Hundreds of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were laid off this week, including researchers that monitor the health of coal miners.

Rates of deaths that could be prevented or treated have risen across every U.S. state in recent decades, according to a new study. At the same time, rates of the so-called avoidable deaths — which ...

Employer-based health care costs more in some states; Earth’s warmest year portends worsening human crises; and more ...

After decades of lax oversight, new efforts are underway to protect communities from toxic emissions without putting the industry out of business.

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Pollution problems have been documented for years in the unincorporated community outside Houston.

The recent loss of hundreds of workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency will leave the nation unprepared for disasters, watchdogs warn. The agency is one of many to recently come under the ...

If you’ve ever borrowed money to pay for health care, you’re far from alone. A new poll says 31 million Americans had to rely on lenders to pay for care for themselves or their household in 2024, ...