Tag: health

Community fridge networks across the country are an important start—and symbol—in the work to make sure everyone has enough to eat.

As Paul Hanly, a leading attorney in the case, told the Guardian, “this is essentially a crime family … drug dealers in nice suits and dresses.”

"The U.S. government has power to share vaccine manufacturing knowledge and help other countries scale up production."

We don’t have to discover some fantastic new miracle cure to lengthen the lives Americans lead. We just have to forge a more equal America.

“We are one step closer to protecting the health of Americans from these toxic forever chemicals.”

"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has been since 2003."

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.

Power, wealth, and justice in the time of COVID-19.

In some cases, the impact on residents’ lungs is worse than living beside a highway or being exposed to secondhand smoke every day.

Researchers said the total health impacts of the plants could amount to $6.2 billion a year.