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July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Kindley & Layton, WP, Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned
7/03/09 Ramer, AP, Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Reeves, AP, EPA Allows TVA to Dump Spilled Coal Ash in Ala.
7/02/09 Buzzell, AlterNet, Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick
7/02/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Senate Already Passed A Budget That Can Pay For A Public Option
7/02/09 BBC, Swine flu 'cannot be contained'
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Landau, CNN, CDC: U.S. may need 600 million swine flu vaccine doses
7/01/09 Keim, Wired, ,a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/regeneration/">Salamander Discovery Could Lead to Human Limb Regeneration
7/01/09 Young, CNN, Two anti-smoking drugs to carry mental-health warnings
7/01/09 Diaz, IPS, PARAGUAY: President and Congress Face Off Over Agrochemicals
7/01/09 Hiaasen, Miami Herald, Prescription drug overdose deaths soar in Florida
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Sutter, CNN, 'Last man standing' at wake for a toxic town
6/30/09 Abelson, NYT, Insured, but Bankrupted by Health Crises
6/30/09 CNN, FDA advisers vote to take Vicodin, Percocet off market
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Fogerty, Reuters, Crops Face Toxic Timebomb in Warmer World: Study
6/29/09 McFadden, NYT, 3 Men Die in Toxic Well in Queens
6/29/09 Schoof, McClatchy, EPA list shows dangerous coal ash sites found in 10 states
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Cohen, AP, Did Toxic Chemical in Iraq Sicken GIs?
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 WorldFocus, Cuba provides free health care without the worry
June 25, 2009
6/25/09 Johnson, WSJ, Big Health Firms Underpay Claims
6/25/09 BBC, 'Stoned wallabies make crop circles'
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 CNN, Health care battle intensifies for Obama, Congress
6/24/09 Frieden, CNN, Doctors, health care executives accused of Medicare fraud
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Fox, Reuters, Americans struggle to pay for healthcare: study
6/22/09 Wilson, Bloomberg, Dairy-Cow Kill to Double Milk Price on Biggest Slump Since 1980
6/22/09 Smith, Guardian, African women with HIV 'coerced into sterilisation'
6/22/09 CNN, Likely fallout from cookie-dough illnesses: more than 200 layoffs
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 BBC, MRSA risk from dog and cat bites
6/21/09 Doward, Guardian, Antidepressant use soars as the recession bites
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Salatin, AlterNet, Taking Down the Corporate Food System Is Simple
6/19/09 Fox, Reuters, CDC sees "something different" with new flu
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 BBC, World hunger 'hits one billion'
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Grossman, AlterNet, A Chemical Found in Most Consumer Products May Cause Heart Disease in Women
6/18/09 Harris, NYT, F.D.A. Warns Against Use of Popular Cold Remedy
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 CNN, Asbestos cleanup 'emergency' declared in Montana town
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Girion, LAT, Blue Cross praised employees who dropped sick policyholders, lawmaker says
6/16/09 Zeese, Truthout, Congress to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry
6/16/09 Bland, SF Weekly, Report says peak oil could cause food shortages in S.F.
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Gillam, Reuters, Threats, violence seen eroding U.S. abortion rights
June 13, 2009
6/30/09 Kane, WP, Lawmakers Reveal Health-Care Investments
6/13/09 Goldacre, Guardian, Cocaine study that got up the nose of the US
6/13/09 BBC, Swine flu: Country by country
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Landrau, CNN, Born in male body, Jenny knew early that she was a girl
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Dininny, AP, Radioactive wasps bug out nuclear cleanup workers
6/11/09 Hellerman, CNN, Swine flu 'not stoppable,' World Health Organization says
6/11/09 Mount, CNN, Army: Suicide rate among soldiers continues on record pace
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 VanEgeren, CapitolTimes, Prison Is Revolving Door for Mentally Ill, Who Don't Get Needed Meds
6/10/09 Hardikar, IPS, INDIA: Farm Suicides Turn Children Into Farmers
June 9, 2009
6/09/9 Goodman, DemocracyNow, Bernie Sanders and Nurses Tell Obama: Embrace Single-Payer Health Care
6/09/09 Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, Illinois Town Sued, Accused of Lying About Carcinogen-Filled Town Water
6/09/09 Nebehay, Reuters, WHO on verge of declaring H1N1 flu pandemic
6/09/09 Wayne, Congressional Quarterly, House Democrats Unveil Health Care Overhaul
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Pear, NYT, Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
6/08/09 Nijman, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Thousands March as Food Crisis Deepens
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Child Well-Being Index Foretells Hard Time For Kids
6/07/09 Lightman & Barrett, McClatchy, Senate poised to vote on sweeping FDA tobacco rules
6/07/09 Girion, LAT, Private insurance companies push for 'individual mandate'
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Werner, AP, Kennedy Bill Would Make Employers Provide Care
6/05/09 Chart, OpenLeft, Reckless Grocery Invasion
6/05/09 Meier & Wilson, NYT, Discredited Research Study Stuns an Ex-Army Doctor's Colleagues
6/05/09 Contreras, San Antonio, Texans Sue KBR, Halliburton Over War-Zone Burn Pits
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Fox, Reuters, Study: Medical Bills Underlie 60 Percent of US Bankruptcies
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Rosenwald, WP, MedImmune Wins Key Contract To Develop Swine Flu Vaccine
6/02/09 Smith, Telegraph, Swine flu pandemic nearer: WHO
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Mencimer, MoJo, Is NuvaRing Dangerous?
