In 2023, nearly 29,000 households scattered across rural Nebraska received postcards instructing them how to get their ...

The Milwaukee Health Department released alarming lead results from a second Milwaukee Public School on Thursday. A lead-poisoned student prompted the health department to test the Kagel School late ...

Reversing the rule could have disastrous implications for public health. Experts and advocates are pushing back.

Ingesting dangerous levels of nitrates through drinking water is associated with specific cancers and birth defects.

Tap water often gets a bad rap, but in many areas, it's just as safe—and even better—than bottled water.

The small Far North town of Kāeo has been struggling for drinkable water for at least a decade. Photo / Yolisa Tswanya This ...

Every type of cookware has its drawbacks and wooden spoons are no different. If you aren't already aware, you could be ...

Columnist Shannon Brennan writes that farm families in the Lynchburg area are at risk of getting sick from forever chemicals ...

Urban wildfires like LA’s make harmful chemicals from burning plastics and electronics that can make indoor air dangerous for months.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Palestinian girl wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip waits inside an ambulance before ...

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt -- A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing to Egypt for treatment through Gaza’s Rafah crossing on Saturday, in the first opening of the border ...

“I have never had paid sick leave that entire time,” Gallardo said. “I have never made $15 an hour. Most of the people I work with don’t have any benefits either. That all changed because ...