Tag: health
‘A clown show:’ RFK Jr. fires CDC panel & stacks it...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew U.S. funding for the world’s preeminent international vaccine organization.
SCOTUS opinion says states can block Medicaid money for health services...
Justice Neil Gorsuch and five other justices found that "while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court in the case."
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.
Food museums uncover the culture, science, and history behind the food...
Institutions like New York City’s Museum of Food and Drink are making food literacy fun.
General Mills to remove dyes from products amid legal action
The probe revealed that the company was deceptively marketing its cereals as "healthy" and "nutritious" despite containing petroleum-based food coloring.
SCOTUS rules on ban on gender transition care for minors
The Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee's ban did not violate "U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law by discriminating on the basis of sex" and upholds ban against treatment for minors.
Factory farms and the next pandemic: How industrial animal agriculture fuels...
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
Women’s cancer rates are rising in the Oil Gulf: Is global...
There is a lot of fine particulate matter in the air in the Gulf, and if hotter temperatures make them harder on the human body, then that would be a problem.
New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure...
Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."
Exposure to synthetic chemicals in food poses health impacts, new study...
Their conclusion: a need to transition to a safer, more sustainable food system.
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US-Iran ceasefire deal opens fragile path out of war as Israel threatens to keep...
The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.