Tag: public health
Higher cancer rates tied to factory farm counties as new study...
Yale researchers found elevated cancer rates in heavily concentrated CAFO counties in California, Iowa, and Texas, adding urgency to concerns about manure waste, nitrate contamination, and rural drinking water safety.
Trump’s detention expansion: disease, secrecy, and ‘unbelievably inhumane’ conditions in Texas
Congressional testimony, public health records, and detainee reports reveal medical neglect, blocked oversight, and infectious disease concerns inside rapidly growing federal immigration detention sites.
What I saw in Cuba was resilience
It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
Senate Democrats demand answers after EPA moves to drop monetized health...
Lawmakers say Trump administration policy could allow agency to sideline public health gains when weighing industry costs under the Clean Air Act.
EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution...
Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.
CDC sharply narrows routine childhood vaccine guidance under Trump administration overhaul
Medical organizations warn changes bypassed scientific review and could increase preventable illness.
Sanders demands senate scrutiny of RFK Jr. over war on science
Senate Democrats say Kennedy has undermined scientific agencies as preventable diseases surge.
Utah measles outbreak exposes deep vaccine distrust as cases surpass 100
State officials warn the outbreak will continue to grow as low vaccination rates, mistrust of medical systems, and hidden cases fuel one of the largest measles surges in the country.
Bishop Barber warns that tens of thousands will die under GOP...
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.
Shutdown deal buries federal food safety rules amid rising outbreaks
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.
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FDA tells court abortion pill review will not finish until after the election
A federal judge paused Louisiana's lawsuit in April and ordered the agency to act with all deliberate speed. The Supreme Court has kept telehealth and mail access in place.
Education Department drops appeal of ruling that struck down loan forgiveness employer rule
The rule would have let the education secretary disqualify nonprofit and government employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A federal court vacated it on June 30.
Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
CMS rescinds nursing home voting guidance and issues new memo on coercion
The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.