Health
Monday, March 18, 2024
MD Labor Dept. finalizing new heat stress standard for workers
With hotter summers bringing hotter working conditions, the Maryland Department of Labor is implementing a heat stress standard to protect workers …
Monday, March 18, 2024
A push to expand access to mental health care
Mental health care advocates are encouraging federal agencies to adopt a proposed update to regulations which would expand access to psychological car…
Monday, March 18, 2024
Report: Recall announcements up 10% from 2022
A new report found recalls, warnings and penalties for consumer products all increased last year. The recalls led to 550 injuries, 15 deaths and as …
Monday, March 18, 2024
NY Legislature includes ‘coverage for all’ in Senate, House budgets
Both chambers of the New York state Legislature have included coverage for all legislation in their respective budgets. The bills would update the …
Monday, March 18, 2024
NV leaders discuss future of IVF, abortion in the Silver State
State Rep. Susie Lee - D-Las Vegas - said she wants women in Nevada and across the country to wake up, as she contends far-right extremists are …
Monday, March 18, 2024
Peer-mentor centered program helps Ohio families struggling with substance use
An evidenced-based social work model to help parents struggling with substance use stay connected to their children is offering hope to Ohio counties …
Monday, March 18, 2024
WY Food Bank distributed 10.8 million pounds of food in 2023
Working with more than 150 hunger relief partners across the state, Food Bank of Wyoming was able to distribute nearly 11 million pounds of food in 20…
Monday, March 18, 2024
Proposed Amesbury school budget cuts rally parents, educators
The Amesbury School Committee will hear from educators and parents tonight as they rally to prevent more than $2 million in proposed cuts to their sch…
Friday, March 15, 2024
Higher heat-related fatalities prompt warnings for Arizonans
Summer will be here before you know it, and experts say now is the time to get prepared for Arizona's scorching and life-threatening temperatures…
Friday, March 15, 2024
ME fighters of COVID-19 alarmed by new federal recommendations
Today is "Long COVID Awareness Day," and Mainers will be among those who gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to commemorate it…
Montana clinicians want confidential mental health treatment
By Katheryn Houghton for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Big Sky Connection reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service …
Michigan students get a boost to summer food access
Michigan is planning ahead to make sure kids from lower-income families have enough to eat this summer. The state has opted into a federal food …