How is it that in the richest country on Earth, life expectancy has been falling? This is the question that many policymakers and consumers of news have been asking themselves of late. Between COVID-19, drugs and the consequences of obesity (including high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems), we are digging ourselves an early grave. Still, […]
One of the US’s leading anti-abortion activists has been appointed to a Texas health committee tasked with reviewing maternal deaths. The move worries reproductive justice advocates who say the state’s abortion ban – among the strictest in the US – has placed pregnant women’s lives in jeopardy. The appointment could undermine the committee’s ability to […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada’s largest holding facility reported an 11% mortality rate among wild horses in 2023, according to the American Wild Horse Conservation. On Monday, AWHC raised the alarm at the number of deaths in Nevada federal holding facilities after it received records via the Freedom of Information Act that revealed 267 wild horses […]