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The Global Health Debate

WebThe Global Health Debate. It's time to make "health for all" a global reality. September 18, 2009. John Feffer, Adam Parsons. With controversy still raging over …

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Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health

WebLegislate the creation of workplace health councils so workers can monitor and participate in the enforcement of compliance with health and safety regulations and guidance. To …

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What’s the cause for despair among white, middle-aged men

WebAmong 45-to-54 year-olds, Wilkinson relates, these conditions have begun to outweigh improvements against other causes of death. Fewer midlife white Americans, in …

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Urban Food Deserts Threaten Children’s Health

WebTragically, children in families trapped in food-desert zip codes risk becoming obese and developing early hypertension and full-blown high blood pressure, which can …

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COVID Relief: The Biggest Health Care Expansion in a Decade

WebThis health care expansion comes at an urgent time. The pandemic has cost the lives of over 530,000 Americans. Millions have contracted COVID-19, and millions more have …

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Nurses are Standing Up to Profiteers and Demanding Universal …

WebIn 2021, a Kaiser Permanente facility in Antioch, California decided that the best way to celebrate its National Nurses Week was with “encouragement stones” …

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Mental Healthcare: Underappreciated and Underfunded

WebFor millions of low-income Americans, Medicaid is the only means of addressing healthcare needs. Only 25 states have agreed to Medicaid expansion in the …

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Inequality and COVID-19 in 13 Charts

WebThese are just four of our 13 just-published charts showing how COVID-19 — and the failed policy response — have widened inequalities. The others focus on the …

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Racism is a Public Health Crisis

WebRacism is a Public Health Crisis. Milwaukee just declared racism a public health crisis. This novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities. …

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Living in Inequality, Dying in Despair

WebThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some welcome news late last month: Americans are living a tiny bit longer. In 2018, the federal health …

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For Mother's Day, I Want Lawmakers to Stop Blocking Care for …

WebTwenty-four states have passed legislation limiting access to gender-affirming health care for young people. And 22 states criminalize health care professionals who …

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Violence Should Be Treated As A Health Issue

WebThe bill builds on the Framework for Action developed by the Movement towards Violence as a Health Issue, co-chaired by Dr. David Satcher, former Surgeon …

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Health Care is America's Cash Cow

WebIdeally, human health is too important to allow such gamesmanship. If we were starting from scratch, our founding principle would be universal membership, just …

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Health Care Is a Study in Greed

WebThe upshot of the possible downfall of health reform is that America may yet continue its Wild West health-care system. Hospitals and clinics still snipe at one …

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Sick of Outrageously Excessive CEO Compensation

WebThe top executives in Canada’s health care system today make a fraction of the compensation that goes to health care execs in the United States. In 2021, the CEO …

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Defense Contractors Venture into Health Care

WebAs funding for military contracts shrinks, major defense contractors have started to edge their way into the business of implementing health care reform. …

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U.S. Drug Policy

WebU.S. antidrug policy has historically been riddled with racism, and the policy has always entwined domestic and foreign policy considerations. Exploitation of …

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Trauma and Hope in Gaza with Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei

WebFebruary 13, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei, a psychiatrist, is the Director General of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program in the Gaza Strip. He …

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Women and the U.S. Military in East Asia

WebHealth effects linked to environmental contamination caused by military operations also need detailed investigation. In Okinawa, a 1996 report on babies born to …

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Mapping the Impact and Conflicts of Rare-Earth Elements

WebEnvironmental and health impacts. REEs are usually found in low concentrations. As a result, huge amounts of ore need to be processed to obtain small …

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Still A Dream: Over 500 Years to Black Economic Equality

WebAt this rate it would take 780 years for Black wealth to equal non-Black wealth. Black homeownership increased from 38 percent in 1960 to 44 percent in 2021, an increase of …

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How Congress Manufactured a Postal Crisis — And How to Fix it

WebOriginally in Inequality.org. In 2006, Congress passed a law that imposed extraordinary costs on the U.S. Postal Service. The Postal Accountability and …

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