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"Trump & Thune About to Rip Away #Health Care & Whig-ify the #GOP Jan 1 - https://www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away
"There are certainly no lack of examples of their glib dishonesty and putrid amorality. But one that perfectly sums up the Jonestown GOP Caucus is their nonchalance at allowing enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the only way millions of Americans can afford healthcare, to just disappear. Like Mike Johnson’s testicles when #Trump enters the room"
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Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
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A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #COVID #Vaccines #Fraud #Law #Health #PublicHealth #Utah #PamBondi
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
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After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-suicide-highmark-bcbs-insurance-denials?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The vaccine laws of many states are tied to ACIP’s recommendations…incl. for school entry, guidelines for health care workers, whether pharmacists can provide #COVID vaccinations…
Without those recommendations, states are creating their own rules, seeking information elsewhere & banding together to ensure coverage for their citizens (excluding Florida, which has gone in the opposite direction & seeks to end all vaccine mandates).
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#USA #healthcare #health #vaccines
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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532121/states-vaccine-guidance-washington-oregon-new-mexico
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《An estimated 92% of the world’s population lives in areas where air pollution exceeds safety limits, according to the World Health Organization》
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After a lung transplant, Hannah Goetz’s life depended on the generic version of tacrolimus, a critical drug to prevent organ rejection.
It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication — but the FDA doesn’t always ensure that’s the case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-generic-drug-equivalents-tacrolimus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Why do some Albany, Georgia, residents turn to a free clinic for care when the main institution in town is the region’s largest hospital?
Watch our new documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9pWMK9fDQ
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Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
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As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
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Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-generic-drug-testing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Safety #Research #Testing #Health #Drugs #Medicine #Medication
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations:
https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Data #Research #FDA #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine #Medication
Senators Demand Names of Foreign Drugmakers Skirting FDA Import Bans
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Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said they had “urgent concerns” about the agency’s oversight of foreign drugmakers and whether medications coming into the U.S. are safe.
https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-letter-fda-drug-import-bans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier #Vaccine System
#Poor kids will be hardest hit by #RFKJr's #AntiVax crusade.
#PublicHealth #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #law #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
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As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decadeslong public health success story.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-drinking-water-rfk-jr-michigan-cdc-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #RFKJr #PublicHealth #Michigan #Water #Government
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
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Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-violations-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Law #Hospital #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Medicine
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
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Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at least $54 million on administrative costs alone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-pathways-medicaid-work-requirement-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Kennedy’s vaccine committee voted to change the children’s recommended vaccine schedule today—
voting 8-3 to no longer recommend children under four years old get the MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella) vaccine (😳)
The committee will vote tomorrow on its hepatitis B vaccine recommendation changes. It will also recommend who should be eligible for the latest #COVID vaccine.
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#ICYMI #USA #US #rfkjr #PublicHealth #health #children #vaccines #COVID19
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https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it: https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-prescription-drug-lookup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The U.S. has long lagged behind other wealthy countries in reducing its stillbirth rate.
Now a new five-year, $37 million NIH consortium will prioritize this public health issue. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was intimately tied to this,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-stillbirth-prevention-consortium?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NIH #Pregnancy #Health #Women #PublicHealth #Science #Research
Root canals gone wrong. A dental implant lost inside a sinus cavity. Months of antibiotics for infections.
Utah dentist Nicholas LaFeber, his colleagues warned, was harming his patients. The state has allowed him to continue practicing anyway.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-dentist-license-nicholas-lafeber?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
'You struggle on': Tim relies on a GM pig kidney to keep him alive
By Peter de Kruijff and James Bullen
US man Tim Andrews has been broken the record for the longest length of time with a genetically modified animal organ. He hopes more people will receive GM pig kidneys as clinical trials ramp up.
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New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater
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The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Environment #Cancer #Health #Law #Water #Pollution
For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
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Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Hospital #Law #Health #Medicine