Category Archives: Health care

For Homeless Seniors, Getting Into Stable Housing Takes a Village — And a Lot of Luck

Another indictment of America’s claims of superiority: a coming tsunami of homeless elderly

Evaluating the Risks of Engineered Viruses and Bacteria, aka ‘Mirror Life’

Scientists seem unduly casual about the threats posed by engineered bacteria and viruses that are chemical mirror images of natural ones

Make America Healthy Again: Is MAHA a Trope or a Movement?

A look at MAHA’s recommendations, per the Casey Means book Good Energy, and why they are an affluent-focused, neoliberal prescription.

Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans

Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well. In essence: You need people, and more machines, to make sure the new tools don’t mess up.

Americans’ Rage at Insurers Goes Beyond Health Coverage – The Author of ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ Points to 3 Reforms that Could Help

On the prevalence of claims processing fraud by insurers and what if anything can be done about it.

Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

Another type of example of how health insurers screw patients.

For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access

Rural residents say no thanks to more abortion availability without better access to comprehensive healthcare.

Tech Law in 2025: A Look Ahead at AI, Privacy and Social Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration

Team Trump’s tech industry regulatory plans have gotten less attention than some other initiatives. An overview helps fill this lapse

As Biolabs Multiply Globally, Some Experts Worry About Oversight

India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can biolab safety infrastructure keep up?

The Rise in Early-Onset Cancers: Their Origins and What to Do About Them

Cancers among the young have risen so much that some experts have called it an epidemic. What are the probable causes and preventatives?

Why Do We Have a Mental Health Crisis?

Why neoliberalism is a major cause of mental health problems.

For Science That Comes With Risks, a Key Question: Who Decides?

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

CDC’s Research Program on Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) Minimizes Airborne Transmission

In CDC’s approach to Hospital Acquired Infections, strategies to prevent the spread of pathogens through the air are ignored or downplayed.

Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts Expire Soon − Study Shows They Made Income Inequality Worse and Especially Hurt Black Americans

The first-term Trump tax cuts, increased inequality. So why does there seem to be so much complacency about their renewal?

A Tale of Two Pandemics

A look at two pandemics, HIV and COVID-19, shows how much public health has suffered due to the advance of neoliberalism.