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Biden’s Plan for the Opioid Crisis Would Endanger Lives
Biden’s plans contain provisions that would endanger people who use drugs and perpetuate their criminalization.
Biden Refuses to Commit to Signing Medicare for All Bill as President
Establishment Democrats continue to claim that a Medicare for All proposal would never make it through Congress.
More Health Care Workers Are Self-Quarantining as Coronavirus Spreads
Hospitals should be stockpiling equipment, figuring out how to add beds and planning for staffing shortages.
It’s Not Just Pence. Evangelicals Are Leading US Coronavirus Response.
CDC Director Robert Redfield and other important public health officials are Pence-approved evangelical Christians.
Trump Bears Full Responsibility for Botched Response to Coronavirus in US
Because of Trump’s vanity and ineptitude, people will die, and many more will get sick.
Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can’t Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
The Ebola vaccine saga is a classic example of how big pharma is motivated by profit, not the public good.
White House Rewrites EPA Assessment of Chemical Linked to Fetal Heart Damage
EPA scientists found a toxic chemical damages fetal hearts. The Trump White House rewrote their assessment.
PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Found in Tap Water Linked to Cancer Risks
The new study comes as alarming laboratory tests detected PFAS in tap water sampled across the country.
National Nurses United Issues Grave Warning on Coronavirus
The labor union warns that the nation's hospitals are woefully unprepared.
Blood Drives — and Donors — Fall Off as Coronavirus Worries Grow
As of Thursday afternoon, 17 percent of centers tracked by America’s Blood Centers had a supply of one day or less.