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By , ACLU NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating First Amendment rights and threatening the future of public health. Ann D. Cohen, PhD, was three years into a study on Alzheimer's disease risk factors when a government agency abruptly terminated her grant.

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed historic public health legislation banning the sale of certain over-the-counter supplements to minors, showing how states continue to lead the way on public health policy to protect consumers from unsafe products and provide access to healthy choices.

The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a topic of national conversation and a political cause. Late-night talk show hosts joked about symptoms that included explosive diarrhea.

At a time of increasing food prices and cutbacks in federal food aid, a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and More Than Food Consulting identifies opportunities for grocery retailers and food banks to work together to improve access to nutritious food as the charitable food system faces growing demand and fewer resources.

Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research SAN FRANCISCO — Today, researchers filed a class action lawsuit challenging the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) policy of blocking grants in order to censor views it disagrees with, on everything from DEI to gender identity to climate change.

This report examines privatized food service in prisons and jails, focusing on Aramark. Because of the company’s outsized role in privatized carceral food service nationwide, we sought to better understand food service conditions in Aramark-managed facilities to identify opportunities for improvement that could have widespread impacts.

First came the Marlboro Man and Joe Camel. Today, companies recycle Big Tobacco’s old tricks to sell nicotine pouches, mints, gums, and more, promising sharper focus or even an athletic edge. Spoiler: Nicotine isn’t harmless and most of its health claims crumble under scrutiny. Nicotine’s health risks “Most people hear nicotine and picture lung cancer,” writes biohacker Dave Asprey. “Wrong target. Cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals.

Statement of CSPI Senior Regulatory Counsel Jensen Jose Last week, the California legislature passed AB-2030, which bans the sale of weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors. CSPI strongly urges Governor Newsom to sign this bill into law. Weight-loss and muscle-building industry often prey on children by selling supplements with deceptive claims that lack support and contain dangerous ingredients.

President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to the disorder. While the executive order released Aug. 10 does not directly mention autism, Trump’s demand to limit vaccine recommendations has puzzled leading medical groups, doctors, and political analysts alike.

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