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US AIDS Policy Reflects Religious Conservatives’ Ties to Trump Officials
Such connections signal a resurgence of religious conservatives’ influence over health care issues.
Pigs Aren’t the Only Ones Suffering From North Carolina’s Industrial Hog Farms
The biggest pork producer in the world just got walloped — again — by a massive jury verdict.
Mental Health First Aid Is Important in an Era of Climate Disaster
A Northern California community offers mental health first aid to survivors of devastating fires.
New Poll Shows 70 Percent of Americans Support Medicare for All
Democratic leaders are being told they ignore the push for Medicare for All at their own peril.
Short-Term Health Plans: A Junk Solution to a Real Problem
After failing to overturn most of the Affordable Care Act in a very public fight, President Donald Trump has been steadily working behind the scenes to further destabilize former President Barack …
Activists With Diabetes Take on the Global Insulin Crisis
T1 International has flipped the script on health care advocacy with patients leading the fight for accessible insulin.
Trusted Health Sites Spread Myths About a Deadly Pregnancy Complication
From the Mayo Clinic to Harvard, sources don't always get the facts right about preeclampsia.
Legal Advocates Widen Efforts to Stop Trump’s War on Medicaid
Trump is trying to unilaterally change Medicaid using executive power he does not have, say advocates.
Hidden Studies From Decades Ago Could Have Curbed PFAS Chemical Problem
Studies conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s were kept under wraps by chemical companies as pollution spread.
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to End EPA’s Cruel Animal Testing
Ending archaic, inhumane animal testing is something on which both parties—and most Americans—can agree.