Friday, June 20, 2025

Don’t let pharma make us pay twice for COVID-19 treatments

The research we’ve funded is going to be critical in the coming months. We’ve already paid for it. Let’s demand that Congress change the law so that we don’t have to pay again.

Real people will lead the way to #MedicareForAll

Seniors chanting “Get out of the way!” as they hold cardboard tombstones might not seem like a challenge to the largest physicians’...

UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless...

Rather than prioritising the prevention of pandemic outbreaks, governments around the world primarily focus on responding.

New report reveals rise in antimicrobial use in animals

A possible contribution to rising rates of AMR is the overuse of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals.

US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’

As regulators propose restrictions on their use or manufacturing, Pentagon officials have told Congress that eliminating the chemicals would undermine military readiness.

Over 84 million people forcibly displaced by climate emergency, insecurity, and violence

“The international community must redouble its efforts to make peace, and at the same time must ensure resources are available to displaced communities and their hosts.”

‘Just horrific’: Pandemic fuels steepest decline in US life expectancy since WWII

"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has been since 2003."

EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health

If the secret science rule is adopted, EPA officials will have to pretend that this kind of research doesn’t exist, since the patient records that it draws on can’t be made public.

General Mills to remove dyes from products amid legal action

The probe revealed that the company was deceptively marketing its cereals as "healthy" and "nutritious" despite containing petroleum-based food coloring.

Corporations should not have the power to undermine the global battle against Covid-19

Even if governments agree to suspend patent protections for vaccines, corporations can fight back with expensive lawsuits.