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Universal Health Care Once Seemed on the Horizon in California. What Happened?
Among California’s top five gubernatorial candidates, only one unequivocally supports state-based single-payer.
Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Pesticide Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Many countries have banned paraquat. Research has also linked it to non-Hodgkin lymphoma and childhood leukemia.
Trump Admin Cuts to USAID, WHO, Likely Stalled Response to Ebola, Experts Warn
“Facilities in affected areas are operating without basic protective supplies” due to cuts to USAID, one expert said.
Tobacco Company Gave $5M to Trump PAC Days Before FDA OK’d Flavored Vapes
A recently filed financial report shows Reynolds Americans donated to the super PAC MAGA Inc. in April.
USAID Cuts Could Hinder Management of Ebola Outbreak in Congo and Uganda
The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency due to the rapid spread of the deadly virus.
Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again
The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.
For Palestinians, the Nakba Isn’t Just History. It’s Also Our Present.
Some Palestinian doctors argue there’s no PTSD in Gaza because the traumatization of genocide and survival is ongoing.
Trump’s FDA Chief Is Pushed Out. Acting Head Is Nonscientist Friend of Don Jr.
Mass layoffs and the loss of scientific expertise had already thrown the Food and Drug Administration in turmoil.
Oz Says Don’t Worry About Hantavirus — RFK Jr. Is “Involved” in Response
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the gravity of measles outbreaks across the US over the past two years.
FDA Blocks Studies Showing Safety of COVID, Shingles Vaccines
One health expert who read the studies said there was “nothing inherently problematic” with them.