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Burns, AlterNet, Why Does Two-Thirds of the World's Population Still Not Have Access to Safe Drinking Water?
5/29/09 Spencer, WSWS, US: Army base ordered on stand-down after multiple suicides
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 BBC, Routine aspirin benefits queried
5/28/09 McGivering, BBC, Fears for new malaria drug resistance
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Johnson, Boston Globe, Genetics-Based Products Stir Concerns
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Baker, Truthout, Blue Cross Millionaires Are Scared to Compete With a Public Plan
5/25/09 BBC, Deadly skin cancer cases rising
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Kratovac, AP, Gender issues worsen Iraq's medical woes
5/24/09 BBC, US Kuwait troops suffer swine flu
5/24/09 Moyers, AlterNet, Bill Moyers: How Can We Expect an Industry That Profits from Disease and Sickness to Police Itself?
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 The Local, Red Bull Cola banned for containing cocaine
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 Wardop, Telegraph, Drinking from Plastic Bottles 'Increases Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemical'
5/22/09 Brown, WP, Study Detects Flu Immunity in Older People
5/22/09 AP, Tobacco Companies Lose Appeal
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Madsen, Online Journal, The history of the synthetic H1N1 flu virus and a not-so-rosy future
5/21/09 Mason & Olson, AP, Scientists investigate Mexican town's flu mystery
5/21/09 BBC, Wind farm 'kills Taiwanese goats'
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Falconer, MoJo, Uncle Sam's Human Lab Rats
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Enders, Miami Herald, South Americans hit by dengue fever epidemic
May 16, 2009
5/16/09 O'Harrow, WP, The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform
5/16/09 Reid, AP, Army fights stigma of mental care
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Revkin, NYT, Dredging of Pollutants Begins in Hudson
5/15/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare's Enigma-In-Chief
5/15/09 Morris, Guardian, Scientists warn of new 'super rats'
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Nation, Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger
5/13/09 Boseley, Guardian, Climate change biggest threat to health, doctors say
5/13/09 Landau, CNN, How human genes become patented
5/13/09 AFP, Popular Cereal Is a Drug, US Food Watchdog Says
5/13/09 Gale & Bennett, Bloomberg, Swine Flu May Be Human Error; WHO Investigates Claim
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 CNN, ACLU sues over patents on breast cancer genes
5/12/09 Nebehay, Reuters, Health authorities ready to limit flu drug use
5/11/09 Reuters, High health costs hit women hardest
5/12/09 Nebehay, Reuters, New virus could still mutate, spark pandemic: WHO
5/12/09 Rabin, NYT, Formaldehyde Linked to Cancer Death
5/12/09 BBC, Swine flu could hit one in three
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Cadman & Caroline, AlterNet, 9 Weight Loss Secrets the Diet Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
5/11/09 BBC, Swine flu found on China mainland
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Alonso-Zaldivar, AP, Sources: Senators weigh 3 government health plans
May 8, 2009
6/08/09 Johnson, NYT, Chemical Company Is Acquitted in Asbestos Case
5/08/09 Mason, AP, Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix
5/08/09 Beatty, Guardian, British scientists crack swine flu code as world tally rises to 2,384
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Cohen, CNN, Swine flu, part II: What's in store in the months to come
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 KC TV, Weapon of Choice: Depleted Uranium
5/06/09 BBC, EU and US reach deal in beef row
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 WorldFocus, OUTBREAK: A Worldfocus special report on the H1N1 flu
5/05/09 McGrath, IPS, EGYPT: Viral Time Bomb Set to Explode
5/05/09 Brown, WP, Swine Flu Has Existed Since Sept., Analysis Suggests
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Smithers, Guardian, Some baby foods less nutritious than a cheeseburger, says report
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Herbert, AP, Ethanol test for Obama on climate change, science
5/03/09 Partlow & Booth, WP, In Mexico, an Unusual Flu Season Was a Sign of Something Ominous
5/03/09 Cockerham, ADN, Governor supports abortion initiative
5/03/09 Doward, Guardian, Fears of rat plague in UK grow
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Rossiter, NYT, In a Senegalese Slum, a Building Material Both Primitive and Perilous
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Rosenberg, alterNet, What's Behind the Epidemic of Family-Killings? Could it Be Anti-Depressants?
