Health
The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades assign 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'D,' or 'F' grades to nearly 3,000 general hospitals across the country.
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Coal miners are getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
The rule cuts by half the permissible exposure limit for crystalline silica for an eight-hour shift. Mine workers and advocates from Appalachian states pushed for the stricter rule, noting that health problems have grown in recent years.
U.K. lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good
A plan by Britain's government to introduce a smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking has cleared its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.