Public Health

Claire Pentecost, an artist who works with food and soil, has witnessed how the drive to wipe out bacteria has taken a toll on public health.

As soon as you enter Villa Inflamable you taste and feel chemicals and dust particles in your throat, saliva and lungs.

An international treaty is calling for scaling back the use of dental fillings containing highly toxic mercury.

We need to wake up and smell the coffee, which now smells like diesel.

Vietnam has a low survival rate for cancer sufferers even for a developing country.

People living near Nuclear Fuel Services have long raised concerns about cancers and other health problems in their communities.

The Ladydrawers look at race and autoimmune disorders, and the disproportionate number of women of color affected by lupus.

Since there is no vaccine against the diseases, and no specific antiviral drug with which to treat the symptoms, prevention is the only long-term solution.

For the CCC, and American public transportation as a whole, the present picture is more than a little grim.

When the next pandemic strikes humans, the economic impact will not hurt everyone.