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AI gives ‘problematic’ health advice study finds

The researchers found a significant gap when these tools are used to address real-world patient symptoms.

Why this union paramedic treats an epidemic of inequality

Union members harness the power of collective action to move all ahead. We lift each other up and draw strength from one another.

Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios—and the research backs...

What are the key concerns in the nursing contract negotiations at Magee?

Over 20M Americans set to lose healthcare coverage Jan. 1 after...

Health insurance premiums are expected to more than double or even triple for some 20 million people, pricing many out of healthcare coverage entirely.

States introduce AI bills affecting health care

More than 250 AI bills in health care were introduced in 47 states since October.

Warfare over healthcare: It’s necropolitics all the way down

This is not just an abstract dilemma that many households are facing; it is necropolitics in action, the state-sanctioned power to decide who lives and dies.

Trump’s ‘power to the people’ healthcare pitch masks a plan that...

Trump’s push to redirect federal healthcare dollars into individual cash payments while ending Medicaid and ACA subsidies is drawing warnings of a deepening national crisis and renewed calls for universal, publicly financed coverage.

Progressives intensify campaign to replace Schumer after Democrats end shutdown without...

A growing number of lawmakers, candidates, and activists are demanding new Democratic leadership after eight senators joined Republicans to reopen the government, leaving Affordable Care Act protections and Medicaid funding untouched.

‘I’m terrified I’ll die’: Bernie Sanders unveils report on healthcare devastation...

The Sanders report concludes by not only vowing to reverse the Republican healthcare cuts, but to “work to end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care for all.”

For-profit corporations are buying up more psychiatric hospitals. Some flout federal...

Some are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.

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Trump’s quiet election push sparks alarms over federal power and the machinery of voting

A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.

Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science

The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.

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.

May 1 deadline could trigger constitutional clash over Trump’s Iran war

As the War Powers Resolution clock expires, a legal confrontation is emerging over whether President Donald Trump can continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval.