Tag: disease
Internal VA emails reveal how Trump cuts jeopardize veterans’ care, including...
The email said more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for diseases ranging from metastatic head and neck cancers, to kidney disease, to traumatic brain injuries.
Big agriculture’s dangerous role in spreading the next pandemic
Bird flu spreads through industrial farms while U.S. leaders prioritize big agriculture over public health.
Gaza faces looming polio outbreak as Israeli bombings devastate healthcare infrastructure
With polio detected in Gaza’s wastewater and ongoing conflict crippling vaccination efforts, the World Health Organization warns of a potential public health catastrophe.
New study reveals microplastics’ alarming journey from everyday items to human...
The extensive reach of these particles beyond the gut and into critical body tissues, raises significant concerns particularly for the most vulnerable: Our children.
Why healthy forests mean fewer pandemics
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us.
Monkeys infected with transmissible diseases are trucked across US—where’s the transportation...
Experimenting on monkeys is cruel—and keeping them is a threat to public health.
Inequality is set to kill millions—’We have to fight it together.’
If we take on the inequalities which hold back progress, we can deliver on the promise to end AIDS by 2030.
5 ways environmental damage drives human diseases like COVID-19
Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.
Today’s children will face lifelong health effects from the climate crisis
"Without immediate action from all countries climate change will come to define the health of an entire generation.”
As the planet warms and mosquitos thrive, one billion people could...
“The risk of disease transmission is a serious problem, even over the next few decades."
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Adidas follows global trend to end use of kangaroo leather in all products
Adidas' announcement follows a global trend toward ethical and sustainable fashion, where Nike, Puma, New Balance, and Diadora also ended the use of kangaroo leather in its products in recent years.
Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water
Amid pressure from chemical and utility industries, the Trump administration weakens key PFAS drinking water regulations—exposing millions to cancer-linked toxins.
The rise of AI warfare: How autonomous weapons and cognitive warfare are reshaping global...
The future of warfare may be decided by AI, but will humans have a role to play?
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US overdose deaths
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.