health – People's World

Water crisis continues in Newark – Is it New Jersey’s Flint?

January 30, 2019 By Chauncey K. Robinson

City officials argue the comparison to Flint is bogus and that they're working on solutions, but residents say their health can't wait.

Routine FDA food inspections suspended by shutdown

January 11, 2019 By Lorraine Chow

Americans only just survived the great romaine lettuce scare of 2018, and now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has postponed routine domestic food safety inspections.

Persecution, torture, global warming: The health challenges of an asylum-seeker

January 8, 2019 By Marc Lavietes

PTSD, depression, and infectious diseases are common among asylum-seekers. Medical organizations are taking note.

Willowbrook, Ill. residents call for closure of polluting Sterigenics plant

December 21, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

There have been issues with the plant for several decades, but it was only recently discovered that the Illinois EPA had prior knowledge of the matter.

Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians strike for better patient care

December 14, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

Oakland’s picketers were among some 4,000 psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and addiction medicine specialists throughout California.