Tag: health
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.
Legionnaire’s bacteria found in drinking water at nine reopened schools
Recently, nine schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania found the harmful bacteria in their water.
Trump’s toxic wake: 10 ways the EPA has made life more...
The administration's record on chemical safety has been especially hazardous for the health of Americans, especially children.
Young people are primary coronavirus spreaders, WHO warns
The WHO findings were based on an analysis of roughly 6 million international cases that spanned from late February to mid-July.
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You deserve our hatred Elon. Your budget cuts are killing people.
Could Elon and his savage cuts to USAID. cause a subsequent resurgence of drug resistant TB?
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.
How worker-owned news outlets are changing the media industry
For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability.
Make America Worse – the corrosive blueprint driving Muskrat-Trump’s high-risk demolition derby
Where’s the great Trump hustle, what he does best, that promises the moon while taking away the earth? The battle is now how much scorched earth Trump inflicts without any positive deliverables to offset the pain.