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Public Health Experts Decry FDA’s “Troubling” Approval of Remdesivir for COVID
There's insufficient evidence to support widespread use of the drug for treating COVID-19, according to health experts.
Deep Cuts to Florida’s Public Health System Made the State Vulnerable to COVID
Experts point to cuts made during the Great Recession and decisions to shift public services to for-profit entities.
Trump Admin Faces Lawsuit for “Insidious” Attack on Major Environmental Law
The lawsuit challenges Trump's revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act which limit environmental reviews.
No Big Pharma Company Has Committed to Make the COVID Vaccine Free or Cheap
Companies are receiving federal grants without guaranteeing they will make the vaccine affordable for all.
Trump Proposes Expanded Drilling and Fracking in California Amid Wildfires
The proposal comes as California reels from massive wildfires that have stretched firefighting resources thin.
White House Official Spurns COVID Prevention: “Everybody Is Going to Catch This”
More Americans died from coronavirus during the RNC than did during the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Hurricane Laura Ravages Gulf Coast, Exposing Legacies of Environmental Racism
Local communities are dealing with multiple crises amid the devastation of the hurricane.
People Who Live in Red States Die Younger. Conservative Policies Are to Blame.
A major new study has documented how differences in life expectancy correlate closely with many state policies.
Nearly 9,000 New COVID Cases Identified Among Florida Kids After Schools Reopen
A new study finds that asymptomatic children have likely played a bigger role in the spread of infections.
CDC’s New Testing Guidelines Appear to Follow Trump’s Call to “Slow the Testing”
The new guidelines fly in the face of the CDC’s own estimates that 40 percent of COVID carriers are asymptomatic.