Tag: health
House passes PFAS Action Act which protects environment and human health
“We are one step closer to protecting the health of Americans from these toxic forever chemicals.”
‘Just horrific’: Pandemic fuels steepest decline in US life expectancy since...
"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has been since 2003."
US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates—but blaming...
Homogenizing peoples’ reasons for not getting vaccinated diverts attention away from social factors that research shows play a critical role in health status and outcomes.
Urban oil wells linked to asthma and other health problems in...
In some cases, the impact on residents’ lungs is worse than living beside a highway or being exposed to secondhand smoke every day.
New HSBC-backed coal plants will contribute to 19,000 deaths annually, new...
Researchers said the total health impacts of the plants could amount to $6.2 billion a year.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be...
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.
‘Millions of lives are at stake’: Pressure grows on Biden to...
“The world needs 10 to 15 billion doses to reach herd immunity, and right now all of the global production together is on track to make 6 billion doses this year.”
As rich countries shield pharma monopolies, just 0.2% of COVID vaccine...
"The problem is not getting vaccines out of COVAX; the problem is getting them in."
A post-COVID-19 recovery will not be possible if water, sanitation &...
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.
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3D-printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small...
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished.
The deaf, dumb and blind cult still dazzled by the nastiest, most naked ‘emperor’...
How mortifying: one crude, ham-fisted con artist, swelled by arrogance, ignorance, and stupidity, is all it took to topple this “naked” beacon of democracy. Figure even worse with a Putin in charge.
The axis of evil suffers a big loss
After Viktor Orban's landslide loss in Hungary, will Trump and even Putin be next in line for their political comeuppance?
The winner at the DNC’s latest meeting? Israel, ethnic cleansing and genocide
Why did pro-Israel groups voice so much pleasure and praise—not only for the sidelining of pro-human-rights resolutions but also for the process that sidelined them?
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.