Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells, study shows

“It provides another wonderful example of where compounds in nature can be used to treat human diseases.”

The dangerous seduction of ‘going back to normal”

That’s because any return to “normal” would be disastrous for America.

Learning to live with COVID – the tough choices ahead

To decide what is acceptable on the suppression strategy, we have to confront the fundamental conflict between values in the COVID trilemma.

EPA likely underestimating amount of toxic forever chemicals in US water: Analysis

"The EPA is doing the bare minimum it can and that's putting people's health at risk," said the policy director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

The great unwinding

The failing battle for health and healthcare in these all too disunited states.

Bernie Sanders’ Tweet Causes Big Pharma Company’s Stock to Plummet

Ariad Pharmaceuticals' stock dropped $387 million in just one day.

Canadian doctors protest their recent pay increase

A group that represents doctors and advocates for public health in Quebec is asking that the money instead be allocated to the health-care system at large.

Which 2020 Democrats are taking money from the healthcare industry?

Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and insurers are working together to stop Sanders’ proposed healthcare plan from gaining even more traction within the Democratic party.

There are 2,000 untested chemicals in packaged foods—and it’s legal

A report by the Environmental Working Group reveals that an estimated 2,000 untested chemicals, several of them known or suspected carcinogens, are legally present in conventional packaged foods sold in U.S. supermarkets. But this major public health concern is largely unrecognized by the Food and Drug Administration, which operates under a policy on food additives dating back to 1958.
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Trump’s failed coronavirus response

At every point, Trump has used this crisis to compliment himself. This is not leadership. This is the exact opposite of leadership.