Sunday, July 20, 2025

A hospital’s secret coronavirus policy separated Native American mothers from their newborns

Pregnant Native American women were singled out for COVID-19 testing based on their race and ZIP code, clinicians say. While awaiting results, some mothers were separated from their newborns, depriving them of the immediate contact doctors recommend.

A crisis of undiagnosed cancers is emerging in the pandemic’s second year

A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.

Appeals court denies Monsanto’s request for reconsideration post controversial Reuters story

"Like all of its other products and campaigns, Monsanto's motion is equal parts poison, deception and chutzpah."

General Mills Announces GMO Labeling for US Products

General Mills, the Minneapolis-based food giant, has announced Friday that consumers all over the U.S. will soon begin seeing GMO labeling legislated by the state of Vermont on many General Mills products.

Republicans craft health care plan to screw Trump voters

There is at least a small irony in the fact that millions of Trump voters will be frontline losers if Trumpcare gets signed into law.

#Flint: An update and a reminder that it has been 1,196 days since Flint...

Flint’s water problems started in April 2014 when the city switched its water source from the city of Detroit to the Flint River.

First came interesting times—then came the mother of all curses

Taking a look at the pandemic through a different kind of lens—here's a serious point the mainstream media has overlooked for the most part.

The health care fight is far from over

We’re going to have to keep up a winning pressure until health care is a public good available and affordable for every person in our country.

Canadian doctors protest their recent pay increase

A group that represents doctors and advocates for public health in Quebec is asking that the money instead be allocated to the health-care system at large.

Big oil shill tells Fox viewers there is ‘no health risk’ from inhaling toxic...

"He has been trying to recast air pollution—particularly PM2.5—as innocuous for decades, since he was working for Big Tobacco."