Make drug price cuts visible: Biden-era law delivers savings for 15 Medicare drugs as...
A new round of Medicare drug price negotiations shows the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act while exposing an ongoing political fight over who deserves credit for lowering drug costs.
How city-owned grocery stores can tackle food insecurity
As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.
USDA warning to grocers deepens SNAP crisis as Trump defies court orders
As federal judges order the administration to pay out frozen food benefits, the USDA warns grocery stores not to offer discounts to millions of hungry Americans caught in the shutdown, citing the “Equal Treatment Rule.”
Trump tax cuts helped health giants dodge billions while patients faced higher costs and...
New report finds seven major healthcare corporations avoided over $34 billion in taxes since 2017 while boosting buybacks, dividends, and executive pay as claim denials and patient safety issues escalated.
USDA drops plan to test for Monsanto weed killer in food
Much more research is needed to understand the impact on human health of chronic dietary exposures to pesticides.
Study suggests breast cancer linked to exposure of phthalates in everyday products
As the second-leading cause of cancer death in women, most cases of breast cancer arise from environmental and lifestyle factors, the study found.
WHO classifies atrazine as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ raising concerns about toxic exposure
This new evaluation confirms both the first—glyphosate—and second most used herbicides in the nation’s farm belt carry potential health and environmental concerns.
Shutdown deal buries federal food safety rules amid rising outbreaks
A funding bill to avert a government shutdown includes industry backed provisions that halt key FDA protections even as foodborne illnesses surge across the United States.
‘Ticking time bomb’: A pregnant mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t...
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.