5/01/09 Gilliam, Reuters, Farmers fear pigs may get "swine" flu from people
5/01/09 Barrett, McClatchy, Scientists trace ancestry of swine flu virus to 1998 outbreak
5/01/09 Pilkington, Guardian, Obama guard on Mexico trip 'has swine flu'
5/01/09 Carroll & Tuckmann, Guardian, WHO confirms 331 cases of swine flu around world as Mexico shuts down
5/01/09 CNN, Stop using Hydroxycut products, FDA says
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Stein & Wilgoren, WP, Fort Worth Shutters All Schools; WHO Warns of Likely Pandemic
4/30/09 Kole & Cheng, AP, World takes drastic steps to contain swine flu
4/30/09 CNN, Companies plan for possible swine flu pandemic
4/30/09 Hodgkinson, Guardian, How Californians cope with a state of emergency
4/30/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, 16 Cattle Drop Dead Near Mysterious Fluid at Gas Drilling Site
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Will NorthCom take over in Swine Flu Outbreak?
4/29/09 ENS, Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in Ten Americans
4/29/09 Giordano, Narco News, How "The NAFTA Flu" Exploded
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Ayres, Times, Mexico outbreak traced to 'manure lagoons' at pig farm
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Bogan, Times, Radiation From 1960s Nuclear Tests Is Still Hurting My Family
4/27/09 IntelDaily, Video: "Swine Flu Was Cultured In A Laboratory", Dr. John Carlo, Dallas Co. Medical Director says
4/27/09 Ghosh, BBC, Science cash 'to beat food riots'
4/27/09 BBC, Child behaviour 'linked to sleep'
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Jordans, WP, Swine flu fears prompt quarantine plans, pork bans
4/26/09 Campbell, Guardian, Poor air quality 'killing thousands' in London
4/26/09 McVeigh et al, Guardian, Swine flu: fears of pandemic rise as Mexico death toll reaches 80
April 25, 2009
4/25/09 BBC, Mexico flu 'a potential pandemic'
4/25/09 Philpott, Grist, Swine Flu Outbreak Could Be Linked to Smithfield Factory Farms
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Freston, AlterNet, 13 Breathtaking Effects of Cutting Back on Meat
4/22/09 Miller, ProPublica, AIG Faces Inquiry Over Medical Care for U.S. Contractors
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Down et al, AP, AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water
April 20, 2009
4/20/09 Lillis, Wa. Independent. As Multiple-Death Shootings Surge, Congress Looks Away
April 19, 2009
4/19/09 Blas, FT, US urges food output boost to avert unrest
4/19/09 Lopez, LAT, A better way of dealing with society's neediest
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Warrick & Finn, NYT, Psychologists Helped Guide Interrogations
4/18/09 IRIN, GHANA: Plummeting profits drive tomato farmers to suicide
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Schoof, McClatchy, EPA declares fossil fuel emissions a health threat
4/17/09 Greco, FPIF, Global Food Security Act
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Eilperin, WP, EPA Will Mandate Tests On Pesticide Chemicals
4/16/09 Schmid, AP, Bacteria found thriving beneath Antarctic glacier
4/16/09 Hartocollis & Davidson, NYT, A Cheap, Fast and Possibly Deadly Route to Beauty
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 BBC, Germany Bans Monsanto's GM Maize
4/14/09 Reuters, Many Americans ignore food recalls
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 Stein, WP, A Possible Step Toward Setting the Biological Clock
4/13/09 NBC, Female Vets Struggling to Get Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
4/13/09 Burke, SMH, New Sofas to Blame for Rash of Allergies
4/13/09 CNN, GM recalling 1.5 million cars over fire fears
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 Hawksley, BBC, City air pollution 'shortens life'
4/12/09 Skoloff, & Burdeau, AP, Chinese drywall poses potential risks
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Alonso-Zaldivar, AP, No strength in numbers for America's uninsured
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Olesen, AP, China's birth limits create dangerous gender gap
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 DiMassa & Winton, LAT, College Hospital to pay $1.6 million in homeless dumping settlement
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 Zeidler, Reuters, Some job seekers invest in plastic surgery to compete
4/08/09 Wong, CNN, The bionic body 2.0
4/08/09 BBC, Test 'sheds light on back pain'
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Stein, AlterNet, Locavore to the Max: How to Forage for Low-Impact, Recession-Proof Food
4/07/09 BBC, 'Sedation link' to birth defects
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Ritter, AP, Relief from itch seen in nerves; may aid treatment
4/06/09 Wasserman, AlterNet, People Died Because of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident, Why Won't Corporate Media Admit It?
