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Trump's Toxic Budget and Fighting for the People's Health

Nancy Krieger Public Health Awakened
Follow the money. This old adage could not be more true now, as applied to the Trump Administration's budget, released on March 16, 2017 [1]. This cruel and greedy document [2-6] savages everything that we in public health and so many others know is necessary for people, communities, and our planet to thrive [7-9].

Curing Cancer: Conquering Disease or Creating Profit?

Jake Bernstein/Dean Baker Pro Publica/CEPR
How Big Pharma’s focus on blockbuster cancer drugs and the use of patents to maintain monopoly control of drug prices squeezes out research and research models and methods leading to potential treatments that are more affordable.
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