Thursday, January 9, 2025

Tag: health

Breathing relief: AstraZeneca joins movement to cap US inhaler costs amid...

Following Boehringer Ingelheim's lead, AstraZeneca pledges affordable respiratory care in the U.S., sparking calls for industry-wide reform.

The great unwinding

The failing battle for health and healthcare in these all too disunited states.

Ubiquitous threat: Microplastics discovered in every human placenta sample

This revelation underscores a growing environmental crisis, highlighting the pervasive infiltration of microplastics into the most intimate aspects of human life.

CVS and Walgreens will start selling abortion pills this month

The chains will start dispensing mifepristone in a few states.

Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it’s fine to...

The CDC reported that childhood immunization rates hit a 10-year low.

Medicare on the brink: The shocking plot to privatize America’s lifeline...

The Project 2025 document, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, reflects a unified conservative strategy to reshape government policies, including Medicare.

Jury hands down $2.25 billion verdict to Bayer in Roundup weed...

John McKivison sued Bayer because he believes he developed cancer after using Roundup on his property for two decades,

Looming crisis: Millions at risk as WIC funding hangs in balance

With a crucial funding deadline looming, the fate of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) hangs in the balance, threatening vital aid for millions.
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100+ days into Israel’s war on Gaza, doctors demand ceasefire to...

United Nations humanitarian leaders issued a joint demand Monday for dramatically increasing the flow of aid into Gaza.

New study finds detectable plastic fragments in bottled water that invade...

A new study explored the world of nanoplastics and their presence in bottled drinking water.

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Winners of 2024 Shkreli Awards expose worst healthcare profiteering cases

Shocking profiteering in healthcare system continues to harm patients nationwide.

The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

Washington Post cartoonist resigns after paper censors criticism of Bezos and Trump

Cartoonist’s resignation highlights growing concerns over billionaire influence on the free press.

GOP attack on Medicaid puts millions of Americans at risk of losing coverage

Republicans push Medicaid cuts that could leave millions without health coverage.

8th baby freezes to death in Gaza, as Israeli forces fire on World Food...

The displaced Palestinians have been living in tents made of cloth and nylon, due to the scarcity of essentials such as water and food.