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Health
How a Drug Company Under Pressure for High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity
As scrutiny of its soaring insulin prices escalated and drove its stock down, the pharma giant Novo Nordisk aggressively ratcheted up spending to spread its influence in Washington.
For Flint Mother, There’s No Stopping Until All US Kids Have Safe Drinking Water
LeeAnn Walters is developing the largest citizen-led scientific collaboration in US history.
Will Pharmaceutical Companies Ever Be Punished for the Opioid Crisis?
Annual opioid deaths outnumber all of the Americans killed during the Vietnam war.
US Waits for Trump to Tackle Drug Pricing as Big Pharma Goes on Lobbying Blitz
Trump has postponed a major policy speech.
Medicaid Work Requirements: Trump’s War on the Poor Expands, One State at a Time
The GOP policies assume people without jobs deserve to die.
How Mike Pence Enshrined Life-Threatening Catholic Hospital Religious Practices Into Indiana Law
One in six hospital beds in this country are in a Catholic hospital.
California Leads Nation in Pushing Back Against Trump Administration Health Policies
California's activism could be contagious.
Puerto Rico’s Slow-Going Recovery Means New Hardship for Dialysis Patients
Puerto Ricans suffering from kidney disease and diabetes face an ongoing crisis.
Why Black Stories Matter: They Build Empathy and Heal Trauma
The telling of these stories will engender empathic pathways in the soul and in the heart.
Stunning Investigation Confirms Black Mothers and Babies in the US Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis
The United States ranks 32 out of the 35 wealthiest nations in infant mortality.