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War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (1236+ words) In Gaza, the effects of war do not end when the bombing stops. Beyond the rubble and debris, a silent health crisis is emerging affecting the most vulnerable, particularly pregnant women and their children. Since the start of Israel's assault…...
Israel Strikes Pharmaceutical Factory in Tehran That Made Cancer Drugs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (676+ words) The only reason you would hit this target is to try to limit medicine production in Iran," one expert said. On Tuesday, Israel struck a major pharmaceutical factory in Tehran that is one of the country's top producers of cancer…...
CDC Head Blocks Release of Findings Showing Strong COVID Vax Effectiveness
1+ week, 5+ day ago (379+ words) The report detailed how adults receiving COVID-19 vaccines saw hospitalization rates drop by 55 percent. Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reportedly delaying the publication of new…...
Nurses Forge Alliances to Protect Patients From Trump's Immigration Crackdown
1+ week, 4+ day ago (739+ words) Support and rights advocacy are seen as a duty of care for many nurses who are organizing to protect their patients. After the House of Representatives passed bills to send $10 billion in funding to the Department of Homeland Security in…...
Our Prison-Like Clinic System Is Thwarting Effective Opioid Addiction Treatment
2+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited national security when requesting exemptions to endangered species protections. The clinics that control methadone are driving people out of treatment and back to a toxic supply of street drugs. OTPs are purposely invisible. They're…...
Trump's Medicaid Cuts Are Threatening to Shutter Hospitals Across the US
2+ week, 1+ day ago (306+ words) The GOP is reportedly considering kicking hundreds of thousands more off Medicaid to fund Trump's illegal'war on Iran. The unprecedented Medicaid cuts that US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans approved last summer are putting hundreds of hospitals across the…...
The EPA Is Routinely Failing to Require Warnings on Cancer-Linked Pesticides
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1078+ words) The agency rarely warns of cancer risks, even when its own research shows a product's ingredients are carcinogenic. This story was originally published by The New Lede. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to put warnings on pesticides linked…...
Some States Are Boosting Reproductive Health Access, Maternal Health, Child Care
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (678+ words) Meanwhile, other states with already strict abortion bans continue to pass and advance new restrictions. The Republican-majority U. S. Senate on Wednesday voted to uphold a Trump administration policy banning abortion care and counseling for veterans at Department of Veterans Affairs medical…...
Measles Outbreak in Texas Immigration Jail Spills Into the Public
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1737+ words) Emails show El Paso city officials express frustration at a lack of information from federal and facility authorities. An explosion of reported measles cases in Texas" federal detention facilities broke through to the public last month, infecting at least four…...
Some Adults Are Delaying Treatment Until Medicare Following ACA Subsidy Loss
3+ week, 1+ day ago (912+ words) People nearing retirement age have experienced some of the largest price increases for Affordable Care Act plans. John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he's waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare....