4. The Politics of Health

A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.

Even without a positive COVID test, lasting symptoms can persist for months. A new study challenges assumptions about recovery and urges broader support for COVID-like illnesses.

Jess Steier, DrPH, David Higgins, MD, MPH, Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, and Elana Pearl BenJoseph, MD, MPH Disclaimer: This article reflects the state of knowledge and public health guidance when writing…

The new board members selected by Kennedy "don’t have the technical capacity" to make sound decisions, one critic said.

Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews disturbing data about the accumulation of nanoplastics in the human body.

A quick clip from ’Penn + Teller: Bulls*it!’ that sums up the benefits of vaccinating children went viral amid the still-ongoing pandemic.

World-renowned physician Gabor Maté’s new book examines the profound physical and psychological harms of “normal” capitalist society, which makes a small minority very well-off while sowing illness and despair on a vast scale.

Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com Dr Gabor Maté is a world-renowned author and physician, best known for his work on trauma, addiction, and childhood development. His books bring together science, myth, case studies, and his own personal history — from his beginnings in Nazi-occupied Budapest to his participation in the radical […]

The renowned physician and author explores the links between trauma and illness in his new book, "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture."

What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today?

In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people,” says Maté, who argues in his book that “psychological trauma, woundedness, underlies much of what we call disease.” He says healing requires a reconnection between the mind and the body, which can be achieved through cultivating a sense of community, meaning, belonging and purpose. Maté also discusses how the healthcare system has harmfully promoted the “mechanization of birth,” how the lack of social services for parents has led to “a massive abandonment of infants,” and how capitalism has fueled addiction and the rise of youth suicide rates.

An interview on health and politics – Two physicians discuss the political economy of human well-being.

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Burnout and disillusionment among physicians are not personal failings but rational responses to a profit-driven health care system that devalues healing and demands unsustainable sacrifice.

Of all the jerks out there peddling anti-vaccine propaganda, the worst offender is Andrew Wakefield. He's been at it for almost 30 years, being the original ...

Kerri Rivera claims her chemical ‘protocol’ rids children of parasites — but experts warn it poses serious health risks

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

A CDC report finds that pregnant women with COVID-19 at delivery face a nearly 2X risk of stillbirth, and a 4X risk from the Delta variant.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has disregarded science from the FDA and CDC regarding COVID vaccines for children and pregnant women.

In 2000, 15-year-old Vanessa Young’s doctor prescribed …

In The Panic Virus, Mnookin interviews parents, public-health advocates, scientists, and anti-vaccine activists to task: How do we decide what the truth is?

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This is a longer version of my post on Friday, November 9th, 2018. It is a lengthy discussion of why Suzanne Humphries, MD and Roman Bystrianyk's book Dissolving Illusions misrepresents the dangers o

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