Tag: public health
Transition to zero-emission vehicles would deliver $1.2 trillion in public health...
"The time to act on zero-emissions is now."
What is public health justice, and how do we fight for...
It’s about spreading awareness of the disparities and the inequalities created by unequal distributions of money, power, and resources within the public health sector and fighting for those most impacted by demanding policy changes.
Childhood adversity is a ‘cause of causes’ of adult illnesses and...
This public health hazard that hides in plain sight is childhood adversity: experiences like physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
Better family planning can improve public health, inequality and the environment
Smaller, more sustainable families would create massive long-term savings and catalyze sustainable development.
How public health partnerships are encouraging Covid-19 vaccination in 4 states
Public health and communications experts from Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina discuss efforts to encourage people in their states and local communities to get vaccinated.
A simple rule change could trigger mass vaccine demand plus head...
What property-driven, rights-oriented society allows protesters to both spread disease AND violate sacred boundaries?
In victory for public health, Biden’s EPA reverses Trump-era ‘secret science’...
“The Biden administration is making clear that the best available science, and not political interference from industry, will guide the EPA’s decisions on protecting the public from pollution.”
EPA shuts down leaking oil refinery in St. Croix over ‘imminent’...
“This is a majority-Black island in a U.S. territory. It is located next to public housing. If this refinery were located most anywhere else in the country, it would have been shut down months ago.”
“Democratic public health”: Big pharma relies on developing world while limiting...
“The critical issue here is not whether vaccines are good or bad, but … even more, I would suggest what is at stake is a democratic public health.”
Public health vs. politics: White House scrapped nationwide Covid-19 testing plan...
More than five months into the crisis, there continue to be critical testing shortages and delays. How did we get here?
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Democrats remain the bulwark against losing what freedoms remain—like it or not!
If not Democrats, flawed or not, then who defies the menace of reaction, advances America, and even confronts climate change with serious, systemic reforms?
Media ignore criticism of DHS’s new ‘disinformation’ board—unless it’s from the right
The board’s stated mission would be to address “disinformation spread by foreign states such as Russia, China and Iran,” as well as “transnational criminal organizations and human-smuggling organizations.”
It’s not enough to resist—we have to build, too
So I want you to commit today: Double your efforts in the struggles you are involved in. Join that campaign you’ve been thinking about joining. Show that real solidarity.
Does Flint, Michigan, have clean water yet? The answer is complicated.
Even if the city has clean water, many people still struggle to accept that they’re being told the truth this time.
God on his Side? Doug Mastriano’s rise in Pennsylvania’s GOP gubernatorial primary
Another extreme wing of the Republican Party is emerging, and it’s not all Trump.