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Carey, NYT, Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Sapien, ProPublica, CDC Study Finds Rocket Fuel Chemical in Baby Formula
4/03/09 Stobbe, AP, CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
4/03/09 BBC, Gene defect clue to male pill
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Johnson, McClatchy, UN: Killer strains of tuberculosis may 'spiral out of control'
4/01/09 BBC, How infection may spark leukaemia
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Kleinfeld, NYT, Exams of Injured Workers Fuel Mutual Mistrust
3/31/09 NYT, Life Lessons From the Family Dog
3/31/09 Benno, PSL, Heart failure among Black adults 20 times more prevalent
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Kleinfeld & Greenhouse, NYT, For Injured Workers, a Costly Legal Swamp
3/30/09 AP, FDA says to avoid pistachios amid salmonella scare
3/30/09 Keim, Wired, Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain
3/30/09 Nichols, Nation, Sanders Puts Single-Payer On the Agenda
3/30/09 Richards, MoJo, Out of Mind, Out of Sight
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Dorschner, Miami Herald, Insurers Shun Those Taking Certain Meds
3/28/09 Stone & Richtel, NYT, Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food
3/28/09 Werner, AP, Senate takes on out-of-network insurance issue
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Blas, Financial Times, Number of Chronically Hungry Tops 1 Billion
3/27/09 Eddy & Stobbe, AP, Experimental vaccine used in Ebola exposure case
3/27/09 AP, Jury finds Kansas doctor not guilty in abortion case
3/27/09 BBC, Medical scan sensitivity boosted
3/27/09 Wilemon, Memphis Daily News, Farmers Worry About Proposed Legislation
3/27/09 Zhang, AP, China: Hand, foot and mouth virus kills 18 kids
3/27/09 BBC, Medics 'can mend a broken heart'
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 BBC, Ex-DEA agent: Treatment, education key in drug war
3/26/09 Dowd, Reuters, Police taser use down in Canada amid safety fears
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Mendoza, AP, Study: Range of Pharmaceuticals in Fish Across US
3/25/09 Trueman, OpenLeft, Fedco Seeds: The David To Monsanto's Goliath
3/25/09 Park, CNN, 'Miracle fruit' turns sour things sweet
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 BBC, HIV-TB 'double trouble' warning
3/24/09 Pear, NYT, Insurers Ease Stance on Pre-Existing Conditions
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 IntelDaily, Killer Chemtrails: The Shocking Truth (Video)
3/23/09 Abedin, CNN, Study: Blacks suffer heart failure at alarmingly high rates
3/23/09 BBC, Cancer drug 'fuels tumour growth'
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Kavanagh, CNN, Turning toxic coal ash into bridges, buildings
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 BBC, Protein 'behind Alzheimer's fits'
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Vedantam, WP, A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar
3/18/09 BBC, Strive for '100 steps per minute'
3/18/09 Case, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Goldman, McClatchy, Veterans assail proposal to have private insurance plans pay for their service ailments
3/17/09 BBC, Failing hospital 'caused deaths'
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 AP, Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS
3/16/09 BBC, 'Brain decline' begins at age 27
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Kocher, Lexington, Jessamine teen's rapid decline stunned family
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Welz, MoJo, Ethanol's African Landgrab
3/14/09 Lister, TimesOnline, Downturn Could Kill 400,000 Children, Warns Margaret Chan
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Alonso-Zaldivar, AP, Report: US on short end of health care 'value gap'
