby residents out […]

In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases and pouches are seen on a table, Jan. 29, 2024, in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A type of nicotine pouches designed for adults is facing scrutiny on Capitol Hill, while also exploding in popularity online and among young people. The pouches, sold under […]

Doctors prepare for a leg lengthening surgery. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Being tall is a stature that many men have longed for and some are turning to leg lengthening surgery to enhance their looks, but the procedure has also come with controversy. “Impact x Nightline” takes a look into the medical trend of […]

Kelly Livingston/ABC News (NEW YORK) — For Belinda Mosby, the nightmares started in March. Mosby had been working at Carelon Behavioral Health, one of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline hotline centers in New Hampshire, for two months. When Mosby started the job in January 2023, she said she was enthusiastic. After 25 years […]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For decades, doctors have encouraged patients to monitor their cholesterol levels, with studies showing that heart disease risk increases with high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), also known as the “bad cholesterol,” and not enough high-density lipoprotein (HDL), also known as the “good cholesterol.” Diet, exercise and medications like […]

Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Washington state is experiencing its first known outbreak of a potentially deadly fungus, according to public health officials. Four patients in the last month have tested positive for Candida auris, or C. auris, Public Health – Seattle & King County said in a release. The first case occurred in […]

krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act was passed, more than 600,000 adults in North Carolina are now eligible to receive benefits through an expansion of Medicaid that the state, like 10 others, long resisted. The change in policy was bipartisan, since North Carolina, a perpetual battleground […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (OREGON) — Oregon government officials have declared a 90-day state of emergency to address Portland’s growing fentanyl crisis. Gov. Tina Kotek, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler each issued an emergency declaration on Tuesday following a recommendation from the Portland Central City Task Force. Overdose deaths from […]