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The annual free health services event, Operation Border Health, in the Rio Grande Valley was canceled for the first time in 26 years due to federal funding cuts to Texas's public health programs, impacting local health services and community health outcomes.
A federal jury has found that a health clinic in Libby, Montana submitted 337 false asbestos claims, making patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn't have received. The fraudulent claims caused over $1 million in damage to the government. The clinic, Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD), and its doctor, Brad Black, have been at the forefront of helping residents in the town, which was declared a Superfund site due to asbestos contamination. BNSF Railway, which filed the lawsuit against CARD, could be eligible for a percentage of any amount recovered by the government.
A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil from the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio overturned on Monday, spilling roughly half of the soil along the highway. The driver was cited for operating a vehicle without reasonable control. The spill was contained and not a threat to nearby waterways. The site of the train derailment continues to be an ongoing process of removing contaminated soil and water. The same day as the truck crash, a new health clinic was opened in East Palestine to provide long-term support to the community.