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Plastic Is Building Up in Our Brains — Scientists Say It’s a Global Emergency
A growing body of research shows microplastics reach nearly everywhere in the body, creating vast and unknown dangers.
Summer COVID Wave Prompts Early Emergency Approval of New Vaccines
New shots from Pfizer and Moderna specifically target the KP.2 strain that has driven a large proportion of infections.
10-Month-Old Baby in Gaza Has Paralysis From Polio, UN Confirms
Polio has reemerged in Gaza for the first time in 25 years due to Israel’s disease campaign.
UN Chief Calls for Truce as Infant Tests Positive for Gaza’s First Case of Polio
“The ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," António Guterres said.
Spread of Mpox Underscores Global Health Disparities and Lack of Vaccine Access
A mutated strain seems to be more contagious — and more deadly, threatening to become a pandemic on par with COVID-19.
WHO Declares Mpox a Global Public Health Emergency as Africa Awaits Vaccines
Nigerian journalist Zubaida Baba Ibrahim says there’s still a vaccine shortage two years after the last major outbreak.
Universal Health Care Was Big on the 2020 Democratic Platform. Where Is It Now?
Democrats ran on health care in 2020. In this year’s draft platform, it gets a handful of bullet points.
Big Pharma Exploited Patent Laws to Keep Medicare Drug Prices High, Report Finds
The companies bent patent law to maintain a monopoly on certain drugs and prevent competition from entering the market.
More Than 3,000 Floridians Have Died From COVID Over Past 12 Months
CDC data suggests actual numbers may be higher and the state has a history of undercounting COVID deaths.
Activists Are Bringing the Heat to the Banks Funding Climate Crisis
The “Summer of Heat” movement is pushing Citibank to divest from fossil fuels. Will the bank listen?