Saturday, April 20, 2024

This Trump hire is hazardous to your health (and not just your Medicare)

With this choice, Trump's made it clear that his campaign was a lie.

Starbucks Brews Up Food Donation Plan to Stop Hunger in America

Leftover panini and sandwiches at the chain’s stores will be taken to local food banks and pantries.

‘Frankenfish’ Threatens Food Safety

Despite the continued fight from public health and climate activists, genetically modified salmon has been officially authorized for sale in Canada.
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‘Humanitarian solidarity’: even under US sanctions, Cuba sends doctor brigade to Italy and more

"It just goes to the history of Cuba’s deep and long-lasting commitment to humanitarian solidarity with other countries.”

Lessons from the coronavirus can help us overcome the climate crisis

“This is a moment when we can implement measures to help boost the economy, create jobs, and build climate resilience.”

We have met the enemy and it’s a tiny virus

Hundreds of billions of bucks for arms, nothing for hospital beds, medical tests, masks and ventilators.

It’s crucial to distinguish between can’t and won’t—with a million lives at stake

It’s not a law of microbiology that requires that we allow the coronavirus to infect hundreds of millions of people, but a choice made by governments.

2017 world health day

Not only individuals need to be cured for their invisible ills, but also society itself is in need of urgent renewal.
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‘The opioid crisis isn’t white:’ How the lethal epidemic affects communities of color

"Especially in the last few years, if you look at the rates of increase of opioid overdose death rates, we find that especially black Americans have had a stark increase in the death rates compared to other groups – in fact, more than white Americans."

Big Pharma, insurers, hospitals team up to kill Medicare for All

The giants of the healthcare industry agree on one thing: Medicare for All cannot become law.