3/12/09 Jolly & Pollack, NYT, Roche Agrees to Buy Genentech for $46.8 Billion
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Freeman, Guardian, This shoe ain't made for walking
3/11/09 Campbell, Guardian, Ten wasted years: UN drug strategy a failure, reveals damning report
3/11/09 Penny, Guardian, An aching hunger
3/11/09 O'Hara, Guardian, Inequality is bad for your health
3/11/09 Sazbo & Appleby, USA Today, 21% of Americans Scramble to Pay Medical, Drug Bills
3/11/09 Beamish, AP, INSIDE WASHINGTON: Probe finds health risks missed
3/11/09 Rosenberg, IntelDaily, Forest Labs and AstraZeneca Sleazy Science Revealed
3/11/09 Byrne, IntelDaily, Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to cancer-causing chemicals, document shows
3/11/09 Brimacombe, BBC, Zambia's agri-business powerhouse
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 BBC, Russia now 'top heroin consumer'
3/10/09 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
3/10/09 Secrecy News, Germs, Viruses, and Secrets
3/10/09 Kachingwe, IPS, ZAMBIA: Food Vouchers Not Enough to Fight Hunger
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 Dorschner, Miami Herald, Consumers Curb Medical Treatment to Save Money
3/09/09 BBC, Drug firms in $41bn giant merger
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Weingarten, WP, Fatal Distraction
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 Rovira, PSL, Suicides spread as economic crisis deepens
3/07/09 Faul, AP, Traumatized child soldiers return home in Congo
3/07/09 Goodman, CNN, Woman dies from mad cow disease in Spain
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Shaughnessy & Starr, CNN, Generals share their experience with PTSD
3/06/09 Park, CNN, Why we're sleeping less
3/06/09 Ghouri, BBC, Medical waste scandal scars Gujarat
3/06/09 Kaplan, LAT, Cancer threat removed from stem cells, scientists say
March 5, 2009
3/04/09 Miller & Reeve, Times Online, 10 Things We Didn't Know About Food
3/05/09 Moss & Martin, NYT, Food Problems Elude Private Inspectors
3/05/09 Levine, CNN, Army reports another month of high suspected suicides
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Fox, Reuters, Common ingredient offers AIDS protection
3/04/09 Dunham, Reuters, In past 2 years, 87 million in U.S. went uninsured
3/04/09 Fink, ProPublica, Study Links Poorer Hospital Care to Racial Segregation
3/04/09 Maze, Army Times, 16,000 Unopened Claims Letters Hidden at VA Offices
3/04/09 Simanowitz, ITT, Blue People, Yellowcake
3/04/09 Boudreau & Bronstein, CNN, Poor wiring endangers troops in Afghanistan, contractors say
3/04/09 Natural News, Morgellons: Terrifying New Disease Reaching Pandemic Status
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Diagnosing the New Health Czar's Industry Ties
3/03/09 BBC, TV linked to asthma risk doubling
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Norton, Wired, Rewiring the Brain: Inside the New Science of Neuroengineering
3/02/09 Kay, SF Chron, 'We're Like a Katrina Without the Flood': Residents Fight Toxic Legacy
3/02/09 AP, No Justice for Victims of Agent Orange
3/02/09 Wilson, NYT, Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
3/02/09 Rincon, BBC, US nuclear relic found in bottle
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Sayer, Mother earth News, The Hidden Link Between Factory Farms and Human Illness
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Pifer-Bixler, CNN, No job, no insurance -- Now what?
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Young, CNN, White House set to reverse health care conscience clause
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Avery & Volmer, FDA ignored debris in syringes
2/25/09 BBC, Long hours link to dementia risk
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Avery, Charlotte Observer, Tainted syringes killed five people
2/24/09 Facing South, Is the Army covering up KBR's poisoning of U.S. soldiers?
