Over a half-million Americans live near oil refineries with high levels of a cancer-causing...
More than a dozen U.S. oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under...
Third round of coronavirus relief checks led to largest monthly rise in household income...
The third round of coronavirus relief checks, which have been sent to 159 million households so far, were directly linked to an historic rise...
Oxford vaccine professor: rich countries have a moral duty to share their COVID-19 shots
Usually, World Immunisation Week is a chance for those of us who research vaccines to reinforce the message about their importance in saving lives....
How America can curb the epidemic of violence against health care workers
Health care professionals are five times more likely to encounter violence on the job than other Americans.
New study finds undisclosed ingredients in Roundup lethal to bumblebees
"Will the Biden administration fix this problem, or will it allow the EPA to continue its past practice of ignoring the real-world harms of pesticides?"
New study finds correlation between specific pesticides and central nervous system tumors in children
"Policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children."
As rich nations protect corporate patents, the global vaccine divide is widening
Corporate profits are not more important than the lives of millions of poor people around the globe.
Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too
Study after study has linked higher income to better health.
Chlorpyrifos ‘has no place on food’: 100 organizations urge EPA to ban brain-harming pesticide
"It is time for the Biden administration to demonstrate its commitment to science, children, and farmworkers and finish the job."
Pandemic may have left over 250 million people with acute food shortages in 2020
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.