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![Friends and family members of people who have died from overdoses in Broome County gather for an annual memorial, August 19, 2023, in downtown Binghamton, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0510-overdose-400x300.jpg)
Grieving Mothers Say Punitive New Drug Laws Won’t Solve the Overdose Crisis
Mothers who lost loved ones are speaking out against a wave of harsh anti-drug legislation that has swept the US.
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Public Health Finally Sees Incarceration as a Crisis. Abolition Is the Solution.
Backed by research, more public health advocates are opposing projects that harm rather than heal their communities.
![Navajo Nation funeral](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1228016404-400x300.jpg)
Experts Call for Community-Based Health Care to Raise Indigenous Life Expectancy
Native Americans die an average of 14 years earlier than white Americans due to factors like poverty, racism and trauma.
![A reminder about Medicaid coverage is displayed as Trina Le, eligibility supervisor team lead, works at Hope Clinic on May 30, 2023, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1887420425-400x300.jpg)
Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Kicked Off Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds
Medicaid “unwinding” is causing a massive drop in insurance coverage and health care access.
![Waste is found dumped at a marsh near the mouth of Neshaminy Creek to the Delaware river in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on February 6, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0401-PFAS-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Court Ruling Could Impede Regulation of “Forever Chemicals”
The judges said the EPA could not regulate Inhance's containers under Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act.
![Misael Carrasquillo, 2 months old, sleeps in a mosquito net covered baby stroller next to his identical twin brother Ismael during a visit for regular vaccinations at a primary care health clinic in Loiza, Puerto Rico, on August 30, 2016.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-598858938-400x300.jpg)
Puerto Rico Declares Public Health Emergency Amid Historic Dengue Fever Outbreak
Experts say rising temperatures are increasing dengue cases worldwide, with millions already reported in 2024.
![Protestors lay down outside the White House to call attention to those suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and long COVID on September 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0326-long-covid-400x300.jpg)
Public Health Advocates Decry CDC’s Weakened Pandemic Guidelines
Critics say the changes are not backed by evidence and put more people at risk for long COVID.
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16 Million Americans Have Lost Health Care Coverage Since March 2023
We’re only halfway through the largest ever Medicaid purge, and medical debt is now the biggest source of bankruptcy.
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Will SCOTUS Decide in Favor of Polluters Over Public Health in Smog Case?
More than 100 million people in the US live in counties that receive an “F” grade for unacceptable levels of smog.
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Israeli Raid on Nasser Hospital Deepens “Public Health Nightmare” in Gaza
“Every single health care provider in the world should stand up against” these attacks, says Dr. Thaer Ahmad.