Even while the world suffers, investing in science is non-negotiable > “I am looking at the future with concern, but with good hope.” > –Albert Schweitzer Every so often, t...
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without letting Congressional Republicans ravage our healthcare system , so that's a relief. However, the fact that i...
https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/10/04/its-october-whats-congress-doing-about-healthcare
Considering Candidates Post Las Vegas Massacre: Rule Out Tim Walz A man who was not even known as a gun collector amassed an arsenal that all experts agree included illegal fully automatic weap...
Antivaxers on Twitter: Fake news and Twitter bots Two years ago, I wrote about a study that demonstrated how the antivaccine movement had learned to use Twitter to amplify their antiscience me...
https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/28/antivaxers-on-twitter-fake-news-and-twitter-bots
Occupational Health News Roundup At the Toronto Star , reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh went undercover as a temp worker at Fiera Foods, an industrial bakery, to investigate why temp workers are mor...
https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/09/27/occupational-health-news-roundup-255
Latest data on working conditions in global supply chains, September 2017 edition The whole world is one global supply chain. Brand name companies like Nike, Apple, Hasbro, and dozens of appare...
Doctors, public health workers, patient advocates — even insurers — oppose latest ACA repeal Senate Republicans are again trying to ram through an Affordable Care Act replacement that threa...
One more GOP “healthcare” bill that would gut Medicaid and wreck individual insurance market Republican Senators have proposed one more bill to repeal the ACA. The Graham-Cassidy (or Cassid...
CHIP provides health insurance to nearly 9 million kids. Its funding expires on Sept. 30. Earlier this week, members of the Senate Finance Committee announced an agreement to extend funding fo...
Occupational Health News Roundup At the Huffington Post , Dave Jamieson reports that labor unions are stepping up to help protect increasingly vulnerable immigrant workers from deportation. In ...
https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/09/12/occupational-health-news-roundup-254