While the climate crisis is affecting temperatures everywhere, Alaska’s temps are rising at twice the global average. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Last week, Alaska issued its first-ever heat advisory as temperatures...
Why are they gunning for this guy? *snickers* THIS IS WHY Everyone who has been serving on Department of Defense advisory committees is to be thanked for their service and told that said service ‘is concluded‘ aka ‘out of a cushy post.’ Of course, there’s going to be all sorts of caterwauling about the move....
The HHS web page that once featured the former surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence now reads “Page Not Found.” The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has apparently removed a page on its website describing gun violence in the U.S. as a public health crisis. The department made that designation in June 2024,...
This story was originally published by The New Lede. A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors. The decision to cut the committees, which brought together academics, industry...