Hepatitis Spikes as Poverty and Isolation Take Hold Among America’s Forgotten

What’s happening in Michigan is the largest outbreak of hepatitis A in the state’s history. But Michigan is hardly unique: In nearby Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky — and as far away as San Diego, Salt Lake City, and New York City — the number of hepatitis A cases is spiking sharply.

Jon Jeter
By Jon Jeter
Christine Wade sits among her children in front of their donated tent in the city-sanctioned encampment on a parking lot in San Diego. They are, from left, Shawnni, 12, Roland, 4, Rayahna, 3, Jaymason, 2, Brooklyn, 8, and Shaccoya, 14. The Wade family is among several hundred people living in the city's first campground open for the homeless, set up to curb the worst Hepatitis A outbreak in the United States in decades. Gregory Bull | AP

DETROIT -- The first signs that something was amiss surfaced in the weeks before the 2016 election, when public-health officials began to notice one patient after another walking into a clinic, or hospital emergency room in the Detroit metropolitan area complaining of the same symptoms: nausea and vomiting, pains in their stomach and joints,

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Study: American Children Have A 43% Chance Of Being Born Into Poverty

“While food assistance, public health insurance, and other programs have certainly had a mitigating effect on poverty for many families, the fact remains that in the United States young children have close to a one in two chance of living on the brink of poverty.”

NCCP
By NCCP
A women sits with her son for dinner in their new sparsely furnished apartment, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in New York. After leaving her husband who beat her for years, she and her little boy spent the next three years homeless because she couldn’t afford New York City rents. About one third of American children are now living in poverty. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

(REPORT) --- Out of all age groups, children are still most likely to live in poverty, according to new research from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Using the latest available data from the American Community Survey, NCCP researchers found that in 2015, while 30 percent

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Corporations’ ‘Trade Secrets’ Trump Public Health

New database created to let consumers know if personal care products contain carcinogens, but ‘trade secrets’ claim lets companies skirt transparency

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Pfizer products are displayed at the Pfizer plant in Montreal, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Pfizer Canada announced a major investment in its Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) Montreal manufacturing facility, representing a financial commitment of $31.7 million to upgrade technology and increase capacity to accommodate growth from new export mandates. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)

Corporate power seems to be thwarting the public's right to know if the personal care products they use contain potentially harmful ingredients. As a result of the California Safe Cosmetics Act, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) earlier this month rolled out a searchable database through which consumers could see if their

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Officials Warn Of Toxic Smoke Near ND Derailment

None hurt in the derailment of oil-hauling train, but 2,400 asked to evacuate while air quality is tested.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — Many residents evacuated a southeastern North Dakota town overnight after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, and officials warned that acrid smoke could blow into the area. No one was hurt in Monday's derailment of the mile-long train that sent a great fireball and plumes of black smoke skyward about a

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Leaked Document Shows UN Split On America’s Drug War

Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Ecuador argue in the leaked draft that prohibition hasn’t worked and only benefits drug cartels and paramilitary groups.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

Over the weekend, the Guardian reported it had obtained a copy of a leaked United Nations’ document that revealed many countries are dissatisfied with the results of the U.S.-led “War on Drugs,” and have outlined a new, more-forgiving policy when it comes to the use of illegal substances. According to the Guardian, many Latin American countries

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NYC Moves To A Mandatory Under-21 Smoking Ban

Mini-cigars and flavored tobacco are holding up youth tobacco use. Can New York’s 21-and-under smoking ban stop it?

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

During the course of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 12-year-tenure in office, he oversaw a litany of social health reforms to the nation’s largest city — including the banning of trans fats in restaurants, regulation of tanning salons, the requirement that calories must be posted on menus and the failed attempt to ban store-bought soft

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