A handful of US cities have passed soda taxes, but are they working? Article 665 words, published Feb 26 2020 5 votes
Border wall work in Arizona speeds up, igniting contagion fears Article 1475 words, published Mar 31 2020 5 votes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders all people to wear face coverings in public Article 96 words 11 votes
South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots Article 1813 words 8 votes
Mayor London Breed’s early and aggressive moves to contain the outbreak have made San Francisco a national model in fighting the pandemic Article 2316 words 7 votes
More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but US federal government isn't tracking them healthcare Article 1162 words 9 votes
Scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after making two trips to her second home during the coronavirus lockdown Article 683 words 8 votes
New York is merging all its hospitals to battle the coronavirus healthcare Article 1060 words 9 votes
Larry Hogan, Ralph Northam, Muriel Bowser order residents in Maryland, Virginia, DC to stay at home Article 1663 words 7 votes
Preliminary evidence suggests Bay Area shelter-in-place order is flattening the curve Article 1004 words 11 votes
LA, other SoCal cities cracking down on crowds at parks, beaches to stem spread of COVID-19 Article 454 words 5 votes
San Francisco mayor calls for calm — panic at grocery stores and pot dispensaries ensues Link 6 votes
California hotels are being used for coronavirus quarantines, Gavin Newsom announces Article 437 words 5 votes
Rep. Katie Porter gets US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief to agree to pay for coronavirus testing Article 9 votes
The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified Article 845 words 29 votes
Health ministers squabble over face masks at coronavirus talks Article 1031 words, published Mar 6 2020 5 votes
Is change on the way for Sweden's zero tolerance drug policy? Shifting the focus away from zero tolerance to the pursuit of zero drug-related deaths Link 5 votes
Trump faces his 'Chernobyl moment' after slashing pandemic defences to the bone Article 265 words 12 votes
More than fifty people died under Victoria's euthanasia scheme during its first six months medicine Article 593 words 5 votes
Finnish government has proposed that primary care nurse visits become free of charge healthcare Article 307 words 5 votes
Finland blazes trail in keeping citizens cycling and healthy – country routinely praised for its schools system aims to do the same with preventive health fitness Article 1023 words 4 votes
Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America healthcare Article 3847 words 12 votes
Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones Article 832 words, published Feb 14 2017 11 votes
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations Article 1359 words 10 votes
The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise healthcare Article 870 words 10 votes
US Federal nutrition research is underfunded, even as the costs of diet-related diseases are skyrocketing. Does Washington hold the key to solving the obesity crisis? Article 125 words, published Nov 4 2019 9 votes
We are in the midst of a mental health crisis – advice about jogging and self-care is not enough ~health.mental Article 832 words 10 votes
The US Food and Drug Administration is finalizing a plan to clear the market of all unauthorized flavored e-cigarette products to help combat youth usage Article 948 words 8 votes
A US doctor shortage is looming, and a Bill Clinton-era policy is partly to blame healthcare Article 1015 words 6 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order compelling disclosure of prices in health care healthcare Article 10 votes
European Drug Report 2019 directly contrasts US drug crisis, tells a story of relative calm Article 1282 words, published Mar 5 2019 7 votes
Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin healthcare medicine Article 249 words 11 votes