Americans are a sick people. Among their economic peers they expect to live shorter lives, experience higher rates of chronic disease, and spend more on their care and upkeep. The baseline necessities for maintaining a healthy human body over the course of a lifetime are often a luxury. Nevertheless, one …
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An attempted ousting of the nation’s head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A series of resignations amid escalating pressure from the Trump administration to change vaccine policy. As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. oversees the agency and attempts to mold it in his …
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In Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of his second term, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the severity of a measles outbreak in South Texas that has already caused the first death attributed to the deadly virus in the U.S. since 2015. During Tuesday’s meeting, Kennedy was asked to …
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Chappell Roan brought the music industry’s treatment of artists back into the national consciousness this week during her Grammy acceptance speech for Best New Artist, challenging music companies to do better by young, developing acts. “Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and …
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Donald Trump’s first week in office was defined by a torrent of executive orders and proclamations, with the president openly hailing the beginning of a transformative era of American politics. While Trump is more than happy to brag about the orders he’s signed cracking down on undocumented migrants, targeting transgender …
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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4, had a significant online footprint before most web platforms suspended his accounts. These profiles seemed to reveal a healthy, accomplished, well-adjusted young man — though there were red flags, …
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There have been countless renditions of Madonna’s 1989 hit single “Like a Prayer.” But if you open TikTok right now, chances are the one that will come up fastest is a choral version recorded for Marvel’s recent film Deadpool & Wolverine. And the Muppet that pops up with it? Well, …
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It’s a distant memory now, but Donald Trump publicly supported single-payer health care. Vice President Kamala Harris did, too. Neither candidate backs the idea now. This easily accessible history didn’t stop Trump from attacking Harris on Thursday as if she still supports single-payer — with the former president arguing that …
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Foo Fighters are heading to Washington, D.C. for a one-night-only show on March 5 to advocate for healthcare price transparency. Fat Joe and Chuck D will also be in attendance. The private event is hosted by Power to the Patients, a nonprofit dedicated to creating “a more affordable, accessible, and …
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Rick Ross, Chuck D, Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Fat Joe, and French Montana have teamed up for a new public service announcement demanding that lawmakers pass healthcare transparency bills that are working their way through Capitol Hill. The rappers teamed with the non-profit organization Power to the Patients for the …
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