Friday, December 27, 2024

Rare inflammatory disease linked to more than 100 childhood COVID-19 cases

Although it remains unclear whether the condition is related directly to COVID-19, experts recommend taking similar precautions as well as practicing proper hand hygiene and social distancing measures.

Citing ‘big mistakes’ made in Covid-19 fight, Khanna and Warren lead 130+ Dems calling...

“The current administration’s response has exposed serious flaws in the country’s ability to combat large scale public health challenges.”

Over there is now over here

The world, in other words, has turned upside down.

US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars...

Now seems to be exactly the wrong time to ease and eliminate restrictions as some states are doing, especially with several new variants remaining a threat.

Trump orders meat plants to stay open during pandemic

"...PETA asks the nation to rise up and shout a resounding 'NO' to keeping slaughterhouses open at this time."

Genuine Corporate Posers

Many people are no longer eating at fast food restaurants, they prefer to dine at upstart, independent outfits. But most of these outlets are owned by corporate fast-food giants. So are McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Pepsi trying to dupe their customers?

The Real Drug Racket

Big Pharma "cornered the market on life-saving heart drugs" and guess what happened next: they jacked up the prices. Are pharmaceutical companies' business models based on legalized price gouging?

How urban planning and housing policy helped create ‘food apartheid’ in US cities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 54.4 million Americans live in low-income areas with poor access to healthy food.

Big Pharma has failed: the antibiotic pipeline needs to be taken under public ownership

Similar to the other major crisis of our era – climate change – the antibiotic crisis poses a fundamental threat to human wellbeing around the world.

New report reveals rise in antimicrobial use in animals

A possible contribution to rising rates of AMR is the overuse of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals.