News | Education & Youth Guns Killed a Record Number of Children in the US in 2021 Gun deaths of children increased by over 40 percent between 2018 and 2021. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 28, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As US Begins Crackdown on PFAS, Indigenous Communities Are Getting Left Behind Tribal water systems have gone largely untested because many are too small to meet the EPA’s PFAS testing parameters. By Zoya Teirstein , Grist August 14, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Right-Wing “Herd Immunity” Logic Has Infiltrated US Politics and Public Health A toxic worldview has exploited pandemic despair to win new converts to the politics of the far right. By Danny Katch , Truthout August 9, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fish Caught Near Fukushima Exceeds Limit of Radioactive Cesium by 180 Times The fish was caught near a drainage outlet where water will be treated and released from the power plant next month. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams July 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health House GOP Proposes Cheaper Health Care at the Cost of Consumer Protections The bills could allow more employers to bypass Affordable Care Act basic benefit requirements and most state standards. By Julie Appleby , KFFHealthNews July 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Infant Deaths Rose by 12 Percent in Texas Amid Abortion Ban The rise in infant deaths in 2022 reverses a 7-year long trend of a decline in infant mortality. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health At Least 45 Percent of US Tap Water Contaminated With PFAS “Forever Chemicals” So far, the scale of contamination in local water systems and private wells outpaces detection and cleanup efforts. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout July 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Big Pharma’s Opioid Settlement Payouts to Localities Made Public The national opioid settlements are the second-largest public health settlement of all time. By Aneri Pattani , KFFHealthNews June 18, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fox News Guest Tells Viewers Cancer-Causing Wildfire Smoke Is Safe to Breathe The guest, Steve Milloy, works for a nonprofit that is funded by the coal industry. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing CDC Report Recognizes Police-Perpetrated Killing as Major Cause of Violent Death Federal researchers detailed huge racial disparities in deadly police violence, but crucial data is still missing. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout June 3, 2023 Truthout