public health

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March 11, 2020

States Need to Update Emergency Election Plans, Scientists Need to Step Up

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 6, 2020

Trump USDA Commemorates National School Breakfast Week by Declaring Potatoes a Fruit

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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February 14, 2020

Blowing the Cover Off the “Cleanest Air” Sparkle of the Trump Administration

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

February 14, 2020

On Valentine’s Day, a Love Letter to Legumes

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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February 13, 2020

Are Your Children Vaping? On Vaping and a Need for Science-Based Policy

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

AP Photo/David Goldman

January 30, 2020

A Conversation with the NEPA Ninja

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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January 27, 2020

5 Quotes Capturing the Debate Over Dietary Guidelines

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Photo: MelanieFHardy/Pixabay

January 17, 2020

Expect Low Carbs and Low Credibility at Next Week’s Dietary Guidelines Meeting

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

December 17, 2019

Environmental Justice in 2019: Impacts and Anniversaries

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

A FEMA trailer decorated for an environmental justice mission. Photo credit: Leah Mahan, maker of the film Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek.

December 17, 2019

Activism and Action in 2019, a Banner Year for Environmental Justice

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

November 18, 2019

2019 Lancet Countdown US Policy Brief Pieces Together Climate Change’s Public Health Effects

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

November 12, 2019

Our Unhealthy Democracy: A New Report and a Call to Action

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

October 2, 2019

New Studies on Red and Processed Meat Are a Big, Fat Nothingburger

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Woman in striped tank top examining orange canister in supermarket aisle

September 20, 2019

Corporate Profit Motives Shape Our Food Environment, and It’s Killing Us

UCS Science Network

Mike Olliver/UCS

August 16, 2019

The Scientific Integrity Act and the Importance of Storytelling in Science Communication

Gretchen Goldman
Former Contributor

Photo: Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Follow/Flickr

August 2, 2019

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, Says the EPA to Southwest Alaska

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

Photo: Ma. William Carraway/Wikimedia Commons

August 1, 2019

An Absence of Energy Leadership in a Climate Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 1, 2019

Trump Administration Sidesteps Congress to Cut SNAP. Again.

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

July 30, 2019

Tackling Health Disparities in St. Louis

UCS Science Network

July 22, 2019

Our Children Deserve Better: Trump’s EPA Refuses to Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide. Again.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Photo: Tony Webster, Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/9180874836

June 25, 2019

The Masked Syndrome: HIV, Health Disparities, and the Two-Pronged Approach

UCS Science Network

June 10, 2019

Under Our Noses: PFAS Contamination in Southern Colorado

UCS Science Network

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April 30, 2019

Deadly Shooting at California Synagogue—Where is the Gun Violence Research, CDC?

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

March 29, 2019

Nine Reasons to Oppose the Trump Administration’s Proposed SNAP Changes

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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