The federal agency tasked with studying ways to improve America’s outstandingly poor healthcare system is “on the brink,” experts warn. […]
Category: Health
As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
“This is definitely a case of environmental injustice,” she said. “If they had access to capital, to land, to nondiscriminatory […]
US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released data on the vaccination rates of US kindergarteners in the […]
Taylor Farms’ connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response
As Americans cook their vegetables to at least 158°F to kill a diarrheal parasite that has sickened over 24,000 people […]
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
As cancer treatments have advanced and outcomes have improved, one aspect of cancer care in the US has consistently worsened […]
Toddler’s tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors
Boy’s unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner. Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba (a single-celled living organism) […]
US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas
With the landowner’s permission, the drone teams arrived shortly after sunrise to survey both livestock and wildlife on the ranch. […]
Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it’s idiotic
Backlash to Trump’s vaccine order on Monday has been swift and sharp, with various public health and medical organizations and […]
Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms’ recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells
Although shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants has been a prime suspect in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal […]
Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don’t exist
President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to […]