Tag: CDC
Trump accused of suppressing CDC warning that full school reopenings pose...
DeVos repeatedly refused to say whether schools should follow the CDC's reopening guidelines and claimed "there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous."
Climate change is killing Americans. Health departments aren’t equipped to respond
How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change
Coronavirus pandemic in US fueled by stunted CDC budget & lack...
We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States.
House Democrats allocate $50 million to study gun violence
While funding for this type of study hasn't been allocated in more than two decades, gun violence prevention organizations and doctors' groups have sought this money to address gun violence.
Former CDC Director arrested on sex abuse charges
Although Frieden and the victim have reportedly known each other for more than 20 years, they were not believed to have had an intimate relationship.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.
CDC Director resigns amid controversy over tobacco stocks
“You don’t buy tobacco stocks when you are the head of the CDC. It’s ridiculous; it gives a terrible appearance.”
Trump administration bans CDC from using these words
A CDC analyst said he was unable to recall a previous time when words were banned from budget documents because they were considered controversial.
Collusion or coincidence? Records show EPA efforts to slow herbicide review...
Released communications show the EPA and Monsanto working in concert to stall a toxicology review that a unit tied to the CDC was conducting on glyphosate.
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The $5.6 billion opening salvo: inside the staggering cost of Trump’s war on Iran
New reporting reveals that the United States burned through billions in munitions within days of launching its assault on Iran, highlighting the scale of the military campaign and its mounting financial and humanitarian toll.
How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections
A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.
The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy
That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.
After loneliness
Left for dead in Donald Trump's America; could communal life stir?
US-Israel strikes on Iranian oil depots trigger environmental disaster and historic oil shock
Bombing of energy infrastructure in Tehran sparks toxic rainfall warnings, record crude price surge, and accusations of war crimes as fires and smoke engulf Iran’s capital.