Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.

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The richest countries are gradually developing a dynamic that shows an insane indifference to poverty, environmental degradation and the zoonoses that can result from the abuse of our primary forests.

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It is already understood that specific environmental factors can activate pathological pathways that contribute to disease and ... across their lifetime affect their health. Researchers say ...

Family patterns of kidney disease ... Health disparities often reflect complex social determinants including healthcare access, environmental exposures, and socioeconomic factors that affect ...