Thursday, March 28, 2024

Worries about foreign ‘hacking’ of vaccine research place corporate profits ahead of public health

The Times fully admits that this alleged hacking would not harm U.S. public health, but only the profits of U.S. pharmaceutical companies.

European Environment Committee Votes Against Glyphosate Renewal

"So long as serious concerns remain about the carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties of the herbicide glyphosate, the EU Commission should not renew its authorization."
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“This ruling is huge”: Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572 million for fueling...

In a landmark ruling, an Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for contributing to the state’s opioid...

‘Drop the Medicare eligibility age to 0 right now’: Study warns 35 million could...

"For all the abstracted talk over the last year about health insurance churn, we are likely about to see it on an unprecedented scale in terms of velocity and devastation."

As CTC ends, study says monthly payments boost baby brain activity

"Policy impacts biology. It's past time we made the Child Tax Credit increases permanent."

Masks sold by former White House official to Navajo hospitals don’t meet FDA standards

New information from the Indian Health Service calls into question why the agency purchased expensive medical gear that it now cannot use as intended.

New study shows communities of color disproportionately affected by air pollution

“What this study shows is what communities of color across the region have long understood—that they are unfairly exposed to higher levels of pollution."

Free as you can afford to be

GOP leaders want to protect your "freedom" to be poor, powerless, sick, and uninsured.
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Pandemic profiteers: Hospitals sued patients over medical debt while getting billions in relief aid

“There’s a lot of talk in our healthcare system about putting patients first, … but this is not doing that.”

‘Breakthrough results’: New study detects microplastic pollution in human blood for first time

While more studies need to be done to examine the direct effects of microplastics on the human body, researchers from the study warn microplastics can cause damage to human cells.