Tag: public health policy
FDA blocks vaccine safety studies amid growing allegations of scientific censorship
Internal federal research involving millions of vaccine recipients found rare serious side effects and no major new safety concerns, but agency officials halted publication as critics warn of political interference in public health science.
Women suing Pfizer say birth control left them with brain tumors
More than 1,000 women say Pfizer ignored evidence linking Depo-Provera to brain tumors—and used the FDA’s decision to protect itself.
Cancer deaths projected to rise nearly 75 percent by 2050, Lancet...
Researchers say disproportionate growth in low- and middle-income countries highlights urgent need for equitable cancer control.
Trump’s executive order on drug prices lacks enforcement, legal backing, and...
The president’s directive to lower prescription costs relies on voluntary compliance and vague rulemaking powers, leaving analysts and advocates questioning its efficacy.
GOP Medicaid cuts would drop millions from coverage while boosting tax...
New Republican plan could strip 8.6 million Americans of healthcare while permanently enriching the ultra-wealthy through revived 2017 tax breaks.
Montana judge strikes down restrictive abortion laws targeting Medicaid recipients
Montana court blocks restrictive abortion laws that targeted Medicaid recipients, ruling they violate constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection.
Senators unveil landmark bill to ban junk food ads aimed at...
Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch propose the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, targeting junk food advertisements to combat the escalating diabetes and obesity epidemic among children.
Historic ruling in Wisconsin: a beacon of hope for abortion rights...
Wisconsin judge's ruling against 1849 anti-abortion statute marks a pivotal moment in state's reproductive rights debate.
Newborns torn from mothers: South Carolina’s harsh crackdown on drug use...
South Carolina leads the charge in prosecuting pregnant women for substance abuse.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.