DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Vice President and Middletown native JD Vance announced a program to study the health effects of the East Palestine train derailment and chemical spill on Thursday. Nearly ...

FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day on Feb. 4, 2023.

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.