health care
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Komen Foundation plays politics with women’s health
When the largest, best-funded breast cancer advocacy group in the U.S, cut funding to Planned Parenthood, women's health advocates were…
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Hospitals make room for the rich, crowd the rest out
Health care is expensive in the United States, most of all for the caviar-munchers who use luxurious hospital rooms that…
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Florida proposal to cut Medicaid draws opposition
Florida Governor Rick Scott’s proposal to cut Medicaid is drawing opposition and resurrecting Scott’s own troubles with Medicaid.
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The human cost of anti-immigrant policy
In a heartbreaking story, an injured, quadriplegic undocumented worker was deported from his hospital bed.
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Fresno prisoners fight inhumane conditions
Prisoners in Fresno County Jail filed a class action lawsuit Dec. 13 stating that Fresno Sheriff Margaret Mims is violating…
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Cuba’s lung cancer vaccine to be tested in UK
The promising new Cuban lung cancer vaccine, CimaVax-EFG, is now slated for further clinical trials with British subjects.
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Voters in Mississippi reject ‘personhood amendment’
People in Mississippi achieved a victory on Nov. 8 when they defeated one of the most aggressive anti-abortion measures seen…
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Lawsuit filed against UN in wake of Haitian cholera epidemic
The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti has filed suit against the United Nations, charging that it did not…
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Man with toothache killed by capitalist medical system
Kyle Willis died in Cincinnati from a tooth infection early this month. The 24-year-old father was uninsured and could not…
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Demand justice for SSG Jared Hagemann
Staff Sergeant Jared Hagemann was found on June 28 at a training area on base with a gunshot wound to…
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