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Wildfires worsened by climate change spewed smoke over much of North America this year. It's a new reality Americans haven't yet processed: how dangerous the smoke is for human health.

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.

The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than one in eight current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

For decades Ohio made policies to favor fossil fuels over renewable sources like wind and solar. That's caused impacts to health and the environment. We explore in part two of WOSU's State of Energy series.

Lake County Commissioner John Plecnik talks about the property tax reform movement that started in the county and the reforms he'd like to see.

Public health nurses have been pulled from other duties in Washtenaw County, MI, to call hundreds of people sick with cyclosporiasis, and try to help them remember everything they ate in recent days.

The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as "lower risk" than cigarettes. Public health experts agree they can help current smokers, but worry young people may become addicted.

Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.

Unnecessary or needlessly expensive care costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Patients, employers and taxpayers are footing the bill.