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Workers navigate potential triple-digit price hikes and diminishing options.

The Labor and Health Committee identified maternity health deserts as its number one priority for the past two years. This year, it’s sponsoring bills to reimburse birthing centers through Medicaid and protect pregnancy centers from government regulations.

New research shows that wildfires are a major contributor to ozone pollution, and can significantly exceed the impacts of human-generated emissions.

Multiple actions taken at the state and federal levels are hurting the already fragile financial system of these health care providers, including what has been at the heart of the federal government shutdown. However, all in the industry are eyeing a new bucket of federal money that they hope will help hospitals emerge from these dire financial straits.

The federal government has issued new guidelines to wildland firefighters for the voluntary use of protective masks. The move comes as knowledge of long-term health risks faced by such workers – including cancer – grows.

The Trump administration and Congress are considering how to fund the Older Americans Act. Other sources of more local support are in flux.

This comes as the number of rural hospitals and OB/GYNs delivering babies is dwindling.

An analysis of federal data shows a 41% rise nationally in emergency room visits due to extreme heat incidents last year. It’s hitting vulnerable Americans the hardest.

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was expanded in July so more people can seek help. But some are sounding the alarm over scammers trying to charge big fees.

Senior research scientist Rachael Dunlop took Wyoming Public Radio’s Hannah Habermann on a tour to see a day in the life of a scientist.