Scientists: Climate change may wipe out third of world’s parasites, with disastrous ripple effects
The loss of species of lice, fleas and worms could have profound ripple effects on the environment and might pave the way for new parasites to colonize humans and other animals with disastrous health outcomes.
‘Civil society is pretty much gone’ in Puerto Rico as White House scrambles to...
"We have to think of this as societal collapse: no power, no water, no food, no nothing."
Shutoffs continue as the people of Detroit fight for water as a human right
“That’s why a lot of people in Detroit are choosing water over medicine, water over rent, water over new shoes for their kids." “Because it’s such a huge percentage of people’s income right now.”
Solidarity includes wearing a mask at protests
There are many things we have no control over as we keep pushing to change the political direction of the United States. Whether we wear a mask isn’t one of them.
World AIDS Day is grim reminder of an ongoing epidemic, with 700,000 dead from...
“World AIDS Day Is a Grim Reminder That We Have [Many Pandemics] Going On.”
Nearly 60 million Americans don’t drink their tap water, research suggests—here’s why that’s a...
Fixing water lines is important, but so is giving people confidence to turn on the tap.
Anti-vaxxers: The albatross wrapped around America’s neck
95% of living Americans will be fully vaccinated. America will then see the Covid-19 virus not disappear completely, but become relatively harmless, very much like the flu.
Judge blocks Texas from cutting Planned Parenthood
The threatened funding cuts would affect over 12,000 Medicaid patients across Texas.
Medicare for All: As healthcare costs soar, momentum grows to guarantee healthcare for all...
Over the summer the groups formed a partnership to fight the growing support for expanding Medicare.
Trump wellness programs would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions
The ACA’s pre-existing condition protections are among the law’s more popular and important elements.