More than 20,000 health service workers cut as Trump, RFK Jr. gut U.S. health agencies
Photo: Library of Congress The already marginal U.S. health care system is being rocked by massive cuts in staff at […]
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Lock up poisons to celebrate the 60th anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week
Protect your kids, teens, and elders from poisonings by locking up potentially harmful household products and medications. Nearly nine out of 10 unintentional poisonings occur in the home. Thirty-one children under the age of five die in the U.S. each year from consumer products found in the home
Top consumer stories for 2019
As usual, most of the end-of-the-year, round-up articles are about national issues or corporations. If consumers are mentioned, it’s usually about how they’re responding to some corporation. For the most part, it’s been a grim year for consumers.
President George H.W. Bush: Not a consumer champion
As President George H.W. Bush is being positively eulogized, it’s important to remember that Bush, as often is the case
NIH to end alcohol study due to funding, credibility concerns
The National Institutes of Health plans to end funding to the Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health Trial, the agency announced
You can dispose of prescription drugs safely and anonymously on Saturday
The 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be held across the country on Saturday. More than 9 million pounds
As the world keeps spinning, boomer bloggers keep writing about it
It’s been a painful week as yet another school shooting takes the lives of kids and teachers. It’s on the
Big Pharma pushes opioids, then works to squash DEA action to stop the epidemic and deaths
Did you see the “60 Minutes” stories or The Washington Post articles about Big Pharma putting profits over the public
Baby boomers enjoy the activities of fall
Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting reports a New England fall offers a feast for the eyes, assuming one