ANCHORAGE, AK — Earlier this week, Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Senator Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage), officially became law without the Governor’s signature, which establishes May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Day in Alaska. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is a serious and debilitating neurological disease that affects an estimated nine million […]
“You can’t put a number on the lives that it has saved. Now Trump and Zeldin are killing it,” said one physician. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision Friday to eliminate its scientific research arm drew horrified responses from public health experts and climate advocates, who warned that the Trump administration is targeting the foundation of the […]
“It was the plan: decimate American healthcare to line the pockets of the rich, and leave working families to suffer the consequences.” Next year, Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are set to pay significantly more for coverage—and experts say policies advanced by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are at least […]