30/08/10
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, August 26 a broad coalition of organizations hand-delivered the U.S.
11/02/10
On February 9 and 10, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric aired a two-part series on the use of antibiotics in food animal production.
On many industrial farms, food animals are fed low doses of antibiotics over long periods of time in order to speed up growth and compensate for crowded and...
08/12/09
On Monday, December 7, delegates from the nation's most prominent direct-care RN organizations will gather in Phoenix for the founding convention of the new 150,000 member National Nurses United, the largest RN union and professional association in U.S. history. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka...
21/09/09
Lots of Americans face medical hurdles on a regular basis due to the complexity of health insurance. Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of health care reform is how it will impact women. Women make 80% of all family health care decisions according to the US Department of Labor. Women’s basic...
31/08/09
As the cover story in the latest issue of Time magazine points out, Americans now are forced to face one of the high costs of cheap food: “the scary rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”
21/01/09
President Barack Obama today issued an executive order reversing the global gag rule, paving the way for restored U.S. funding that provides life-saving family planning services. The President also announced his commitment for a restored partnership with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund,...
27/10/08
In the midst of an economic crisis, both candidates for President still acknowledge that lack of health care coverage is a major concern for all Americans. Unforeseen catastrophic medical costs are the single biggest cause of bankruptcies in the U.S. today. Yet in the midst of this pressing need,...
