According to the audit released by the state comptroller, the Bayport-Blue Point, Commack and Glen Cove school districts ...

It’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history ...

The city of Schenectady is working to identify lead pipes in homes throughout the city. Pipes connecting the water main to ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

It's well-established at this point that there are severe risks surrounding lead paint use. Symptoms of exposure manifest as everything from high blood pressure to fatigue to memory loss in adults, ...

For more than a century, a smelting plant in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, spewed lead-laced smoke across the city. As the toxic metal drifted toward the ground, approximately 400 million pounds of it — ...

Cervical cancer screening can now include “self-swab” HPV tests, according to updated guidelines published Thursday by the American Cancer Society. The change, experts hope, will encourage more women ...

The American Cancer Society is endorsing the use of self-swab kits to test for HPV, because they may reduce barriers to cervical cancer screening. The amended guidelines will "help improve compliance ...

Blood and soil testing confirmed the health consequences. Then we tracked individual shipments to the United States. By Will Fitzgibbon and Peter S. Goodman This article was reported in collaboration ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Monroe County Department of Public Health has released its childhood lead testing and exposure data from 2024. The health department says the data shows 13,582 children were ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Monroe County has released data from its 2024 childhood lead testing report, showing an increase in children with elevated lead exposure compared to 2023. In 2024, 13,582 ...

Milwaukee Public Schools continues to clean up a widespread lead contamination problem As a new school year begins, Milwaukee Public Schools continues efforts to clean up a widespread lead ...