-
16 votes
-
Op-Ed: As a doctor in a COVID unit, I'm running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. Get the shot
35 votes -
Footage of Philadelphia opioid crisis
11 votes -
How major media outlets screwed up the vaccine 'breakthrough' story
12 votes -
‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama doctor on treating unvaccinated, dying COVID patients
29 votes -
Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed
8 votes -
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans
16 votes -
Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows
14 votes -
The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers
29 votes -
A US Marine inhaled burning garbage while deployed. This is what happened to her organs.
7 votes -
The end is near: COVID is becoming endemic
23 votes -
Troubled US teens left traumatised by tough love camps
15 votes -
California bill to decriminalize psychedelics is approved by Senate, now moves on to Assembly
26 votes -
Lake Highlands, Texas high school valedictorian discards her pre-approved commencement speech to read a statement about abortion rights
15 votes -
America has a drinking problem
16 votes -
Half of all US adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
17 votes -
Near-complete ban on abortion is signed into law in Texas
14 votes -
When your company is named Covid, you've heard all the jokes
11 votes -
Joe Biden: “Great day for America;” Vaccinated can largely ditch masks
23 votes -
FDA to propose ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes, with industry likely to challenge
15 votes -
California could be the first state to allow adults to add parents to health care plans
8 votes -
US to share up to sixty million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with other countries, official says
4 votes -
Explained: Why India needs Covid-19 vaccine ingredients from the US
9 votes -
Solving the vaccine data problem
7 votes -
The US FCC wants your thoughts on improving the shorter National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number
4 votes -
The broken front line: What lasting impact will the pandemic have on America's first responders?
7 votes -
California aims to fully reopen the economy June 15
8 votes -
FDA authorizes over-the-counter screening tests for COVID-19
6 votes -
Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 years old implies many patients wait for Medicare to kick in before they seek care
18 votes -
The lost year: What the pandemic cost US teenagers
8 votes -
A new coronavirus variant is spreading in New York, researchers report
9 votes -
Mexico & America - Pandemmy Buddies
3 votes -
500,000 dead: A number almost too large to grasp
14 votes -
The US' vaccine rollout is world-beating. That doesn't mean it's good enough. But let's take a moment to appreciate it.
7 votes -
Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell
4 votes -
Nationalism, prejudice, and FDA regulation
3 votes -
Federal officials have misused a fund intended for vaccine research to pay for unrelated expenses since at least 2010, the US Office of Special Counsel has alleged
7 votes -
Cost Plus Drug Company: Low cost versions of high cost generic drugs
4 votes -
The rise and fall of Roe v. Wade
Part 1 (55 minutes): The hosts take on one of the Supreme Court’s most famous decisions, Roe v. Wade. In this first episode of a two-part series, they look at the legal and factual origins of Roe...
Part 1 (55 minutes):
The hosts take on one of the Supreme Court’s most famous decisions, Roe v. Wade. In this first episode of a two-part series, they look at the legal and factual origins of Roe v. Wade. They also discuss how Roe was weaponized by the conservative legal movement to rally against an interpretation of the Constitution that allows for flexibility in favor of a far more rigid approach.
Part 2 (61 minutes):
In the second part of a two-episode series on abortion rights, the hosts discuss Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 case in which the Supreme Court made it easier for states to restrict abortion access so long as abortion regulations don’t create an “undue burden.” The vague standard set lawmakers on a new path of attacking abortion access and fueled anti-abortion groups’ efforts to spread stigma and misinformation, setting up Roe v. Wade for a death by a thousand cuts.
(it's impossible to link to podcasts in a simple or easy way...if anyone has a better way of doing this I'm all ears...)
5-4 (pronounced "five to four", as in the vote total of a closely-divided court case from 9 justices) is one of my favorite podcasts. It's lawyers dissecting Supreme Court cases in a way that is very understandable to non-lawyers, from an explicitly and unabashedly left-wing perspective.
This is an extremely informative primer on the entire arc of abortion rights in the US, from the actual case everyone has heard of (Roe v Wade in the 1970s) to the case in the 1990s that actually superseded Roe and a case from last year that was seen as a victory because it upheld a previous case but it also contained a poison pill that significantly weakened that precedent.
8 votes -
US President Joe Biden's first executive order will require masks on federal property
19 votes -
400,000: The invisible deaths of Covid-19
10 votes -
Several gorillas at San Diego Zoo in US test positive for COVID
18 votes -
Fauci sees US gaining control over pandemic by next autumn
5 votes -
Where year two of the pandemic will take us: As vaccines roll out, the US will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget
10 votes -
Hiding COVID-19: How Trump Administration guidance suppresses photography of the pandemic
6 votes -
Tethered to the machine: For years, Jamarcus Crews tried to get a new kidney, but corporate healthcare stood in the way
7 votes -
As Covid-19 ravaged Waterloo, Iowa, officials discovered meatpacking executives were the ones in charge
12 votes -
An investment firm has bought more than twenty nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to disruptions at multiple facilities that weakened care for vulnerable residents
6 votes -
Voices from the pandemic: A Walt Disney World waitress struggles to hold on to her middle-class life amid a pandemic and catastrophic layoff
10 votes -
US FDA clears Pfizer vaccine, and millions of doses will be shipped right away
17 votes