Tag: Health Policy
Drug prices soar under Trump despite promises, Senate report finds
Senate HELP Minority report says 688 drug prices rose after Trump took office, with some cancer therapies now over $200,000 a year and a rare-disease drug jumping 1,555 percent; White House tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could push costs higher still.
Senate Democrats investigate RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine purge at CDC
Bernie Sanders and top Senate Democrats demand answers after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousts all 17 CDC vaccine experts and installs anti-vaccine activists in their place.
GOP healthcare bill would strip insurance from 16 million to fund...
Republican budget proposal would double uninsured rates in many states and lead to over 50,000 preventable deaths each year, healthcare workers warn.
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Clinton blames young people and social media for opposition to Gaza genocide
A speech at a far right Israeli publication’s summit sparks criticism over claims that youth are misinformed rather than responding to documented atrocities.
New infographic shows how only 10 companies control every brand we know
Regardless of what the companies claim, the Big 10 do have the power and resources to address hunger and poverty within their supply chains.
Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP funds from democratic-led states
A new confrontation between the White House and blue states raises concerns about the political use of food assistance programs.
Poland officially enacts ban on fur farming
The legislation was signed into law by President Karol Nawrocki and it marks the end of an era as the European Union’s largest remaining fur producer.
How the pro-Palestine movement is outsmarting the algorithms
In response to systematic censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians and their allies have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm.