Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food
As with improper and excessive pesticide use, the abuse of antibiotics is mainly of concern when it affects national reputations abroad and related export earnings.
How the President Can Curb Big Pharma Greed
Rep. Pocan’s letter urges President Obama to “use executive action and take concrete steps” to address the drug cost crisis, and lists three tools that the president can use.
The Morton County Sheriff department is trying to keep life-saving supplies from Standing Rock...
Any vehicles attempting to deliver supplies and materials to the camps will be fined $1,000.
Here Are the Republicans Who Blocked Flint Assistance but Received Disaster Aid for Their...
These Republicans have received federal disaster aid in the past for their own states, but claim the Flint crisis is the responsibility of state and local authority.
US breaks world record with more than 55,000 new coronavirus cases in a day
The rise in cases has led states and counties to impose new restrictions.
A people’s vaccine? Drugmakers set to profit from COVID vaccines made with publicly funded...
“The investment in these vaccines, as for most drugs, has really been underwritten by the taxpayer, by the government.”
Standing Rock chair: Obama could stop the Dakota Pipeline today & preserve Indigenous sacred...
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, police deployed pepper spray and tear gas against dozens of Native American water protectors during a standoff at Cantapeta Creek.
Bernie Sanders’ Tweet Causes Big Pharma Company’s Stock to Plummet
Ariad Pharmaceuticals' stock dropped $387 million in just one day.
Washington D.C. passes law allowing medical marijuana reciprocity with other states
This proposal to expand the D.C’s medical marijuana law also demonstrates another important reality.
In world-historic first, microplastics detected in human blood
"We've choked this planet with plastic, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans—and we've no idea at all about costs for public health," said a British lawmaker.