For years, researchers, survivors, and various interest organizations, have tirelessly sought to develop or fund cutting edge treatment protocols that would help increase survival rates for blood cancers and eventually lead to a much-desired cure. According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, there are currently 327,520 people in the United […]

In early February, the Seattle Times reported on the case of David Morton, the face of a class-action lawsuit against private insurers Group Health and BridgeSpan Insurance.  In the case, Morton and others allege that the Washington state private insurers failed to pay for a new drug called Harvoni.  This […]

On March 2, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the most significant case about abortion in decades: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The outcome of this case has the potential to affect millions of women and revise the constitutional principles governing abortion rights. Taking a […]

See that cigarette butt on the street? Tobacco manufacturers could be cleaning up after their own cigarette litter in California under a model ordinance proposed by ChangeLab Solutions of Oakland, California. The model ordinance is designed to help local counties and cities curb tobacco litter in their communities. Under the […]

A press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, is making national headlines for all of the wrong reasons.  The release, entitled “More than 3 million US women at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy,” appeared to have […]