5 people died from eating lettuce, but Trump’s FDA still won’t make farms test...
The FDA’s lack of urgency dumbfounds food safety scientists.
Federal court rules EPA must make final decision on potential ban on pesticide linked...
"We'll find out in three months if the Trump EPA remains under the tight control of the chemical agriculture industry, or if Administrator Wheeler will finally take his job seriously and ban this brain-damaging pesticide."
Universal mask-wearing would save nearly 130,000 lives by spring 2021, study finds
The researchers estimated what the death toll until March 2021 would be for each state if mask-wearing and social distancing mandates are put in place, versus if they are not.
Denying coverage with AI: CMS’s new Medicare model
Funneling money to for-profit companies by rewarding them for denying health care coverage through using unproven, manipulable AI models is not the answer.
Woman freezes to death in parking garage after being evicted from affordable housing
Batts is the third homeless person to have died of exposure so far in 2017.
Chevron, Aera Energy sue to block Monterey County, California’s voter-approved ban on fracking
Voter initiatives banning fracking in U.S. cities and counties have faced obstacles at the state level all over the nation.
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna take on Big Pharma with new bill that will...
Currently, one in five American adults cannot afford to get prescription medication that they need.
FDA failed to make sure opioid prescriptions were safe, documents show
"FDA has tools that could mitigate opioid risks more effectively if the agency would be more assertive in using its power to control opioid prescribing, manufacturing, and distribution."
Moms who lost loved ones to overdose urge lawmakers to prioritize health-based solutions
A pre-Mother’s Day press conference featured mothers who have lost family members to overdose, who are asking lawmakers to change their approach.
Bernie Sanders: The Only US Presidential Candidate Supporting GMO Labeling
Bernie Sanders is the only U.S. Presidential candidate who has come out strongly in support of GMO labeling. For this reason Sustainable Pulse has collected a few of his quotes.