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Nurses Just Helped Win US’s First Countywide 12-Week Paid Parental Leave Policy
Advocates hope the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, victory will open the door for other localities to follow suit.
Measles in Pregnancy Care Is a Novel Concern for Many US Doctors Amid Outbreak
Soaring cases expose the vulnerabilities of pregnancy and postpartum care in an era of lowering vaccination rates.
US Surpasses 4,000 Cases of Measles, Highest Numbers Seen in a Generation
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was before,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bragged.
Activists Are Targeting One of ICE’s Key Staging Grounds — Parking Spots
Protesters say they are “throwing sand in the gears” of the agency’s deportation and abduction machine.
Vaccine Expert Warns US’s 4 Reported Measles Deaths Are Likely a Vast Undercount
“If you look on the CDC’s website right now, under measles, 2026 deaths, it lists zero,” notes Dr. Paul Offit.
A Lucrative Tax Break Is Fueling Pennsylvania’s Amazon Data Center Boom
Advocates and legislators on both sides of the aisle are pushing to repeal the subsidy altogether.
Oz Dismisses Measles Concerns as “Inappropriate” After Baby Dies in Pennsylvania
“I don’t want anyone in America concerned inappropriately” about the surging disease, the health official said.
Pennsylvania Reports US’s First Confirmed Measles-Related Deaths This Year
The Trump administration has come under scrutiny for spreading misinformation and fear around vaccines.
Legal Team of Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Appeals to the UN for Support
Lawyers are appealing to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which had urged the release of Leonard Peltier.
Izzy Aly Spent 6 Months in ICE Jail. Now He’s Fighting to End Detention.
Immigration policing “is not something to stay quiet about, even as one of the intended targets,” says Aly.