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Environment & Health
Many Deaths During the Pandemic Were Simply Due to Lack of Access to Health Care
A vast increase in the number of so-called excess deaths suggest the health care system has fundamentally failed.
Hawaii Poised to Become First State to Declare Climate Emergency
While nonbinding in its scope, the measure is “a recognition of symbolic importance” on the issue, one activist said.
Progressives Introduce Huge Climate Bill That Rivals Biden Infrastructure Plan
The bill would create over 15 million jobs a year and confront environmental racism.
Lifting IP Restrictions Could Help the World Vaccinate 60% of Population by 2022
Calls grow for wealthy countries to loosen intellectual property restrictions on COVID vaccines and share excess supply.
There May Be an Oral Antiviral COVID Pill by the End of the Year
The experimental oral drug would treat COVID-19 as soon as patients display symptoms.
Video Shows People Around the World Appalled by High US Health Care Costs
Progressives in the U.S. have responded with calls for Medicare for All.
Climate Crisis Has Shifted the Earth’s Axis, Study Shows
Since 1980 the position of the poles has moved about four meters, largely due to massive glacier melt after the '90s.
Prescription Drugs in US Are Quadruple What They Cost Elsewhere, Report Finds
The report bolsters Sen. Bernie Sanders’s push to address inexcusably high prescription drug prices in the U.S.
The More Biden Expands ACA, the Harder It Will Be for the Right to Cut It
Ironing out the ACA's kinks and expanding its reach may be the best short-term path toward near-universal coverage.
Seattle City Council Calls on Biden to Support Vaccine Patent Waiver
The pharmaceutical industry, meanwhile, is aggressively lobbying the Biden White House to maintain its opposition.