‘The time is now:’ Over 200 economists send a letter to Congress endorsing Medicare...
"We encourage Congress to move forward with implementing a public financed Medicare for All plan to achieve the equitable and affordable universal health care system that the American people need."
China’s top grain producing province bans GM crops
Growing of GM corn, rice and soybean will be banned, while illegal production and sales of GM crops and supply of their seeds will also be prohibited.
Cigna drops EpiPen as CVS sells less expensive generic
“The Democratic Party has got to stand up to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.”
House Republicans Fight to Cut Important School Lunch Programs
Lunch programs as they are now already receive meager funding. The $13 billion allocated to them is only 2% of our national defense budget.
Trump halted an agent orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands at risk for...
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
Dannon Yogurt to Remove GMO Ingredients and Source Milk from Non-GMO Fed Cows
Dannon will work with farmers to maintain company wide standards for animal welfare and soil standards.
Why do Europeans live longer than Americans?
Over a generation ago, in a more equal United States, no one had to ask that question.
‘Terrified to go to work’: Hundreds of workers in meat & poultry plants test...
Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado.
Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which...
If pharmaceutical companies don’t voluntarily help people in poor countries, those governments can do what they’ve done in past health crises: let other companies produce generic versions of patented medicines, to protect the common good.
The beginning is near: The deep north, evictions and pipeline deadlines
None of us know how this moment in history is going to work out.