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2.5 Million Nurses Demand UN Probe Into Rich Countries Blocking Patent Waivers
The small group of rich nations is “endangering millions of lives around the world,” the nurses declared in a petition.
The Right Is Hijacking Progressive Arguments to Undermine Public Health
As long as health care remains a commodity, the right will use cynical arguments to discredit public health measures.
Why Did the DoD Abandon a Report Tracking 139 Military Mental Health Programs?
The Defense Health Agency inexplicably stopped an unprecedented project to improve 139 military mental health programs.
Nursing Home Residents Are Overlooked in Scramble for COVID Antibody Treatments
Critics say a change in federal policy limits supplies for the vulnerable population of frail and elder residents.
Health Care Workers Sound Off About Solidarity and Why They’re Ready to Strike
“We are kind of at this breaking point. We're at this cusp,” says health care worker Hannah Winchester.
Buffalo Health Care Workers Are on Strike for Better Wages and Patient Safety
Nurses, technicians, clerical workers and custodians at the city's Mercy Hospital have been on strike for three weeks.
Scientists Search for Cause of Mysterious COVID-Related Inflammation in Children
More than 5,200 of the 6.2 million U.S. children diagnosed with COVID have developed a life-threatening complication.
Corporate Democrats’ Toothless Drug Pricing Alternative Is a Coup for Big Pharma
Pain, suffering, health complications and even death are the costs people in our country pay for Big Pharma's greed.
Hospital Workers Report Rising Violence Throughout Pandemic
Health care workers are sounding the alarm on increased threats and assaults in their workplaces.
I’ve Spent 35 Years in Prison. I Live Each Day Fearing Another Wave of COVID.
The pandemic has only exacerbated the poor conditions that I've experienced for 35 years in prison.