Monday, October 26, 2026

Big Pharma, insurers, hospitals team up to kill Medicare for All

The giants of the healthcare industry agree on one thing: Medicare for All cannot become law.

DOJ Epipen Price Gouging Deal Lacking Hundreds of Millions, Criminal Investigations

“By ending this investigation now, DOJ may forgo an effective investigation regarding the facts and scope of criminal wrongdoing.”

Trump administration rejects scientists’ advice on nutrition, maintaining guidelines for sugar and alcohol

This "will impact eating habits, school lunch menus, and food stamp policies," and will lead to "poor health" for Americans.

What the American Rescue Plan says about President Biden’s health care priorities – and...

Indeed, for his first big move on health policy, Biden is strengthening private insurance.

The pandemic has made it even harder for one in three Americans to obtain...

Our poll results demonstrate how the pandemic has transformed many Americans’ lives and behaviors in complex and interconnected ways.

What have we learned from COVID-19?

For I believe that this catastrophe should have taught us something about what is good and bad about life.

Trump accused of suppressing CDC warning that full school reopenings pose ‘highest risk’ of...

DeVos repeatedly refused to say whether schools should follow the CDC's reopening guidelines and claimed "there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous."

2017 world health day

Not only individuals need to be cured for their invisible ills, but also society itself is in need of urgent renewal.
Cleanup at Ground Zero in May 2002. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years

The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
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‘We are way, way behind’: US lags on coronavirus testing & medical experts warn...

We spend the hour looking at how the Trump administration has failed to account for what may be thousands of infections because of ongoing problems with access to testing, and how other countries have responded.