health
Oklahoma joins effort to destroy abortion rights ahead of possible Roe reversal
April 13, 2022Going even further than Texas, the Sooner State’s anti-abortion legislation could be a precursor to overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Microplastics found in human lungs for first time – and deeper than expected
April 8, 2022“Lung airways are very narrow so no one thought they could possibly get there, but they clearly have."
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Abortion nonprofits say Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain defamed them
March 31, 2022Cain has accused the nonprofits of being “criminal organizations” and has ordered them to stop funding abortions in Texas. Lawyers representing the funds are demanding a retraction.
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‘The entire village had Covid’: Testimony of a Xingu woman
March 23, 2022The women’s leader of the Xingu Indigenous Territory, the eldest daughter of one important tribal chief and the niece of another, Watatakalu Yawalapiti watched her family be devastated by Covid.
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CDC says coronavirus proved racism is a threat to health
February 17, 2022Bad housing, more-dangerous jobs, and outright discrimination—all signs of an unaddressed epidemic impacting public health: racism.
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