Eastern District of Texas strikes down Food and Drug Administration’s final rule regulating laboratory developed tests Article 1520 words 13 votes
From Tuberculosis to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of US public health Article 1112 words 9 votes
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Texas measles outbreak is call to action for all of us. MMR vaccine is crucial to avoiding potentially deadly disease. medicine Article 797 words 34 votes
National Institutes of Health ordered by US President Trump admin to enact 'immediate and indefinite' travel suspension Article 772 words 37 votes
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots medicine Article 2855 words 33 votes
A bird flu pandemic would be one of the most foreseeable catastrophes in history Article 1355 words 34 votes
Declaration of Helsinki turns sixty – how this foundational document of medical ethics has stood the test of time medicine healthcare Article 1008 words 8 votes
The US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media ~health.mental Article 512 words 28 votes
Compensating compassion | Too few people donate their organs, dead or alive. How can we make it easier to donate, but avoid the abuses that some fear from cash payments? Article 4781 words 32 votes
Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling ~health.mental Article 928 words 14 votes
It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw. Article 2655 words 23 votes
Denmark is to restrict the sale of alcohol to under-eighteens and increase the price of suckable nicotine sachets, as their growing popularity is worrying health authorities Article 284 words 31 votes
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs Article 502 words, published Sep 27 2023 30 votes
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation Article 895 words 36 votes
There's hope for the US opioid crisis — but politics stands in the way medicine Article 2582 words, published Jan 4 2021 8 votes
This Obamacare disaster had a surprising turnaround Article 1545 words, published Sep 13 2023 16 votes
Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines healthcare Article 688 words 25 votes
A single reform that could save 100,000 lives across the USA immediately healthcare medicine Article 990 words, published Jul 9 2023 24 votes
The UK NHS in crisis - evaluating radical alternatives healthcare Article 3532 words, published Jul 31 2023 10 votes
White House launching $5 billion program to speed coronavirus vaccines medicine Article 1388 words 3 votes
Lawmakers in Finland have approved a legislative reform that will ease the process of getting an abortion in the country healthcare Article 216 words 5 votes
Food and Drug Administration clears path for hearing aids to be sold over the counter in the USA healthcare Article 912 words 18 votes
Did Sweden's controversial COVID strategy pay off? In many ways it did – but it let the elderly down healthcare Article 965 words 10 votes
Denmark has unveiled plans to ban the sale of cigarettes and nicotine products to any citizens born after 2010 Article 230 words 5 votes
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans healthcare medicine Article 1158 words 16 votes
Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows ~health.mental Article 422 words 14 votes
US Food and Drug Administration to propose ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes, with industry likely to challenge Article 790 words, published Apr 29 2021 15 votes
Denmark's Minister of Agriculture has resigned over an illegal government order to cull the country's farmed mink – Mette Frederiksen also faced opposition calls to resign Article 442 words 7 votes
The German government's new coronavirus ad, subtitled in English Tweet @Axel Antoni: The German Govt's latest Corona advert - now subtitled in English. Quite good. pic.twitter.com/nbRZIm9RcN 11 votes
Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country Article 273 words 26 votes
United States House subcommittee releases coronavirus task force reports kept secret by the White House Article 884 words 18 votes
White House ordered National Institutes of Health to cancel coronavirus research funding, Anthony Fauci says Article 795 words 15 votes
Andrew Cuomo gave legal immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations. Critics say data proves New York's liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates. healthcare Article 2943 words 11 votes
Ontario to explore criminal charges against five long-term care homes in scathing military report, says Premier Doug Ford Article 503 words 7 votes