Monday, October 26, 2026

The sports pages of death

Life in a wounded and wounding land...

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.

Gaza grapples with health emergency amid rising infectious disease cases

Gaza faces a dire health crisis with over 360,000 infectious disease cases in shelters, highlighting the devastating impact of Israel's blockade and a collapsing healthcare system.

White House document shows 18 states in coronavirus “red zone”

Unpublicized recommendations say states should return to stringent control measures.

As Delta wreaks havoc, Biden faces growing pressure to force big pharma to share...

"The U.S. government has power to share vaccine manufacturing knowledge and help other countries scale up production."
An emergency room sign. Photo: Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.

Florida to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy

The Center for Reproductive Rights argues that the new bill is a health hazard to many women.

How to in the holiday healthcare debate with your conservative relatives

Like 99% of Americans, Uncle Joe would benefit from the change if he only knew the truth.

I couldn’t go to Standing Rock, so I closed my bank accounts instead

There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.

Latin America backslides in struggle to reach zero hunger goal

"More than five million children in Latin America are permanently malnourished. In a continent of abundant food, a continent of upper-middle- and high-income countries, five million children ... It's unacceptable."