Women who live in hot urban ‘islands’ face pregnancy risks…silicosis deaths keep rising for countertop stone workers…Black ...

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World food production becoming more unstable…US clean water crisis worsens… patients without commercial insurance are less ...

Lynda Smith has been living with epilepsy for almost two decades and struggled for years to get her seizures under control. She’s been uninsured ever since moving back to Texas and can’t qualify for ...

Maria Alanis hands her mother, Isabel, a flower outside their home in Brownsville, Texas. Maria has been a full-time caregiver since her mother was diagnosed with dementia in 2018. Credit: Miguel ...

Rosie Brown, executive director at East Carroll Community Action Agency in Lake Providence, La., said people are still struggling to make ends meet in the Delta. “We still have people who are working ...

Industrial plants and chemical storage tanks as seen from the San Jacinto Monument just north of Deer Park. The city is surrounded by more than 20 chemical plants subject to the HON rule. Credit: Mark ...

Update, July 21, 2025: Last week, President Trump exempted 49 chemical plants from complying with the HON Rule. The largest emitters of ethylene oxide and chloroprene received exemptions including the ...

Charisse Brown, a 38-year-old Columbia, South Carolina, resident, talks about her journey with glaucoma and keratoconus, which led to vision loss in her left eye. Underinsured and not qualifying for ...

A cracked pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, released a flammable white vapor that quickly ignited, sending a large cloud of black smoke across surrounding communities on August 6 ...

Houston pediatrician D. Maneesh Kumar talks with his young patient, Maya, who was born with a rare genetic disorder. Maya’s family relies on Medicaid to cover the ...

A North Texas woman, shown here gazing out at a small pond near her home in early February 2025, is afraid to discuss her abortion with her mental health therapist for fear she’ll be reported to ...