Monday, June 23, 2025

Tag: public health

RFK Jr.’s health report relies on fake studies and AI-generated fabrications

Trump’s health agenda, led by RFK Jr., is under fire for citing nonexistent sources, using AI hallucinations, and omitting root causes of America’s public health crises.

Plastic is poisoning the soil that grows our food

New research finds agricultural land holds 23 times more microplastics than oceans, with toxic particles infiltrating crops, ecosystems, and human bodies while global regulation lags behind.

Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US...

Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.

Medicaid on the chopping block: GOP budget advances as disabled protesters...

Republicans push deep Medicaid cuts in late-night sessions as disabled protesters are arrested, and millions face the loss of life-saving coverage.

Millions would lose Medicaid under GOP cuts, says new CBO report

A nonpartisan analysis shows Republican efforts to slash Medicaid by $880 billion would strip healthcare from millions of low-income Americans in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

GOP plan would force poor Americans to pay more for Medicaid...

A Republican-backed budget proposal would slash healthcare access for millions by imposing new Medicaid fees on low-income Americans while paving the way for massive tax cuts for the wealthy.

‘Absolute nonsense’: As measles cases soar & kids die, expert slams...

Amid a growing number of measles cases in the United States, RFK Jr. has promoted skepticism of the efficacy of the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA...

Environmental groups sue over deletion of climate and justice tools while polluters receive fast-tracked exemptions from EPA oversight.

Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack...

This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.

Trump’s EPA cancels $20 billion in climate grants, dismantling key emissions...

Trump’s EPA cancels $20 billion in clean energy grants, halting programs aimed at reducing emissions and expanding renewable energy access in under served communities.

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Bombing Iran is part of the USA’s repetition compulsion for war war war

“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.”

Turning shuttered coal mines into solar plants could add 300 GW of renewable energy...

“The legacy of coal is written into the land, but that legacy does not have to define the future."

New report predicts abandoned coal mines turned into solar farms could add 300 GW...

These solar projects could equal 15 percent of the solar that's already been built globally and help triple renewables before the end of the decade.
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The 10 steps to impeach a president

This isn’t to say Trump couldn’t or won’t be impeached. Only that it’s a long and drawn-out process.

Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...

Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.