Tag: health

The Medicare for All Act of 2022 would be implemented over a four-year period and would include dental care, vision coverage, and hearing aids with no out-of-pocket expenses, insurance premiums, deductibles, or co-payments,

“Parents shouldn’t have to strap their child into a car seat that exposes them to toxic chemicals.”

We can understand the problem best through the example of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Rupa Marya, a physician and musician, studies how social structures impact health. She says colonial capitalism fractures the critical relationships that keep us healthy.

While more studies need to be done to examine the direct effects of microplastics on the human body, researchers from the study warn microplastics can cause damage to human cells.

So what's coming down the pike?

Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.

The war in Ukraine is causing further disruption to the global food supply and making it harder for the world’s poorest households to afford adequate nutrition.

This public health hazard that hides in plain sight is childhood adversity: experiences like physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.

On an increasingly sickly planet, our future, in other words, remains up for grabs.