Tag: public health

Faith leaders and advocates hold nationwide eulogies for Americans projected to lose their lives due to sweeping reductions in Medicaid, SNAP, and public health funding.

A funding bill to avert a government shutdown includes industry backed provisions that halt key FDA protections even as foodborne illnesses surge across the United States.

With more than 10,000 bodies still trapped under the ruins of Gaza, families search with shovels and bare hands while aid agencies warn that recovery could take years amid explosives, disease, and ongoing destruction.

New analysis tracks 256 billion barrels of planned oil and gas production as more than 230 groups urge leaders to put health at the center of climate policy in Belém

The president’s directive to restart nuclear weapons testing, announced just before his meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, has sparked alarm among arms control experts and lawmakers who warn it could trigger global escalation and radioactive fallout.

Hundreds of scientists rehired after erroneous layoffs, yet key offices still eliminated as public health experts describe a “devastating” blow to U.S. preparedness.

A Washington Post investigation found that Trump’s suspension of USAID operations disrupted a $900 million global health pipeline, leaving malaria and HIV medications stuck in warehouses while children in the Democratic Republic of Congo died just miles from supplies.

Michigan congresswoman cites disinformation, research cuts, and advisory shifts at HHS as grounds for impeachment.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed ending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which since 2010 has gathered emissions data from about 8,000 large facilities, drawing sharp criticism from environmental groups, former EPA officials, and even some industry voices.

Democrats, medical groups, and even prominent Kennedys demand the HHS secretary step down as senate scrutiny intensifies and vaccine access confusion widens.