Tag: health

Scientists and doctors are urging the governments to put "safety guidelines" in place to protect the health of the people, not the industry.

"Coronavirus is the biggest story in the country, and rightfully so. But today, this enormous, exclusive, and damning story should be a very, very close second."

Despite the city announcing a moratorium on water shutoffs and a program to help thousands of residents restore service last month, people in Detroit are still reporting lack of access to water and even ongoing shutoffs.

Coal companies and Big Oil like ExxonMobil and all those fracking companies are thus killing off a million Americans every five years.

How a confrontation in one of the nation’s coronavirus hotspots illustrates a troubling national trend.

There are times when well-meaning "message poetry" captures the moment and touches heart strings.

"For all the abstracted talk over the last year about health insurance churn, we are likely about to see it on an unprecedented scale in terms of velocity and devastation."

“When COVID-19 passes and we see the losses … it will be deeply tied to the story of post-World War II policies that left communities marginalized.”

"Imagine how much faster the research would advance if these researchers were working in collaboration, sharing their results with each other..."

ProPublica’s health reporter Caroline Chen explains what the conversation around asymptomatic coronavirus carriers is missing, and what we need to understand if we’re going to beat this nefarious virus together.