Despite the GOP’s attempts to repeal Obamacare, health care doesn’t have to pit young...
One of the Affordable Care Act’s fatal flaws enables Republican sabotage. But to lay the groundwork for change, progressives will have to resist powerful senior lobbies.
How did we become so backward? S. Korea has US equivalent of 1,311 coronavirus...
When did we become so backward?
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.”
Atlantic City could be the next Flint – but residents are fighting to save...
Chris Christie-appointed officials may soon privatize the city’s water utility.
What happens after the virus?
What is the purpose of our existence? I can think of only one, and that is to make the lives of people on Earth as fulfilling as possible and for as long as possible.
The medical mess
It seems odd that 12,000 foreign doctors can get residencies in the U.S. but 2,000 U.S. medical graduates cannot.
Pandemic recovery will take more than soaring growth – to fuel a more equitable...
Countries seeking to explicitly counteract the negative effects of the pandemic need a good compass to guide their recovery plan. And that won’t be GDP.
‘Grotesque, deadly failure’: Trump USDA under fire for allowing millions of pounds of produce...
“The Agriculture Department took more than a month to make its first significant move to buy up surplus fruits and vegetables.”
Trump cuts funds for World Health Org as Oxfam warns pandemic could push half...
Oxfam America said the cuts slash “any hopes for the responsible international cooperation and solidarity that is critical to save lives and restore the global economy.”
Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which...
If pharmaceutical companies don’t voluntarily help people in poor countries, those governments can do what they’ve done in past health crises: let other companies produce generic versions of patented medicines, to protect the common good.