Category «Health Care»

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 4

Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 4 – This the fourth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici documenting the Trump administration’s relentless attacks against science, medicine and public health, government sponsored data collection and reporting, climate science, and censorship of government …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, E-Records, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse.

ProPublica: “For decades, noxious, cancer-causing gases poured from some of the nation’s largest industrial polluters, seeping invisibly from cracks in antiquated pipes or billowing out of smokestacks in plumes that choked the communities nearby. And for decades, the Environmental Protection Agency tracked those emissions not by monitoring the air but by relying on a kind …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

Why Economists and Doctors Are Monitoring Local News

CJR: “Researchers routinely rely on websites like data.census.gov, but this month, the top of the site displays a banner that reads: “Due to the lapse of federal funding, this website is not being updated.” Dozens of reports—from critical spending data to disease surveillance—are not updated or completely dark due to the ongoing government shutdown. Earlier …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, RSS

‘Irreparably Damaged’: Former Senior Official Details the Darkest Days of the CDC Under RFK Jr.

Gizmodo: “To put it bluntly, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in a complete freefall. Under the reign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the longtime crank turned U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, thousands of people have lost their jobs, the organization’s policies have been hijacked by allies of the anti-vaccination movement, …

Subjects: Censorship, Health Care, Medicine

Immunize.org works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease

“Immunize.org is an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. We work to ensure that healthcare professionals and the public are up to date on all aspects of vaccination and advocate for policies that remove barriers to vaccination. We support healthcare professionals with educational resources and advocate to remove barriers to vaccination for …

Subjects: E-Records, Education, Freedom of Information, Health Care, Medicine

What Should Be in Your Emergency Kit Before Disaster Strikes?

Wired: ” You never know when you’re going to have to bug out on short notice. The politics of the moment are less than predictable. Disasters never strike on schedule, and few stores stay open for a hurricane or an insurrection. That’s why it’s important to make plans well in advance and put together gear …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Health Care

CDC tormented: HR workers summoned from furlough to lay off themselves, others

Ars Technica: “The dust is still settling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a mass layoff on Friday, which former employees at the beleaguered agency are describing as a massacre. In separate press briefings on Tuesday, a network of terminated CDC staff that goes by the name the National Public Health Coalition, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Medicine

The ONE Data Agent Explore health financing data

The ONE Data Agent™ uses AI to search tens of millions of data points on health financing. We use trusted global sources, including the WHO’s Global Health Expenditure Database and the OECD Creditor Reporting System. The data is curated and cleaned by ONE Data’s team of experts, enabling you to quickly and easily find relevant …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine, Search Engines

Does the news reflect what we die from?

Hannah Ritchie, Tuna Acisu, and Edouard Mathieu (2025) – “Does the news reflect what we die from?” Published online at OurWorldinData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from‘ [Online Resource]. What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on? For this work, we relied on Media Cloud, an open-access …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

LLRX September 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health, Part 3 – This is a follow up to two recent articles by Sabrina I. Pacifici on the Trump administration’s relentless attacks against science, medicine and public health, government sponsored data collection and reporting, climate science, free speech, and the censorship of federally funded …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Environmental Law, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy