Environment & Health

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Political unrest has serious implications for the current public health crisis that Haiti is facing.

According to Mike Huckabee, people with pre-existing conditions are like houses that have already burned down.

Pennsylvanians are wondering if their state could become the next environmental ground zero after officials confirmed Tuesday that irresponsible drilling practices and a failed “blowout preventer” caused the June …

Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures in the country; ironically, those professionals and staff who make sure that abortion is safe may find their own safety compromised. …

An area of land known simply in California as ‘the Delta’ has undergone a rapid decline and this long-term tragedy has spurred state legislators and the governor to take …

Politicians, political action groups and pundits have been declaring the “Public Option” all but dead.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) voted for the weakest of the five health care bills passed by Congressional committees. Big deal. If the bill that goes to the Senate …

If the free traders understood economics, they would be outraged by the enormous gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other …

When it comes to health care, it is both right and smart for me - and everyone I come into contact with - to have health care. On the …