As rich countries shield pharma monopolies, just 0.2% of COVID vaccine doses have gone...
"The problem is not getting vaccines out of COVAX; the problem is getting them in."
California introduces bill to protect children from ultra-processed food in public schools
Known as Assembly Bill 1264, the bill would create a legal definition of ultra-processed food or UPF in the United States.
Meet the new yes man on Trump’s Covid task force: Dr. Scott Atlas wants...
Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist and was brought on specifically because he would back President Trump’s position “about how the pandemic was going, that the threat was receding, that the country should reopen.”
Exclusive: White House privately warns 11 cities must take “aggressive” action against coronavirus
New red flags about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak come after Trump focused on upsides in televised briefing.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
A national asbestos-exposure registry of veterans could combat misdiagnosis in mesothelioma cases nationwide
Many U.S. veterans are suffering from asbestos-related illnesses due to past military exposure, highlighting the urgent need for a national asbestos-exposure registry to improve early detection, diagnosis, and access to VA benefits.
Big pharma keeps bankrolling house GOP’s dark money arm
Pharmaceutical companies stand to lose big under a single-payer system, since it might enable the government to negotiate lower drug prices.
How we can take on powerful interests to win Medicare for All
Building support for Medicare for All is not hard. But beating back the wealthy forces determined to profit off of illness is.
Sanders demands probe of push to give company patent for public-funded cancer treatment
Sanders demanded a probe of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) patent proposal in a letter to Christi Grimm, inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Revealed: How Dirty Production of NHS Drugs Helps Create Superbugs
Active ingredients used in antibiotics get into the local soil and water systems, leading to bacteria in the environment becoming resistant to the drugs.