May 14—More than 30 years after the Cold War ended, the legacy of nuclear testing and the uranium mined to fuel an arms race linger in a bleak half-life, most visibly in those who suffered severe ...

For more than three decades, the federal government sought to make amends to countless Americans who developed cancer after being exposed to radiation from nuclear testing in the Southwest or while ...

The University of Arizona’s Special Collections hosted a discussion panel on downwinders with former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and former New Mexico Senator Tom Udall on Sept. 25.

REPORTER ALYSSA MUNOZ SPOKE WITH PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE DOWNWINDERS. SHELLEY. THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRINITY BOMBING HAS AFFECTED GENERATIONS OF NEW MEXICANS. THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE TULAROSA DOWNWINDERS ...

(Corrections & Clarifications: This story previously misstated how far nuclear fallout from the government's atomic tests reached. Fallout from the initial Trinity Test reached 46 of the 48 contiguous ...

Families, activists and legislators are pleading with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson this week to allow a vote on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act. RECA aims to ...

Sherrie Hanna is looking for justice, and the clock is ticking. The problem she's taking on is a big one - so large, in fact, that there's no definitive answer on the number of people impacted.

YAVAPAI COUNTY, AZ (AZFamily) — Arizonans and others affected by Cold War nuclear testing in Nevada are urging Congress to re-authorize benefits before the lame duck session ends in Congress. They’re ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Federal lawmakers and New Mexico downwinders slammed the stifled progress of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act on Tuesday arguing that families are still suffering. A federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fireball rises into the sky over Nevada after the U.S. government detonated a 61-kiloton device on June 4, 1953. Nuclear weapons ...