A German palliative care doctor has been charged with murdering 15 of his patients using a cocktail of lethal drugs. Prosecutors in Berlin have accused the 40-year-old of setting fire to the homes of some of his suspected victims to cover his tracks. He allegedly killed 12 women and three men between September 2021 and...
Stephanie Miskin & Louise Fewster BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations Stephanie Miskin/BBC Migrant care worker Sophia, not her real name, says she was forced to “suffer in silence” over living and working conditions A migrant social care worker has said her employer threatened to cancel her visa if she complained about being forced to work...
On March 17, 2025, DefenseScoop reported that Congress approved $141 billion for Pentagon research and development — an amount larger than the budgets of most federal agencies, and close to the size of the seven next largest military budgets around the world. Yet, as usual, there was little debate. Instead, military leaders and lawmakers lamented...
Kelly Smith, a 57-year-old New York City resident, is part of the Nonviolent Medicaid Army (NVMA), a growing national movement of poor people who are organizing to stop proposed cuts to Medicaid and promote health care as a human right. “The need for health care unites us all,” Smith told Truthout. “Right now, I’m terrified...
Echoing a party-line vote by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee last week, the chamber’s Republicans on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, former televison host Dr. Mehmet Oz. Since Trump nominated Oz — who previously ran as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images The sweeping new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump have triggered ructions across financial markets, with global share prices seeing hefty falls. It’s the latest example of big shifts in stock markets making the news, whether they are booms or falls. As companies grow, they issue shares....
Head Start normally isn’t considered a partisan issue. The early child care program, under the purview of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was launched six decades ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “war on poverty.” It’s historically had support from both sides of the aisle in Congress; after all,...
A new Gallup survey finds 11 percent of US adults can’t access quality care and can’t pay for care or medicine. Lack of access to health care has hit a new high in the U.S., with over a third of Americans now unable to access quality care due to cost, new West Health-Gallup polling finds....
“The court’s decision today should send a strong message to any and all anti-abortion politicians,” an attorney said. A federal court has ruled that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and district attorneys cannot take legal action against people who help pregnant Alabamians access abortion care in states where it remains legal. The court determined that...
Donald Trump has said he “couldn’t care less” if carmakers raise prices after his 25% tariffs on foreign-made vehicles comes into effect. Some analysts have warned that Trump’s charges on businesses importing vehicles could lead to the temporary shutdown of significant car production in the US, increase prices, and strain relations with allies. But speaking...
For Neha Bapna, nothing in the world is more important than her dog Muffin. Every time she takes a train to travel across India, the four-year-old Shih Tzu is right by her side – in first class. He only eats hypoallergenic food, which is often double the price of normal dog food and treats. “I...
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News PA Media Ida Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her delivery An NHS trust criticised over the avoidable death of a newborn baby was paid £2m for providing good maternity care, the BBC can reveal. A senior coroner ruled on...
This story was originally published by Prism. Despite legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting trans rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, some institutions are complying with the orders — a move some advocates say is premature and potentially illegal. Hospitals have canceled gender-affirming surgeries, colleges have curtailed DEI programs, and...
A midwife in the Houston area on Monday became the first person to be criminally charged under Texas’ abortion ban, with Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton accusing Maria Margarita Rojas of providing illegal abortion care and practicing medicine without a license. If convicted, Rojas faces up to 20 years in prison under the state’s...