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Trump administration is seeking forced treatment instead of housing for the homeless.

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-27 11:14

Trump Turns Homelessness Response Away From Housing, Toward Forced Treatment - KFF Health News The Trump administration is moving to end the “Housing First” approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won’t work. But with homelessness rising, President Donald Trump could find allies in blue cities and states as the public clamors for streets to be cleaned up. khnangelah KFF Health News

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Long Covid office is being closed in Health and Human Services agency

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-25 11:58

Long Covid office latest casualty in HHS shake-up The Trump administration is closing HHS' long Covid office, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. POLITICO

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EPA considers giving energy companies more flexibility in disposing toxic wastewater

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-20 11:46

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.” Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

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Tampa, Florida affected more by climate change than any other U.S. city --analysis

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-12-06 11:29

Climate change is impacting Tampa more than any other US city, analysis shows Climate change is impacting Tampa more than any other city in the United States, according to an analysis by the folks at Climate Central. Greg Dee ABC Action News Tampa Bay (WFTS)

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U.S. climate change is slowing the population moves to the Sun Belt states.

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-07-24 12:50

Climate change is ending the Sun Belt boom For decades, Americans streamed from North to South. No more. AOL Staff AOL

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Since the widespread adoption of air conditioning in the 1970s, Americans have moved in droves from cold northern climes to sunny southern ones. That has led to booming populations in states such as Florida, Texas and Arizona, and a shift in economic activity from north to south.

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Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute’--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-06-19 18:03

Air Pollution 'Kills A Child Every Minute' - Health Policy Watch The fifth State of Global Air report shows air pollution is now the second-leading risk factor for death globally, after high blood pressure. Most of the Health Policy Watch

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COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of gains in life expectancy--WHO

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-05-28 09:39

WHO: COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of life expectancy gains The World Health Organization (WHO) published a new report suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic undid a decade of life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy gains (HALE), with global expectancy levels now matching those last seen in 2012. CIDRAP

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"Not only has the pandemic set back healthy longevity worldwide by years, it also reversed the previous trends of shifting disease burden to noncommunicable diseases," the report said.

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Climate change has disproportionately impacted vulnerable US communities, outdoor workers

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-04-29 10:24

The Power of Us: Climate change has disproportionately impacted these vulnerable US communities, experts say The disproportionate impacts of climate change on the poorest communities are already affecting pockets of the U.S. ABC News ABC News

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Analysis: Some Americans are already moving because of climate change impact

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-04-15 10:33

Climate Change Is Already Forcing People From Their Homes The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica

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U.S. City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-04-09 10:20

City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access - KFF Health News People in their prime working years living in rural America are 43% more likely to die of natural causes, like diseases, than their urban counterparts, a disparity that grew rapidly in recent decades, according to a new federal report. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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