What to do with America’s nonconformist anti-vaxxers?
Final thought and a warning for nonconformists: understand that the greatest threat to your freedoms will not come from government mandates, but when the deadly virus comes after you.
Becoming a marginalized person in a pandemic is eye-opening
So it is with some interest that I find myself now, in this time of coronavirus pandemic, suddenly in an un- or underprivileged status.
Proposed PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ regulations fail in U.S. Congress
Although progress on limiting has stalled in the U.S. Congress, states are introducing and passing their own regulations and bans on forever chemicals.
New bill terminates vaccine requirement for air travelers to US
The argument against the bill states that this could put "American health care at risk."
Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill
More than 6 million people have used mifepristone since 2000.
Flint’s Crisis Is About More Than Water
The thousands of Michigan children who were knowingly poisoned were victims of an American moral malaise: Our nation has bred generations of bureaucrats who are blind to values other than self-advancement and profit.
The real Standing Rock victory is this: “Inevitable” is not what it used to...
The whole pipeline fiasco was a more appropriate story for the 19th century instead of the 21st. Now, the timing is ideal for a new beginning: #HealNorthDakota
Federal judge orders Pennsylvania to provide anti-viral hep-c treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is a big win for Hep-C infected inmates.
Clean energy produces billions in health benefits, study finds
"This research shows that renewables pay for themselves through health benefits alone."
More than half a million people exposed to flaring, increased health risks, says UCLA...
Roughly 530,000 people live within three miles of an oil and gas flare.