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The Defender

RFK Jr.’s MAHA Agenda Gains Support Among State Lawmakers

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The Defender

States Launch Bipartisan Bills to Clean Up School Meals, Crack Down on Food Dyes

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The Defender

Maine Doctor Counsels Patients Who Fear Long-Term Exposure to PFAS Chemicals

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The Defender

Does Your Ice Cream Resist Melting? It May Contain an Ingredient That’s Harming Your Health

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The Defender

FDA FOIA Office Still Responding to COVID Vaccine Lawsuits

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The Defender

FDA Lets Food Companies Decide if Their Ingredients and Additives Are Safe

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The Defender

‘Human Pin Cushions’: Pain Clinics Made Millions From ‘Unnecessary’ Injections

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The Defender

Is the Trump Administration Coming for Your Snacks?

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The Defender

She Moved to a Rural Town to Escape City Life. Now PFAS Chemicals May Be Making Her Sick.

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The Defender

Dentists Pulling Healthy Teeth to Make Room for Profitable Implants

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The Defender

Suicide Prevention Policies Aren’t Working — Is There a Solution?

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The Defender

‘Ask Your Doctor’: Can’t Someone in Congress Make These Endless Drug Ads Disappear?

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Community

For Kids With Autism, Singing Cicadas Can Be Downright Painful

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The Defender

Tens of Thousands of Kids Tested for Lead May Have Received False Low Results

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The Defender

The High Cost of Sterilizing Medical Devices: A Toxic Gas Linked to Breast Cancer

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The Defender

‘Chemical Cocktail’ From Car Tires Linked to Fish Kills, Human Health Concerns

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The Defender

Hundreds Die Every Year From Chemotherapy Overdoses Because Doctors Don’t Order Simple Gene Test

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The Defender

Analyst Warns Soaring Market for Ketamine a ‘Wild West’ for Doctors and Patients

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The Defender

Women, Minorities Up to 30% More Likely to Experience Medical Misdiagnosis

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The Defender

‘I’m Not Safe Here’: What Happens to Kids When Schools Use Restraint and Seclusion Tactics

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The Defender

600 Military Installations Are Leaking Toxic PFAS Chemicals Into U.S. Drinking Water Supplies

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The Defender

The Return of Bison, Ancestral Seeds and Community Gardens: Food Sovereignty Movement Is Taking Hold

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The Defender

‘More Harmful Than Mercury’: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish

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The Defender

Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Thousands of Private Wells Near U.S. Military Bases

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The Defender

Kids, Psychotropic Drugs and the Welfare System: A Failure to Regulate

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The Defender

As Child Suicide Rates Climb in U.S., Experts Call for Early Intervention

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The Defender

Higher Risk of Testicular Cancer in Military Firefighters Linked to ‘Forever Chemicals’

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The Defender

For a Toddler, Just a Few Drops of Liquid Nicotine in E-cigarettes Can Be Fatal

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The Defender

EPA Plan to Limit PFAS Won’t Stop Cancer-causing ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Contaminating Water, Food Supply

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The Defender

12 Online Drugstores Caught Sharing Personal Health Data with Facebook

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The Defender

‘Enormous’ Amount of Nicotine in E-cigarettes Can Addict Kids in a ‘Matter of Days’

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The Defender

Why Risk of Arsenic Poisoning Rises During Extended Droughts

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The Defender

Doctors May Soon Use AI to Diagnose Health Conditions — But Should They?

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The Defender

High Levels of Lead Found in Suburban Neighborhood

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The Defender

Labels on Menstrual Products Don’t Disclose Chemical Ingredients — Some States Want to Change That

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The Defender

‘Pandora’s Gamble’: Book Exposes Military BioLab Spill That May Have Leaked Anthrax Into Public Waterways

The Defender

Raincoats, Undies, School Uniforms: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’?

The Defender

California’s COVID Misinformation Law in ‘Legal Limbo’ Following Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings

The Defender

U.S. Schools Have a Drinking Water Problem — They Can’t Get the Lead Out

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The Defender

After Lead, Arsenic and Formaldehyde Found in Cosmetics, States Step Up Regulatory Efforts

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The Defender

More Than a Decade Later, Workers Battle Illness From Deepwater Horizon. They Want BP to Pay.

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The Defender

Cancer Patient Faces ‘Horrific’ Choice: Keep Taking $50,000-a-Week Drug and Bankrupt His Family — or End Lifesaving Treatment

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The Defender

Pfizer Sinks $100 Billion in COVID Profits Into Developing — and Marketing — More Drugs

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The Defender

What Happens When Private Equity Groups Gobble Up Healthcare Companies?

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The Defender

Private Equity ‘Gambit’ Leads to Higher Bills for Pregnant Moms Who Visit ERs

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The Defender

Millions of Newborns Get Routine ‘Heel Prick’ Blood Tests — Why Are States Keeping Those Samples Without Parents’ Consent?

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The Defender

‘Children Are Not Little Adults’: Why Kids Are at Greater Risk From Heat Waves

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The Defender

Could Your Period-Tracking App Be Used Against You?

The Defender

Does CDC Have Legal Right to Impose Federal Mask Mandate?

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The Defender

Can Melatonin Gummies Solve Bedtime Struggles for Families? Experts Advise Caution

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The Defender

‘The Kids Are Not All Right’: Private Equity Psychiatric Facilities Prioritize Profits Over Patient Care

The Defender

How Pandemic Caused Long Delays in Diagnosis, Treatment for Kids With Autism

Across the country, college students are seeking mental health therapy on campus in droves.

The Defender

Colleges Struggle to Recruit Therapists as Students Seek Mental Health Services ‘in Droves’

Roughly 6% of U.S. children ages 6 through 17 are living with serious emotional or behavioral difficulties.

The Defender

Mental Health System Fails Kids as COVID Creates ‘Unprecedented Need’