New study finds correlation between specific pesticides and central nervous system tumors in children
"Policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children."
How Cuba beat the pandemic: From developing new vaccines to sending doctors overseas to...
For decades, Cuba has heavily invested in its medical and pharmaceutical system, in part because of the six-decade-old U.S. embargo.
A post-COVID-19 recovery will not be possible if water, sanitation & hygiene are not...
The global economy and a concerted effort, coordination and imagination is needed to enable not only a worldwide recovery, but also to ensure that the world’s poorest people are not left behind.
Pandemic profiteers: Hospitals sued patients over medical debt while getting billions in relief aid
“There’s a lot of talk in our healthcare system about putting patients first, … but this is not doing that.”
How a Seattle neighborhood confronted food insecurity in the pandemic
Seattle’s square-mile neighborhood of South Park has turned its early pandemic community supports into a sustainable system tackling food insecurity.
As rich nations protect corporate patents, the global vaccine divide is widening
Corporate profits are not more important than the lives of millions of poor people around the globe.
What the American Rescue Plan says about President Biden’s health care priorities – and...
Indeed, for his first big move on health policy, Biden is strengthening private insurance.
Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too
Study after study has linked higher income to better health.
The sports pages of death
Life in a wounded and wounding land...
US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars...
Now seems to be exactly the wrong time to ease and eliminate restrictions as some states are doing, especially with several new variants remaining a threat.