The U.S. pharmaceutical industry’s aggressive and often unlawful efforts to prevent competition and keep drug prices elevated cost American patients, insurers, and federal health programs more than $40 billion in 2019 alone, according to a report released Tuesday. The new report—put out by the American Economic Liberties Project and the ...
Food safety advocates applauded Monday as California took a major step towards becoming the first U.S. state to ban five chemicals—already prohibited in the European Union—that have been linked to cancer and childhood developmental issues. The state Assembly passed A.B. 418 three months after it was introduced by Democratic Assemblymembers Buf...
The U.S. Forest Service on Monday gave a green light for the 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline to run through the Jefferson National Forest, a decision that sparked outcry from conservationists who say the Biden administration is ignoring the fracked gas project’s potentially devastating impacts on the environment and wildlife. The Fores...
TORONTO (AA): The US National Security Advisor reiterated Tuesday the country’s commitment to ending the war in Yemen. Jake Sullivan met UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, on May 15 at the White House, according to a statement. “Mr. Sullivan underscored President Biden’s commitment to ending the war in Yemen. He welcomed the rem...
With scientists pointing to a number of weather patterns this year that have already signified that the El Niño Southern Oscillation may amplify planetary heating in the coming months, one heat and public health expert said Monday that officials must take advantage of the time they have now to prepare their communities for potential extreme [&...
The post-9/11 War on Terror may have caused at least 4.5 million deaths in around half a dozen countries, according to a report published Monday by the preeminent academic institution studying the costs, casualties, and consequences of a war in which U.S. bombs and bullets are still killing and wounding people in multiple nations. The new repo...
Americans for Tax Fairness on Monday released the group’s latest report on “the threat posed to American democracy by billionaire political spenders,” revealing that last year their collective congressional campaign contributions topped $1 billion for the first time. “That ‘Billionaires’ Billion’ was a...
JOHANNESBURG (AA): South Africa’s president said Monday that his country’s “non-aligned” position does not favor Russia above other countries and it will not be pressured into abandoning its stance. Writing in his weekly newsletter, Cyril Ramaphosa said that “with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there has been extraordinary pressu...
Groups representing survivors and loved ones of victims of last May’s racist massacre at the Tops Friendly supermarket in Buffalo, New York on Friday sued numerous social media and streaming companies, a gun dealer, a body armor manufacturer, and the shooter’s parents for the wrongful deaths of 10 Black people murdered in the attac...
In what green groups on Friday called “a victory for environmentalists, scientists, and vulnerable agricultural communities across California,” state officials announced a day earlier that a controversial release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Central Valley has been suspended. The California Department of Pesticide Re...
