A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees at a Houston hospital who did not want to be vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe. In…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has raised plenty of questions about whether the planet’s declining health is what ails humans. The answer is yes, and it’s not a metaphorical response. Distorting the…
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The big idea When people living in poverty in countries like Malawi, Indonesia and Ecuador receive cash payments without having to do anything in return, they have better health, according…
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Living in an area bursting with green space is associated with higher overall cognitive function in middle-aged women, as well as better mental processing speed and attention, according to a…
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In the hours after the draft was published, many individuals and publications shared links to donate to abortion funds. As described by the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), “[Abortion funds work] to remove financial and…
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Many traditional drug policy goals have focused on raising the price of illegal drugs through seizures, reducing the demand for drugs through prevention programs, or promoting treatment to get those that use…
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A recent report from The Center for Food as Medicine and The Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center emphasizes food as an effective tool for the prevention and…
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Global health security is more than pandemic preparedness — it includes protection from the epidemics the world is already facing, like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. COVID-19 has shown us that…
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Click here for more.Many Americans are waking up shocked. But the writing has been plastered on the wall in permanent ink for a while. According to the New York Times, over 100 anti-abortion bills that restrict…
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The first three coronavirus vaccines earned Emergency Use Authorization more than a year ago. To date, no other vaccines have been put into use in the U.S – but that…
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Should the Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade, 26 states are set to ban abortion, according to a 2021 analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonpartisan reproductive health research group. Exactly half…
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We often talk about the disturbingly high numbers of people with mental health disorders locked up in prisons and jails. But less attention is paid to the ways in which incarceration itself…