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16 votes
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US President Donald Trump signs executive order compelling disclosure of prices in health care
10 votes -
It is official, the smoking age will be 21 in Texas
23 votes -
Donald Trump: NHS must be on the table in US-UK trade talks
15 votes -
The subtle ways cities are restricting abortion access
6 votes -
Ten years after abortion doctor's brutal murder, one woman carries the fight for reproductive rights
7 votes -
Abortion clinics reported a surge in trespassing, vandalism and a historic high of picketing
11 votes -
Why is America’s biggest tobacco company trying to increase the legal smoking age to twenty-one?
10 votes -
An afternoon with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Texas Anti-Vaccine Movement
7 votes -
New Zealand parliament to consider Euthanasia/Assisted Dying Bill in conscience vote
5 votes -
Decline in HIV infections stalls as Trump administration aims to end epidemic
5 votes -
Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
15 votes -
Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year's 'gift'
8 votes -
What stops some US states from providing universal healthcare on their own?
I'm not very familiar with how government works in the US, and I've always had this question. Like, if states are reasonably independent, and it seems like there are some states who lean way more...
I'm not very familiar with how government works in the US, and I've always had this question.
Like, if states are reasonably independent, and it seems like there are some states who lean way more into the socially liberal side of the spectrum from providing universal healthcare (or at least some better healthcare policies) on their own?
21 votes -
Seventeen million Australians to be automatically enrolled in My Health record
4 votes -
Australian states and territories agree to axe 'tampon tax'
10 votes -
Italian upper house votes to overturn mandatory vaccinations despite surge in measles cases
9 votes -
The Federal Government will change the law to reassure Australians their privacy will be protected in the My Health Record system
4 votes -
What the reality of breastfeeding looks like in the US
12 votes -
‘I can’t afford that’: A viral tweet shows why we need Medicare for all
34 votes -
Trump administration halts $10.4 billion in health insurance payments
9 votes -
Susan Collins, pivotal US moderate, says ‘hostility’ to Roe would sway her vote
13 votes -
Anti-union laws associated with significantly more workplace deaths in US states, 1992-2016.
12 votes -
US President Donald Trump signs 'Right to Try Act' aimed at helping terminally ill patients seek drug treatments
12 votes -
Obesity, discrimination and public health: What is the right balance to strike with government policy?
One of the stress points that seems increasingly correlated with modernity is a rise of obesity in many developed nations (most notably the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Canada,...
One of the stress points that seems increasingly correlated with modernity is a rise of obesity in many developed nations (most notably the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Mexico, and elsewhere). Japan instituted a fat tax that requires periodic weight measurements as a way to combat obesity. Denmark and India have taxed certain foods. New York City, while Michael Bloomberg was mayor, famously taxed soda as part of a policy package to address weight gains.
Meanwhile, groups have organized to attempt to reduce the amount of stigma associated with being fat, arguing that stigmatizing obesity and arguing for aggressive dietary change often creates runoff mental health issues among fat people, or worse that doctors' obsession with weight blinds them to other more serious health issues whose symptoms are being reported by fat patients.
This question is for everyone hailing from a nation dealing with some form of rise in obesity: What is the right balance to strike with public policy when it comes to dealing with the rise of obesity?
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Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV
18 votes