public health

an industrial facility emitting smoke near a river

Kanae Kanesaki / Unsplash

March 19, 2026

We (Still) Have the Science on Cumulative Impacts

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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March 12, 2026

Ask a Scientist: A Data Center Was Proposed in My Town. Now What?

Guest Commentary

Alex Wong/Getty Images

February 18, 2026

Data Centers Are Not a License to Drill

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

a child in a dentist's chair having their teeth examined by two people in blue scrubs

Navy Medicine / Unsplash

February 10, 2026

Is Fluoride the Only Chemical Trump’s EPA Will Strictly Regulate?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

a woman in a research lab looking at test tubes

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

January 29, 2026

Science, Innovation, and the National Institutes of Health

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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Kouji Tsuru / Unsplash

January 28, 2026

EPA Cuts People Out of the Picture

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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January 21, 2026

Clean Energy Can Protect Midwest Families From Data-Center Driven Energy Bill Spikes

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

A person holds a sign reading "we are your doctors, teachers, entertainers, brothers, sisters, friends. WE ARE HUMAN!" as they attend a Washington, DC, rally supporting Trans Day of Visibility in 2025.

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

October 31, 2025

President Trump Is Using Lies to Attack Trans Kids and Endanger Their Health: Here Are the Facts

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host

group photo of advocates smiling after their success in getting RECA passed; they all wear matching yellow T-shirts that read, "We are the unknowing, unwilling, uncompensated victims of the Cold War"

Lilly Adams/UCS

October 6, 2025

After Decades, Relief for Some Harmed by the Nuclear Weapons Industry

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

a nurse bandages a patient after a vaccination

September 22, 2025

The Empty Promises and Grim Reality of “MAHA”

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

a microphone in the foreground, a blurred auditorium in the background

Joao Cruz / Unsplash

September 9, 2025

President Trump Is Shutting Out the US Public from Government Decisions

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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July 23, 2025

Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?

Maria Fernanda Chavez
Energy Analyst

stacked photos of ICE officers planning arrests over an image of people protesting cuts at the CDC.

(Top) John Moore, (Bottom) Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

May 7, 2025

A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

three people working in a scientific lab in masks and lab coats

Walter Otto / Unsplash

April 15, 2025

5 Ways the Chaos at HHS Could Affect Your Community’s Health

Guest Commentary

April 10, 2025

RFK Jr.’s Incompetence Is Costing Kids’ Lives

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

April 9, 2025

Why the Climate Accountability Act Matters to Me—and Wisconsin

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

two scientists in lab coats

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

April 1, 2025

Trump’s NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That’s Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

a woman in a mask and lab coat gives a woman in a mask a shot in a medical office

Joe Raedle / Getty Images

March 19, 2025

One Month of RFK Jr.: Empty “MAHA” Promises Hide Attacks on Public Health

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

photo of a doctor seated at a desk, wearing a lab coat, mask, and stethoscope, listening to the heartbeat of a young girl. The girl is standing with her back to the doctor, who is lifting the back of the girl's shirt in order to apply the stethoscope.

Gustavo Fring/Pexels

February 18, 2025

Why Federal Radiation Regulations Can No Longer Ignore Women and Girls

Chanese A. Forté
Scientist

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

January 30, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Lead US Public Health Agencies

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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January 29, 2025

What the Federal Health Agency Gag Order Means for Public Health

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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January 16, 2025

New Analysis Shows Public Health Impacts of Proposed Gas Plants in Wisconsin

Maria Fernanda Chavez
Energy Analyst

A woman in medical scrubs sits across from another woman

Maskot / Getty Images

December 19, 2024

When States Suppress Maternal Mortality Data, Pregnant People Pay the Price

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

a graphic displaying multiple forms of pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

December 18, 2024

EPA Released a Cumulative Impacts Framework. Where Do We Go From Here?

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist