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“We are storing up problems. These are chronic diseases that require hospital beds. The cost will be enormous.” by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams The World Health Organization (WHO) over the weekend warned that skyrocketing air pollution levels…

Media Response to the Junior Doctors strike: The heart of the matter – a patient addresses striking junior doctors By Sam Semoff 13 January 2016 for Open Democracy At the Royal Liverpool hospital yesterday, a heart patient on the ward…

How YOU can support the junior doctors As the BMA announce the first ’emergency care only’ doctors strike in the NHS’s history – your junior doctors need YOU. By Dr Yannis Gourtsoyannis for Open Democracy Junior Doctors across England are…

2016 is the year to put ‘the interests of communities and the environment before the interests of multinational corporations’ by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams Corporate media failed to cover the dangers of business-friendly trade deals in 2015,…

‘We have got a 50-50 chance of salvaging the most important antibiotics but we need to stop agriculture from ruining it again,’ says UK health expert. by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams Following the discovery in the UK…

By Guy Taylor for Global Justice Now. One of the more infamous examples of corporations suing governments was resolved, at least in the short term, last week. The Australian government has successfully defended itself against an Investor State Dispute Settlement…

Shutdown occurred after activists protested continued operation of Indian Point’s expired Unit 3 reactor by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams A nuclear reactor at New York’s Indian Point power plant was forced to shut down Monday due to…

by Abby Zimet, staff writer for Common Dreams Oh Canada. The flood of stricken refugees continues, prompting much of Europe to turn its heedless back: Hungary has closed its borders, refugees in Bulgarian camps report being beaten and abused, Germany’s…

By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejecting the Hollande government’s draconian and opportunistic bans on marches, protests, and demonstrations.” by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams. In Paris on Monday, a panel of activists,…

The changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific.’ by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has been detected at an increased number of…