Austin Fast🎙

Data @USAToday || Formerly: @NPR, @TB_Times || @Cronkite_ASU & @MiamiUniversity alum || Returned Peace Corps Volunteer || Oreo enthusiast

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

My PSA:
1. Talk with your family & friends about HIV/AIDS;
2. Love them unconditionally;
3. Get tested often for HIV;
4. Get on #PrEP if you're at higher risk for HIV.
5. Listen to #ThreeLittleWords wherever you get your podcasts, or at https://t.co/EUQlMQLuks
#WorldAIDSDay

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

Novo Nordisk's reports to the #FDA spiked shortly after an inspection found the #Ozempic producer was ignoring reports of deaths and potential #GLP1 side effects.
https://t.co/SB6SO9UJkf

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

GLP-1 drugs like #Ozempic, #Wegovy and #Mounjaro are booming — and so are lawsuits. I breakdown what over 4,400 patients allege happened to them, how drugmakers are responding and what doctors are saying on @USATODAY's The Excerpt. 🎧 https://t.co/SFWMqPfNnL

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

New data show over 37 million Americans drink water that exceeds #EPA limits, with more expected as testing continues.
Altogether, about 131 million Americans rely on drinking water systems that found some level of #PFAS, which the EPA says is toxic at extremely low levels.

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

EPA limits on #ForeverChemicals in #DrinkingWater remain intact through major changes at the agency, although #CleanWater advocates worry these standards are next on the chopping block.
Check your local #PFAS test results in my interactive map below!
https://t.co/z1VKkHzRBk

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

In 2022, only a third of the #SafeStreetsForAll program's rural money went to disadvantaged communities. This year, that leapt to 70%.
On the other hand, most urban funding has consistently landed in disadvantaged communities. #SS4A

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

Federal grants to fix deadly roads in #rural towns nearly doubled this year, after my @USATODAY investigation found they'd been left out. Resource-strapped "disadvantaged" places won most of this money to keep #pedestrians and #drivers safe.
https://t.co/0Pzy3tqxYb

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

@emily_lecoz Check the story link for this interactive timeline showing all the incidents we could locate for these 10 large ship management companies.

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

On today's front page, @emily_lecoz & I investigate the safety record of the #ship operator behind the #Baltimore bridge collapse in March.

We also looked at other similar companies & found dozens of incidents causing death and injury aboard their ships in just the past 5 years.

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Ship operator in Baltimore bridge collapse had other deadly incidents https://t.co/hWFKro1dTm

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

Does your #DrinkingWater have #PFAS? We've got recently updated @EPA data from over 6,500 public systems on our searchable map at:
https://t.co/bbwFmjT26W
@ceciliagarzella @2400c #WaterPollution

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

Who's to blame for #PFAS in our #DrinkingWater? On today's episode of The Excerpt from @usatoday, I talk about what cities are saying. https://t.co/sSZJmmzPHZ
#ForeverChemicals #WaterPollution #CleanWater

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

“The lesson from these low success rates is not that we should give up on the (#Section8) voucher program, it’s that we really need to scrutinize it and find ways to make it easier to use – for tenants and landlords.” #HousingVouchers @lucytompkins2

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Voucher program is supposed to help poor families rent a home. Nearly half the time, it fails. https://t.co/RCW9WftVWL

[Caitlin Thompson @caitlin_reports]

I’ve known I wanted to do this story since last Aug when I met 2 men in Georgia facing eviction from homes they once owned (yes. eviction. not foreclosure. That’s important). I pitched it on my first day at @NPR
Today it hit the airwaves on Morning Edition
https://t.co/fKUxlCtYsv

[Brandon wants 1 million more neighbors @BRuddTweets]

My hottest take is that Columbus, Dayton, Louisville and Lexington are all suburbs of Cincinnati.

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

Test results show hundreds of drinking water systems have exceeded new #PFAS standards. Is your area affected? I explain on today's episode of The Excerpt. #ForeverChemicals @ceciliagarzella @2400c @USATODAY
https://t.co/fMVRwZezwR

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

New @EPA data show about 300 public #DrinkingWater systems have recently exceeded annual limits for #PFAS, and thousands more will likely join them.
Check your area's test results on our map in the link. @ceciliagarzella @2400c #ForeverChemicals
https://t.co/0ZHN90VXYx

[Water Mark 🚰 @OtayMark]

Great address search tool!

Hundreds of drinking water systems exceed new PFAS standards.

The @EPA says almost 300 of America’s public drinking water systems exceeded newly established annual limits for "forever chemicals".

https://t.co/kkXgSMqXmi by @a_fast @ceciliagarzella

[Nick Penzenstadler @npenzenstadler]

As I was saying the other day. This PR nonsense is pervasive and needs to be extracted like a rotten tooth.

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

@smussenden Digital documents all available at: https://t.co/hHPuPs6h1z

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

While reviewing the past two decades of @USCG incident investigation reports, we found at least 6,000 cases where massive cargo ships, oil tankers, container barges and even cruise vessels have reported what befell the #Dali: a loss of power, propulsion, or steering. @emily_lecoz

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Students at Cal Maritime replicate the Baltimore bridge disaster using a 360-degree state-of-the-art simulator. See what it was like to be onboard the cargo ship Dali in the minutes leading up to the crash. https://t.co/MfbyUPhE55

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

See where more serious bridge strikes have occurred on our map at https://t.co/cLvpUE1XjQ

[Austin Fast🎙 @a_fast]

Our analysis also revealed at least 2,600 bridge strikes in U.S. waters since 2002. Three of these incidents were fatal, claiming 16 lives in all.
The majority, however, were minor – a ship’s antenna or mast hitting a bridge, or a barge clipping a bridge’s protective fender.