“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement
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Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/purdue-settlement-leaves-opioid-victims-behind?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Medicine #Drugs #Law #Legal #Pain #ChronicPain
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
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The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Parenting #Health #PublicHealth #Science #Medicine #Children
Critics claim large solar farms are a public health threat.
Despite little reputable evidence for this, their fears have helped undercut efforts across the U.S. to broaden energy sources, slowing installations even as customer costs are rising.
https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Solar #Energy #Health #Michigan #Local #Law #PublicHealth
Non hai moito descubrín LibreFit
🤸 🏋️ 
Rexistra os teus adestramentos e rutinas de xeito privado (sen acceso a internet)
que tivo o mérito de que a souben utilizar 
(crear series e repeticións etc) Ten unha fotiño a carón do nome do exercicio para saber ao que te estás referindo, porque a min non me da moito a cabeza (xa cho teño dito). Probei outras 
e non souben 
Non teño máis ánimo que crear en min o hábito, porque é bo para a #saúde. Nada de #fuertecismo (palabra inventada que vin por aquí e creo que se pode aplicar a isto, pero igual non a estou a usar ben), só mobilidade, equilibrio, coordinación, reactividade,…
Estouna traducindo ao galego tamén.
#fitness #health #bodyweighttraining #librefit #strenghtraining
The sun is shining - who is dreaming of some lemonade?
Dreaming of lemonade acrylic painting
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Brian Tracey died of pneumonia while being held at a Florida jail.
The jail’s healthcare provider is affiliated with Armor Health companies, which have a history of delaying or denying care to inmates across the country, lawsuits allege.
https://www.propublica.org/article/armor-health-florida-jail-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Florida #Healthcare #Prison #Law #Health #CriminalJustice
His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.
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Dr. Craig Towers was hailed as a hero for his research on detoxing pregnant opioid users. After he published a study that found naltrexone could help patients stay off drugs, addiction specialists started asking if his work was too good to be true.
https://www.propublica.org/article/craig-towers-knoxville-tennessee-newborn-withdrawal-study?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pregnancy #Women #Drugs #Health #Medicine #Research #Science
NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, two lawmakers have called on the CDC to address a “preventable public health crisis” of parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns — which has led to babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-cdc-rfk-jr-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Congress #Children #Parenting #CDC #RFKJr
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more ~
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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#USA #USpol #USgovernment #trump #TrumpAdmin #data #datasets #health #PublicHealth #education #environment #labor #police #veterans #immigration
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/18/trump-federal-data-deleted-altered
NEW: After ProPublica contacted leading vaccine skeptic Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed.
“The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-joseph-mercola-reversal-babies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Children #Medicine #Vaccines #Parenting
NEW: For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care.
Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #Law #Children #Religion #Health #Medicine #Parenting
NEW: In Idaho, prosecutors can't file neglect or manslaughter charges against parents who say their faith prohibited giving lifesaving medical care to their children.
Until the early 1970s, that wasn’t the case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-law-faith-healing-exemption?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #Parenting #Children #Health #History #Medicine #Law
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-calls-camp-east-montana-texas-detention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #Immigration #ICE #Emergency #Medicine #Health
NEW: For years, the #FDA website warned of products and remedies claiming to treat #autism that were being marketed deceptively and can be harmful.
Just a few:
•hyperbaric oxygen therapies
•chlorine dioxide
•raw camel milk.
Now, under RFK Jr, that advisory is gone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-fda-removes-autism-treatments-warning
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
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The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science
NEW on “Paper Trail”: We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth.
Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.
One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long. Listen:
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-3m-secret-kris-hansen?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
#News #Colorado #Denver #Cannabis #Marijuana #Health #Safety #Regulation
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-doubled-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Pregnancy #Abortion #Data #Research #Texas
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Why do certain motorists hate bicycles?
Because bikes disrupt the fantasy sold with today's absurdly huge, energy-wasting, toxic, pedestrian-crushing, hyper-powered adult baby carriages.
And because bike hatred helps ameliorate the weight of the monthly bill for a shiny capital asset and ego cocoon that mostly sits doing nothing.
On the road, these folks need to feel in command; it's owed to them they figure.
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#cycling #cars #auto #environment #climatechange #health #science #marketing
“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate Vote
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The Clear Labels Act was designed to alert consumers to where their drugs are coming from. After two major changes to the bill, experts worry it won’t be as effective.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clear-labels-act-drug-safety-senate-vote?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Drugs #Transparency #Law #Senate #Health #Safety #Government
