The Olympic event we need: A race to see where people live the longest
We don’t have to discover some fantastic new miracle cure to lengthen the lives Americans lead. We just have to forge a more equal America.
House passes PFAS Action Act which protects environment and human health
“We are one step closer to protecting the health of Americans from these toxic forever chemicals.”
As US ‘drowning’ in unused doses, WHO Chief laments ‘horrifying injustice’ of Covid-19 vaccine...
“None of us is safe until all of us are safe. The tragedy of this pandemic is that it could have been under control by now, if vaccines had been allocated more equitably.”
Universal Lifetime Insurance
Is this socialism? Well, no doubt. But it doesn’t undercut our present system. It just gives everyone a guarantee of something to look forward to
Free school meals for all children can improve kids’ health
A bill proposed in Congress aims to make free school meals a permanent fixture in all states.
‘Just horrific’: Pandemic fuels steepest decline in US life expectancy since WWII
"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has been since 2003."
“Crime of the century”: How big pharma fueled the opioid crisis that killed 500,000...
“I realized that the big problem here was that we had been seeing it as a crisis, like a natural disaster, like a flood or a hurricane, rather than as a series of crimes.”
Documents reveal EPA approved toxic chemicals for fracking in 2011
“It’s very disturbing to see the extent to which critical information about these chemicals is shielded from public view.”
The myth that meat is essential for human health could harm us all
Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
AOC: US must mass produce COVID-19 vaccine for world, or pandemic could drag on...
She calls on the United States to use tools like the Defense Production Act to mobilize mass production of vaccines to export for free around the world.