
Mother Jones - 4 hours 43 min ago
President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary resigned on Tuesday following political battles over health policy that angered anti-abortion activists and industry executives. Makary, who led the agency in charge of promoting public health through regulating food safety, medications, tobacco, vaccines, and more, stepped down after Trump pushed him to approve fruit-flavored […]...

The Hill - 9 hours 39 min ago
Current federal marijuana policy is not based on scientific evidence and risks bypassing the scientific and regulatory processes designed to protect public health, as seen in the rise of illegal marijuana shops and the lack of clear guidance for families and young people.

The Guardian - 11 hours 37 min ago
All the protocols that health experts like me look for have been followed. But outbreaks on cruise ships are notoriously hard to control Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Hantavirus: the disease you wish you'd never heard of, as visions of the Covid pandemic flash through your head. I've seen lots of breathless coverage and some bizarre takes on social media, so I imagine many people are confused as to what's going on. Let me start by saying...

The Guardian - 14 hours 39 min ago
Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research finds A new Trump administration plan to rescind 2024 regulations for toxic ethylene oxide (EtO) pollution more broadly aims to limit the Environmental Protection Agency 's authority to strengthen public health protections around hazardous emissions and could result in more of the toxin being released into the air. Recent research has found EtO is about 60 times more carcinogenic than thought when the last...