Nikki Myles knew the hospital bill about to hit her mailbox would be expensive and probably take years to pay off. But she wasn’t prepared for what she saw. Myles, 38, got the bill in March, a couple ...

Sports drinks and electrolyte waters contained high levels of contaminants … ED visits spike when ‘peaker’ power plants fire ...

Data centers, which are multiplying across the U.S., are often built where water supplies are already strained, new research finds. About 21% of the nation’s 3,600 data centers are located in areas ...

This story, part of an ongoing Public Health Watch project, “Uninsured in America,” was co-reported and co-published with KUNM public radio station in Albuquerque. ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Sarah ...

Thousands of Texans turn to outside help to navigate an often confusing application process for financial assistance. Many say their hospital did little to inform them.

Radiologist Brandon Crum scrutinizes images of coal miners’ lungs in his clinic in Coal Run Village, Kentucky. All the lungs shown here are riddled with fibrotic tissue, the breath-stealing signature ...

LOS ANGELES – California regulators took a first step Thursday toward banning the fabrication of artificial-stone countertops, popular with consumers but implicated in a workplace epidemic of the lung ...

Arturo Gómez, 80, carries one of his three dogs through his home in July in La Lomas Colonia in Rio Grande City, Texas, where they all suffer from the rising temperatures and high cost of electricity.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas manages the electric grid for most of Texas, including power generation, transmission and the wholesale bulk-power market. Credit: Courtesy of ERCOT AUSTIN, ...

Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez has a severe case of silicosis from cutting countertops. He says he used water to suppress the dust and wore high-quality masks, but the fine silica powder still entered his ...

State Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Democrat from Dallas, has made Medicaid expansion in Texas a priority during his first term. None of his bills has succeeded, but he's determined to break through ...