Tag: health
Federal court rules against FDA’s approval of genetically engineered salmon
"Today’s victory will stop FDA from green-lighting such dangerous technologies without fully considering their environmental risks.”
‘This is Trump’s failure’: US reports record 90,400+ Covid cases in...
“Another record day of Covid cases. Not because of testing—but because President Trump has given up on controlling the virus and his administration has failed the American people.”
The dangerous calls for ‘herd immunity’
As we’ve seen over decades with climate change, we are sure to begin to see actual experts like epidemiologists debating highly paid public speaking shills about herd immunity on cable news in the months ahead.
US suffered almost 300,000 excess deaths during coronavirus pandemic, CDC reports
They found that excess deaths have occurred every week in the U.S. since March, peaking in the weeks ending April 11 and August 8.
Anxiety, mindfulness and the natural unity of life
Although only now becoming widely known, mindfulness is an ancient technique, shared by Gautama Buddha some 2,500 years ago (but one that may be even older).
The nation’s youth have stepped up as poll workers for upcoming...
“One of the things that has started to become more apparent to people at a young age is what is at stake.”
From superpower to failed state: Inequality and the public health crisis...
The pandemic has shined a spotlight on the failings of leaders and elites.
How America continues to fail the health care workers battling the...
For too many Americans, health care workers are out of sight, out of mind.
US coronavirus cases pass 6 million, 180,000 deaths as schools struggle...
Even though the number of hospitalizations is trending down, the number of new infections per day remains around 40,000.
54 million people in the US may go hungry during pandemic—can...
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.