We really do not have our priorities in order, if we cannot even get #aspirin to the people, who need it, if we put lives at risk, because it is about money and not about humans... #healthcare #drugs #economy #economics #capitalism #democracy

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylgv…

Coventry man fears stroke or heart attack due to aspirin shortage

David Slater, 72, says ministers need to step up and sort out issues with the medication.

^{Josh Sandiford (BBC News)}

Latest comic: The Wellness Charlatan's Guide to Longevity

#healthcare #science #health #medicine #healthinsurance #EconomicInequality #SocialMedia #influencers

"Crane slid her prototype onto a table holding a number of others, and retreated to the radiator. She was validated when one of the ad men the company hired picked hers out of the lineup and complimented it.

'This is the one we’re using, right?' he asked her boss. 'Oh no, that’s just something Meg did for talking purposes,' he replied. That line, especially, is burned into her memory."

thehustle.co/originals/the-inc…

#healthcare #PublicHealth #ReproHealth #WomensHealth #pregnancy #testing #history

The incredible true story of the at-home pregnancy test

For decades, its inventor has watched others take credit. That’s starting to change

^{Katherine Laidlaw (The Hustle)}

AP:It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns

"Medical mistrust is spreading beyond vaccines: Refusals of vitamin K shots for newborns have nearly doubled since 2017, alarming doctors nationwide.
Newborns without the shot are 81 times more likely to suffer potentially deadly bleeding, a preventable complication that once affected 1 in 60 babies."

(Better, non paywall link! Thanks Denise!)
apnews.com/article/babies-newb…

#healthcare #health #antivaxxers

"High ranking powerful American calls for #UniversalHealthcare"

yeah but politicians...

" #PopeLeo calls universal #healthcare a 'moral imperative'"

oh, I see

reuters.com/business/healthcar…

WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.

But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.
youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj9nDZ…

#Documentary #Video #Healthcare #Georgia #Medicaid #Health #Insurance #BlackMastodon #Family #Journalism

This is a long, detailed (and disturbing) article. Here's a #GiftArticle #GiftLink so that you can read it for yourself, even if you do not have a subscription:
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…

Here's an #archive version you can also access without a subscription:
archive.is/xpJEb

#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"Epstein rewarded his preferred doctors with hefty payments, Apple Watches, introductions to celebrities and vacations on his private island and his #NewMexico ranch. One cash-strapped dermatologist asked the sexual predator to co-sign his car lease."
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…

#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #Florida #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

"He directed women to get pelvic exams, liposuction & mole removals...

some of his #doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

One sent Epstein’s sexual partners elsewhere for gonorrhea treatment so that when their cases were reported to #PublicHealth authorities, they wouldn’t be tied to #Epstein. Some doctors shared patients’ private #health information with him"
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…

#Healthcare #Corruption #EpsteinFiles #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates