public health
February 2, 2012 -
The Dallas-based Susan B. Komen Foundation is in the spotlight for its decision to sever funding to Planned Parenthood. But a Southern Exposure investigation a decade ago exposed other controversies, including the money it takes from polluters and pharmaceutical companies and its fierce opposition to health care reform.
August 5, 2011 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers DigestSinking stock markets are not the only sign that the eleventh-hour debt ceiling deal was the wrong solution to the wrong problem.
May 16, 2011 -
APRIL 2011 | One year after the worst oil disaster in U.S. history, a health crisis is emerging among cleanup workers and Gulf Coast residents exposed to spill-related pollution. In a week-long series, Facing South looked at the BP disaster's health impact and regulatory failings that exacerbated the problem.
May 1, 2009 -
The World Health Organization warned countries this week that a global pandemic from swine flu appeared imminent.
December 1, 1991 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 19 No. 4, "Government That Works." Find more from that issue here.
August 1, 1989 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 17 No. 2, "Ruling the Roost." Find more from that issue here.
November 1, 1983 -
An Interview with Dr. James Carter