The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that it will fund longer-term health studies of the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after a 2023 train derailment that sent more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil,

The National Institutes of Health is undertaking an extended study of the health effects that East Palestine, Ohio, residents have experienced due to the 2023 train derailment there.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching a new research initiative to study the long-term health effects of the chemical spill caused by the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.