NIH ends future funding to study the health effects of climate change
One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars...
Now seems to be exactly the wrong time to ease and eliminate restrictions as some states are doing, especially with several new variants remaining a threat.
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.
Inequalities are shaping how we’re fighting the pandemic — and how we’ll remember it
Covid-19 infections in most countries have been hugely underestimated — not least because rich countries bought almost all the tests.
A third woman died under Texas’ abortion ban. Doctors are avoiding D&Cs and reaching...
Some said it raises serious questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to diverge from the standard of care and reach for less-effective options that could expose their patients to more risks.
WHO classifies talc as ‘probably carcinogenic’ for humans
Most human are exposed to talc, which is a naturally occurring mineral mined in many parts of the world, in baby powder, skincare and cosmetics.
Pandemic, wildfires & heat Wave: Undocumented farm workers face ‘triple threat’ as West Coast...
“Farmworkers have continued to work during this whole time, despite fears of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace, despite fears of getting heat stress while they’re at work, and now despite fears of the dangers that wildfire smoke brings.”
Dr. Paul Farmer: Centuries of inequality in the US laid groundwork for pandemic devastation
“All the social pathologies of our nation come to the fore during epidemics.”
Supermarket food in the UK could soon have eco-labels
“The tool could help us by ensuring that as we are developing new recipes there is a delicious option for someone who is actively looking to reduce their environmental impact through what they eat.”
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.