Tag: health
New book reveals tactics Coca-Cola uses to remain No. 1 soft...
“Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick” is a detailed account of the tactics used to maintain a great reputation despite company's secrets.
Newly launched scorecard tool ranks food packaging for sustainability and safety
The goal of the project is to help businesses and consumers make informed decisions that reduce their environmental impact while also protecting human health.
FDA unveils online database of chemical substances in food as part...
The Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool provides contaminant levels in an initiative to modernize food chemical safety.
Newly release EPA data finds more than half US population exposed...
More than 158 million people across the U.S. were exposed these compounds in their drinking water—15 million more than had previously been reported—out of a total population of 340 million.
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for...
The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.
NIH ends future funding to study the health effects of climate...
One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
A national asbestos-exposure registry of veterans could combat misdiagnosis in mesothelioma...
Many U.S. veterans are suffering from asbestos-related illnesses due to past military exposure, highlighting the urgent need for a national asbestos-exposure registry to improve early detection, diagnosis, and access to VA benefits.
Trump halted an agent orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands...
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
National Cancer Institute employees can’t publish information on these topics without...
Among the 23 hot-button issues, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica: vaccines, fluoride, peanut allergies, autism.
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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds
The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors
KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year
Gaza newborn dies of hypothermia as Israel continues to block lifesaving aid
A two-week-old infant’s death amid winter storms underscores mounting warnings from UN agencies that blocked shelter, destroyed hospitals, and widespread hunger are making exposure deadly for Gaza’s youngest residents.
Bird flu keeps spreading on a Utah mink farm as officials hold off on...
Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine.
How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement
Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.