US Health Issues
US: Tainted peanut butter scandal deepens
By Naomi Spencer, February 14, 2009
Peanut Corporation of America, the company linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak, has come under federal criminal investigation for deliberately shipping tainted products out for sale.
US: Economic crisis forces families to cut back on healthcare
By E. Galen, January 26, 2009
One of the most important, and least talked about, consequences of the US financial crisis is that millions of individuals and families are being compelled to cut back on needed medical treatments.
US infant mortality rate now worse than 28 other countries
By Patrick O’Connor, October 18, 2008
A report issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that at least 28 other countries now have lower death rates for infants in the first year of life.
US chemical pollution threatens child health and development
By E. Galen, October 6, 2000
Billions of pounds of toxic chemicals are being released into the air and water of the United States, posing a major but little-studied threat to the health, development and learning ability of Americ...
Study finds that US doctors must deceive insurers to provide quality health care
By Helen Halyard, April 18, 2000
In a new survey published in the April 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA), 39 percent of doctors questioned admitted to stretching the truth and even lying to administ...
