Public Health

The impromptu relief efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, as in every crisis, quashed the notions that humans are inherently selfish.

In today's context of higher population density, resource scarcity and revolutionary contraceptive options, a “let go and let God” approach to family planning no longer promotes the wellbeing of …

Sue Sturgis breaks down the numbers in the latest coal ash dumping incidents.

Many of the servicemembers who provided humanitarian relief during the disaster have experienced devastating health ailments since returning from Japan.

Sri Lanka this week ordered a ban on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's top-selling herbicide Roundup.

With government already providing health care for a third of the population, why not make it Medicare for all? This should be a battle cry for progressives, says sociologist …

Record-setting droughts and ferocious storms; the poisoning of our food, air and water; the dying off of species; the unearthing and spread of superbugs and diseases; ever-growing piles of …

Municipal bus drivers in northern Vermont are striking today against unsafe conditions, surveillance and discipline, and part-time status, in a show of union solidarity that could prove a powerful …

Truthout reporter Candice Bernd describes the highly suggestive results of a study of strontium-90 in baby teeth from the central coast region of California near the Diablo Canyon Power …

Drug decriminalization rapidly emerging as consensus goal of drug policy, public safety and health stakeholders.