‘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.
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.
2023 Lancet Report on health and climate change: a critical call for comprehensive global...
In-depth analysis of the escalating health crisis due to climate change and the imperative for systemic global climate action.
Free as you can afford to be
GOP leaders want to protect your "freedom" to be poor, powerless, sick, and uninsured.
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.”
United Kingdom Proposes Soda Tax in Ongoing Fight Against Obesity
It’s a reversal by Prime Minister David Cameron, who previously rejected such a policy.
Corporate veterinarians serve profit over animals
Solo practitioners who became veterinarians to provide friendly, community-based service now must answer to bean counters at headquarters.
EPA will not ban chlorpyrifos
President Trump’s EPA responded yesterday to a petition from public health and environmental groups who had pushed for a ban on the...
Trump’s domestic gag rule forces planned parenthood to withdraw from Title X funding, threatening...
"This is about control. Period. We will resist."
Methane Discovered in Drinking Water Near Fracking Wells
A Stanford researcher found the highest risk of leaks was from shallow natural gas wells drilled in California, Pennsylvania, and Texas.