Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Study finds connection between living near oil and gas development and childhood leukemia

Fracking and horizontal drilling have enabled oil and gas development to encroach more and more into places where people live.

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."

FDA makes abortion pills available in pharmacies and through mail-orders companies

Any pharmacy can provide the pills to patients as long at drugstores and large chains have completed the certification process.

Trump budget slashes safety net programs, boosts military and defense

“It probably is the most conservative budget that we’ve had under Republican or Democrat administrations in decades.”

US media failed to factcheck Sweden’s herd immunity hoax

This is especially important as “herd immunity” has become a popular stalking horse among certain right-wingers seeking to argue that infecting broad swathes of the population is the best way to return the world — and the world economy — to normal.
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AOC: US must mass produce COVID-19 vaccine for world, or pandemic could drag on...

She calls on the United States to use tools like the Defense Production Act to mobilize mass production of vaccines to export for free around the world.

Big Pharma’s battle against FDA-approved medicine imports from Canada

Florida's groundbreaking move: importing affordable medication from Canada. Big Pharma's pushback and the FDA's historic approval — a turning point in U.S. healthcare?

Bill to Block Mandatory GMO Labeling Advances in Senate

D.C. dysfunction at its finest: Committee passes law that an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose.

DAPL company files lawsuit to finish pipeline and bypass “political interference”

If the company succeeds in getting the ruling they want, they will be able to complete the project without intervention from any federal agency.

Free as you can afford to be

GOP leaders want to protect your "freedom" to be poor, powerless, sick, and uninsured.