Thursday, May 29, 2025

New book reveals tactics Coca-Cola uses to remain No. 1 soft drink company in...

“Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick” is a detailed account of the tactics used to maintain a great reputation despite company's secrets.

FDA unveils online database of chemical substances in food as part of MAHA initiative

The Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool provides contaminant levels in an initiative to modernize food chemical safety.

Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of Americans at ‘serious...

Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.

The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations

The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.

A national asbestos-exposure registry of veterans could combat misdiagnosis in mesothelioma cases nationwide

Many U.S. veterans are suffering from asbestos-related illnesses due to past military exposure, highlighting the urgent need for a national asbestos-exposure registry to improve early detection, diagnosis, and access to VA benefits.

Trump halted an agent orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands at risk for...

Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.

The healthcare system in Cuba

How a tiny island defies U.S. sanctions to lead in healthcare.

How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis

There is a bigger issue here too—one that poses an existential threat to human health. Farms like this are central to the emergence and spread of so-called “superbugs.”

National Cancer Institute employees can’t publish information on these topics without special approval

Among the 23 hot-button issues, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica: vaccines, fluoride, peanut allergies, autism.

Children more at risk of cancers with exposure to multiple pesticides, new study finds

The first-of-its-kind research studied the link between multiple widely used pesticides and common childhood cancers compared to previous research, which looked at exposure to one pesticide.