Video: Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about presidential contenders, and whether or not everyone has a basic right to healthcare.
Toxic Economy: Common Chemicals Cost US Billions Every Year
Researchers estimate the United States economy takes a $340 billion hit annually as endocrine-disrupting compounds lower IQs, increase behavior problems and exacerbate health woes like obesity and diabetes.
As big pharma stock soars, third FDA adviser resigns over approval of alzheimer’s drug
The doctor and panel member wrote that it "was probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history."
The great forgetting
Why we forget epidemics and why this one must be remembered...
“Don’t be afraid of Covid”: Trump removes mask & fuels misinformation effort after leaving...
“I stood out front. I led. Nobody that’s a leader would not do what I did. And I know there’s a risk, there’s a danger, but that’s OK.”
Vaccine experts react to European court’s controversial decision
A changing attitude toward vaccinations, and increased dangers of litigation toward vaccination production and research companies, is likely to inflate the prices of vital medication that has proven to eradicate lethal diseases like polio.
Oregon just decriminalized all drugs – here’s why voters passed this groundbreaking reform
These policies show that problem drug use is a public health challenge to be managed, not a war that can be won.
Multisolving our way to Covid-19 economic recovery
Addressing the coronavirus pandemic can also provide opportunities to fight climate change and boost equity.
CDC sharply narrows routine childhood vaccine guidance under Trump administration overhaul
Medical organizations warn changes bypassed scientific review and could increase preventable illness.
Why coronavirus is humanity’s wake-up call
As we respond to the coronavirus emergency and the immediate needs of the people and communities impacted by it, let us also keep in view the systemic needs and possibilities that crisis exposes.