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"We can't bomb our way out of a global pandemic. Shifting funds from weaponry and military contractors to producing Covid vaccines will save hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of lives around the world."

These companies should be paying for the long-term health and safety of these communities and these workers referring to the importance of establishing just transition community funds, akin to the Black Lung Program, paid for by excise tax on coal.

Those who claim that vaccine resistance is an expression of liberty are historically illiterate.

Scientists are not as surprised by the disaster, for numerous reasons. While none of them is necessarily the sole cause of the condo collapse, any one or a combination of them might be implicated in whatever other causes are eventually found.

A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.

Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.

Our analysis provides striking evidence of the failure of leading medical journals to publish extant scientific research on racism and health.

While many public health experts attribute the lack of healthcare in Latin America to lack of resources, the Cuban Revolution shows that when resources are distributed equitably, health outcomes previously unimaginable are possible.