2/24/09 Alonso-Zalvidar, AP, Health care costs to top $8,000 per person
2/24/09 Murphy, LAT, 'Secret' was deadly for Montana town saturated in asbestos, prosecutors say
2/24/09 Deen & Young-Gon, IPS, Sanitation Crisis Runs Deep in Africa, Asia
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Tanner, AP, Calcium tied to lower cancer risk in older people
2/23/09 Becker, IntelDaily, Food industry 'self-regulation' behind salmonella epidemic
2/23/09 CNN, China: 70 ill from tainted pig organs
2/23/09 BBC, Child abuse 'alters stress gene'
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 BBC, Warning over child ear infections
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 Burnett, IPS, Fighting for the Right to Fish
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 Kaunda, IPS, ZAMBIA: Corruption in Water Sector Makes Clean Water A Pipedream
2/20/09 Guardian, Warning! Eating books could seriously damage your health
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Leahy, IPS, HEALTH: Warmer Climate Gives Malaria New Hunting Grounds
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Milmo, Independent, Dumped in Africa: Britain's Toxic Waste
2/18/09 Gordon, McClatchy, Watchdog: Bush FDA decision put patients in danger
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Leonnig, WP, Father Sues D.C. Water Utility Over Lead Warnings
2/17/09 Girion, LAT, Insurers exceed state-issued rates for last-resort health coverage
February 15, 2009
2/15/09 Layton & Miroff, WP, The Rise And Fall of A Peanut Empire
2/15/09 BBC, Pollution link to asthma in womb
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Martin, NYT, Peanut Corporation of America to Liquidate
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 ANdrews, ProPublica, Quick Picks: Army Under Fire for PTSD Care and Troop Chemical Exposure in Iraq
2/12/09 Thompson, ProPublica, Justice Department Sat on Youth Suicide Study
2/12/09 ENS, Just Breathing in Katrina-Flooded Homes Poses Health Risks
2/12/09 AP, Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autism
2/12/09 Stengle, WP, TX officials order Peanut Corp. to recall products
2/12/09 CNN, Dead rodents, excrement in peanut processor lead to recall
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 IntelDaily, Nearly 1 billion starving in world
2/11/09 CNN, Peanut company officials spurn Congress' questions
2/11/09 Freking, AP, Ranks of uninsured to grow
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 Borenstein & Blackledge, AP, US relies on states for food safety inspections
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Reid, Global Monitor, Support for Private Medicine Wanes in U.S.
2/09/09 Woodward, AP, Cracking the case of the poison processed peanuts
February 8, 2009
2/04/08 Steenhuysen, Reuters, Doctors: Under the Drug Industry's Influence?
2/08/09 Moss, NYT, Peanut Case Shows Holes in Safety Net
2/08/09 BBC, The banker and the biologist e. coli and Genetech
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Hopkins, ADN, Debate persists about long-term effects of Exxon Valdez oil spill
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Keim, Wired, Digital Overload Is Frying Our Brains
2/06/09 Pollack, NYT, F.D.A. Approves Drug From Gene-Altered Goats
2/06/09 CNN, Medicine man says he can cure AIDS
2/06/09 CNN, FDA: Peanut plant knew product was tainted with salmonella
2/06/09 BBC, Nigeria baby poison deaths rise
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Oliver, Guardian, A guide on how to eat your way to a healthy mind and body
2/05/09 Levey, LAT, Obama signs expansion of children's health insurance
2/05/09 CNN, FEMA food kits may contain tainted peanut butter
2/05/09 CNN, Teen attempts suicide to give liver to dying father
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 BBC, Pulse rate clue to heart attacks
2/04/09 Telegraph, World's youngest sex-change operation
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Relyea, Belingham Herald, Nationwide shortage of popular painkiller affects Whatcom County
2/03/09 Rosenberg, AlterNet, Big Pharma Gone Wild
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Macalister, Guardian, We can't check everything, admits atomic safety chief after 14-year leak
2/02/09 Demick, LAT, China blames pollution for surge in birth defects
2/02/09 CNN, Enoki mushrooms from Phillips Farms recalled
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Adams, McClatchy, Late move on drugs by Bush FDA could be dangerous
2/01/09 BBC, Cancer protection secret revealed
2/01/09 Adams, McClatchy, Late Move on Drugs by Bush FDA Could Be Dangerous
2/01/09 BBC, Cancer protection secret revealed
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 Rowe, Wired, Amazing Chemicals Invented by Nature, Rebuilt in Lab
1/31/09 BBC, US to run peanut salmonella probe
1/31/09 BBC, Nigerians can sue US drugs firm
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 AP, FDA panel recommends ban on the painkiller Darvon
