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Many Deaths During the Pandemic Were Simply Due …

WEBAt the start of this year, COVID-19 deaths were reported at just over 350,186. By comparing the “excess rate” of death with the COVID-19 reported data, linked to its location, we can …

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Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care Truthout

WEBIn nursing homes, sick people are warehoused into less-than-adequate conditions, with families forced to pay yearly costs of $90,000 a year to put their loved one in a shared …

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Experts Call for Community-Based Health Care to Raise

WEBExperts Call for Community-Based Health Care to Raise Indigenous Life Expectancy. Native Americans die an average of 14 years earlier than white Americans due to factors …

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NYC Retirees Fight Their Own Unions to Stop Catastrophic

WEBDefying two years of protests and lawsuits by union retirees, New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee voted Thursday to scrap some of the best retiree health care …

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“Health Care Is a Human Right”: Sanders Reintroduces

WEBUniversal health care could have prevented over 338,000 COVID deaths, research has found. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks alongside Rep. Pramila Jayapal during a news …

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Medicare for All Rallies in 50 Cities Show Big Support for

WEBBut most importantly, the single-payer approach is the most realistic approach to providing health care to all Americans. Medicare for All marches and rallies are taking place in …

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16 Million Americans Have Lost Health Care Coverage Since

WEBSome states are feeling the impact especially strongly. In Georgia, for instance, more than 149,000 children lost their pandemic Medicaid enrollment in just six months.Perhaps …

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Growing Number of States Extend Health Coverage to

WEBThe state with the most unauthorized residents with state-provided health insurance is California, which currently covers about 655,000 immigrants without regard for their legal …

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Public Health Finally Sees Incarceration as a Crisis

WEBThe End Police Violence Collective, which organized members of the American Public Health Association (APHA) to draft and adopt a policy statement naming the harms of …

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Biden EPA’s New Rules for Fossil Fuel-Powered Plants Met

WEBThe carbon dioxide rule is the first federal rule to limit climate pollution from currently running coal plants, according to The Associated Press. It mandates that coal plants that …

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Infectious Disease Experts Warn Bird Flu Outbreak Bigger Than

WEBHowever, infectious disease experts warn that these positive tests are a sign that the outbreak is much bigger than previously thought, and indicate that the government …

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Despite Violent Threats, Maine Signs Trans and Abortion

WEBOn Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed LD 227, a sanctuary bill that protects transgender and abortion providers and patients from out-of-state prosecution, into law. …

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Local Governments Are Pledging to Cancel Medical Debt for

WEBNew York City Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan (L), Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom (R), and HTC union …

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The Sick Paying for the Healthy: How Insurance Companies

WEBGottlieb was referring to the system of “rebates” that currently controls the price of pharmaceuticals. Under this system, drug makers pay billions of dollars to insurance …

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Since “Dobbs” Ruling, Native People Face a Web of

WEBThe ruling is likely to increase already high rates of pregnancy-related mortality for Native pregnancy-capable people (NPCP) in the U.S., creating “the perfect environment for …

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American Health Care Horror Stories: An Incomplete Inventory

WEBRebecca Hall Dumped From the Hospital. A bystander’s devastating video of a disoriented Hall wandering in the cold outside of a Baltimore hospital, wearing nothing but a skimpy …

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Harm Reduction Thinking Can Transform the Way We See Drug

WEBVakharia’s forthcoming book, The Harm Reduction Gap: Helping Individuals Left Behind by Conventional Drug Prevention and Abstinence-only Addiction Treatment, outlines her …

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Poll Shows Majority of Americans Would Back Federal Abortion

WEBWhen asked whether they would back a national abortion ban, the vast majority were opposed, with only 21 percent saying they’d support such a ban and nearly 7 in 10 (69 …

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Henrietta Lacks Settlement Is Step Forward in Long Battle Against

WEBAfter a two-year legal battle against Biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific, descendants of Henrietta Lacks won a settlement over the use of their relative’s DNA. …

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Mass Graves in Khan Yunis Reveal Unspeakable Horror of US

WEBOf the nearly 400 bodies recovered so far, only 65 have been identified, the head of the Khan Yunis Civil Defense told Al Jazeera. Hundreds of mothers have gathered daily at …

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Two-Thirds of Personal Bankruptcies Are Caused by Illness

WEBMedical bills contributed to about 58 percent of bankruptcies between 2013 and 2016, while income loss due to illnesses or injuries were to blame for about 44 percent; many …

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93% of Trans Teens Live in States That Have Proposed or

WEBEven the consideration of such anti-trans laws can have a detrimental impact on transgender youth’s mental health; according to a 2023 poll conducted by The Trevor …

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Medicare Advantage Plans Disadvantage Many Elderly and

WEBWhen retired veterinarian Richard Timmins went on a Medicare Advantage plan in 2016, he admits that he knew very little about Traditional Medicare (also called Original Medicare) …

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Beyond Awareness: Mental Illness and the Ableism of Capitalism

WEBT ruthout. May 31, 2016. Confronting ableism requires confronting capitalism, which values people only for the efficiency of their output within mechanized schedules. (Photo: Eric …

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