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Getting Formula Was a Strain for Many Low-Income Families Before Shortages
The formula shortage has caused tremendous stress for families who rely upon federally funded food assistance programs.
Nobel Laureate Calls for Ending Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines
Wealthy nations “have the resources to narrow the great vaccine gap, if they want to,” Muhammad Yunus wrote.
Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing
Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
Eliminating Air Pollution Could Save More Than 53,000 Lives Per Year, Study Says
States could see benefits by acting alone, but federal measures to eliminate pollution would have a greater impact.
Omar Leads Call for Probe of Baby Formula Industry Amid National Shortage
“The nationwide formula shortage is a story of corporate power and monopolies,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist
The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me.
Baby Formula Maker Chose Shareholders Over Safety Amid Deadly Bacterial Outbreak
New documents show Abbott issued stock buybacks instead of investing in equipment that could have saved babies' lives.
Progressives Say Abbott’s “Near Monopoly” Laid Groundwork for Baby Food Shortage
In a letter, the lawmakers asked Biden to take every action available to him to ease the shortage.
Capitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million
The idea of obeying science when it might cost multibillion-dollar corporations their market share was heresy.
Overdose Deaths Are Higher Than Ever, and the GOP Is Exploiting the Crisis
Experts say GOP plans to empower police would make the overdose crisis much more deadly.