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 CNN, Nearly 2,000 people warned of possible beryllium exposure
1/29/09 CNN, Army to report record number of suicides
1/29/09 McGreal, Guardian, Zimbabwe's Starving Millions Face Halving of Rations as UN Cash Dries Up
1/29/09 Harris & Belluck, NYT, New Look at Food Safety After Peanut Tainting
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Reuters, Plant Shipped Tainted Products, F.D.A. Says
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Reuters, Studies Find Mercury in Much US Corn Syrup
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Loyn, BBC, UN debates global food cost rise
1/26/09 BBC, Sex drive link to prostate cancer
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Mason, AP, World's highest drug levels entering India stream
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Greenwell, WP, Activists Seek New ways to Get Food to 35 Million
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Park, CNN, Rare sickness kills child; officials urge vaccination
1/23/09 Harden, WP, Japan Works Hard to Help Immigrants Find Jobs
1/23/09 Reuters, Obama removes restrictions on abortion funding
1/23/09 Nebehay, Reuters, Red Cross: Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Could Top 60,000
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Reuters, Report cites FDA's weaknesses over drugs, devices
1/22/09 Maugh, LAT, Cleaner air, longer life: Study provides evidence
1/22/09 RIA Novosti, China sentences two to death over melamine milk
1/22/09 de Tarczyniski, IPS, HEALTH-AUSTRALIA: Fighting Dengue With Bacterial Ally
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Zavis, LAT, Federal regulators identify new problems at UCI hospital
1/20/09 Jackson, BBC, Cold War in paradise: how British troops faced nuclear tests
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Johnson, NYT, Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Beech, St. Catherine's Standard, Scientist Issues Genetic Food Warning
1/19/09 Tanner, AP, MRSA rising in kids' ear, nose, throat infections
1/19/09 Malveaux, CNN, Sources: Obama may quickly reverse abortion policy
1/19/09 Mannak, IPS, AFRICA: Climate Change Threatens Food Security
1/19/09 Klein, ITT, Which Way to Universal Healthcare?
January 18, 2009
1/18/09 CNN, China confirms girl infected with bird flu
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Fox, Reuters, Report shows U.S. only half ready for flu pandemic
1/16/09 EDIE, Coal ash dumping 'poisoning water supplies'
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Jacobsen, AP, UNICEF: Teen births 5 times deadlier than in 20s
1/15/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Report calls on EPA to ban coal-waste storage in mines
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 Arthur, IPS, HAITI: New Peasant Alliance Demands Action on Food Crisis
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 ENS, Navy Allowed to Kill Whales in Hawaii During Sonar Training
1/13/09 Daly, AP, Gold Mine Wants Court to OK Dumping Waste in Lake
1/13/09 Dunham, Reuters, Sexually transmitted disease rates soar: CDC
1/13/09 Boodman, WP, The Rising Costs of Care And a Failing Economy Drive More Americans Into Medical Debt
1/13/09 BBC, HRT 'can shrink women's brains'
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 Zoroya, USA Today, Army Suicides Rise as Time Spent in Combat Increases
1/12/09 Bryan, IntelDaily, Worst coal ash spill in US history ruins huge area in Tennessee
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Sample, Guardian, Billions Face Food Shortages, Study Warns
1/10/09 Kaplan, LAT, New old-fashioned drug makers: goats
1/10/09 CNN, Peanut butter recalled amid salmonella outbreak
1/10/09 Henderson & Lister, Times Online, Genetic tests for all - the new approach to preventive medicine
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 McNeil, NYT, Flu Found Resistant to Main Antiviral Drug
1/08/09 Clark, Guardian, The masters of the universe who cannot live with failure
1/08/09 Alonzo-Zaldivar, AP, FDA Scientists Complain to Obama of "Corruption"
1/08/09 Boseley, Guardian, If pandemic strikes, avoid doctor and get a 'flu buddy'
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Reuters, Salmonella outbreak sickens 388 across U.S.: CDC
1/07/09 Guardian, A prenatal test for autism would deprive the world of future geniuses
1/07/09 AL Jazeera, DR Congo alert over 'Ebola virus'
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Andrews, ProPublica, Outsourcing Health Care in Texas
1/06/09 Dunham, Reuters, More Americans getting multiple chronic illnesses
1/06/09 Belluck, NYT, Food Dance Gets New Life When Bees Get Cocaine
1/06/09 Belluck, NYT, Food Dance Gets New Life When Bees Get Cocaine
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 BBC, 'Bug' could combat dengue fever
1/02/09 Henderson, Charlotte Observer, Coal ash scrutiny returns
1/02/09 Kavanaugh, AP, Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic