“Deny,” “Defend” and “Depose”: Luigi Mangione’s Manifesto
Below is the alleged short manifesto written by Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week. To
Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination
While Reddit mods and admin try to keep up with the site's "no violence" terms of use, Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands of laughing emojis.
Major Health Insurance Companies Take Down Leadership Pages Following Murder of United Healthcare CEO
Following the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, multiple major health insurance companies have taken their executive leadership pages offline.
Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail
An incident in Mississippi provides a window into a dystopian future where USPS workers and local cops can block people from accessing reproductive care.
From Privatization To Communal Water Management in Chile
One of the key demands of the movement to de-privatize water in Chile is that water should be recognized as a human right, which requires infrastructure
Social disparities and unhealthy lifestyles increase risk of dementia, particularly at a young age
Cognitive impairment and dementia have become serious problems for public health systems.
In 2020, over 55 million people worldwide had dementia, and most of them were in low-income
and middle-income countries.1 This number is expected to reach 78 million by 2030
and 139 million by 2050.1,2 The Lancet dementia prevention, intervention, and care
Commission3 identified 12 modifiable factors for dementia. However, the cause of nearly
60% of dementia cases is still unknown. For such cases, studies investigating risk
factors for cognitive decline and dementia are of utmost importance from a public
health perspective so that effective preventive measures can be implemented.
Full article: Cognitive impairments in former patients with work-related stress complaints – one year later
Patients on sick leave due to work-related stress often present with cognitive impairments. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to examine the long-term consequences of prolonged work-rela...
Ingested microplastics: Do humans eat one credit card per week? - ScienceDirect
Ingested Microplastic (MP) particles can harm the human body. Estimations of the total mass of ingested MP particles correspond to 50 plastic bags per…
Ozempic Maker Novo Gets Calls From ‘Scared’ Food CEOs
Makers of everything from snack food to knee implants are facing a potential threat from Novo Nordisk A/S’s powerful appetite-suppressing treatments. So they’re calling the drugmaker for advice.
Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a "widespread" presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production.
A collapsing health-care system is Ontario’s real ‘new normal’
This does *not need to be the case. The rich get richer, yet they'll frame this as evidence towards privatization rather than investing *more into public health. #fuckcapitalists
Like seriously - have we learned *nothing since the pandemic? 🤬🤬🤬