public health

The public school system in Stamford, Connecticut, has been billed $266,000 to resolve mold issues in 11 of their buildings.Most of that money went toward…

Environmentalists are urging a state panel on water quality standards to meet its October 2 deadline to set new acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in…

A plane has been quarantined at New York’s Kennedy Airport when about 10 passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai.The Emirates flight landed…

There’s a shortage of the vaccine that helps people complete their immunization to the shingles virus.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says…

Cases of sexually transmitted diseases are reaching their highest numbers in decades. That’s according to a report released at the Centers for Disease…

A 2-year-old girl living in a rental home in New Haven, Connecticut, tested positive for lead in her blood. The levels were nine times what the federal…

As parents and students begin preparing for the start of a new school year, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York is warning that some supplies contain…

A Bennington College survey of residents in the PFOA-contaminated village of Hoosick Falls in eastern New York finds higher rates of illnesses among…

Authorities in New Haven, Connecticut, say they’re still not sure what was in a batch of synthetic marijuana, known as K2, that has caused nearly 100…

Authorities in New Haven, Connecticut, say they’re still seeing drug overdoses after more than 70 people were hospitalized due to what officials believe…