This October the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a study linking fracking to adverse pregnancy outcomes, specifically premature births. Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is the “process of pumping chemical-laced water into shale to extract the oil or gas embedded within.” Fracking is a stimulation process […]

Planned Parenthood Foundation provides easily accessible and affordable birth control, preventive health care measures, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, and medically safe and legal abortions resulting in vast improvements to the health of millions of women and children. The controversies surrounding Planned Parenthood does not negate the evidence that […]

On October 14, 2015, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the District Court for the District Court of Columbia sided with drugmakers in a decision that narrowed the scope of 340B, a popular but controversial drug discount program. The decision effectively bars children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, and rural hospitals from obtaining 340B […]

By: Nawa Arsala In a widely-criticized and controversial move, Martin Shkreli of Turing Pharmaceuticals increased the price of the drug Daraprim from $13.50 a tablet to $750. That is 5,455% more expensive than it was only two months ago. The seemingly overnight price increase has caused waves in the political […]

On Monday, October 5th, just a little over the week before the deadline, Governor Jerry Brown signed into California state law the End of Life Option Act.  The act would allow adults suffering from a qualified terminal illness to be prescribed a life-ending drug.  On September 14th, the California Legislature passed […]