Texas sues to block Biden administration from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health rule used to expel migrants

May 12, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Friday to halt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health order used by federal immigration officials to expel migrants, including...

A complete ban on all smoking would not improve healthy life expectancy for 40 years

May 12, 2022

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The negative impact of smoking on health inequalities in the UK means even if smoking stopped tomorrow, the full health benefits would not be seen until 40 years down the line. New research shows that the maximum improvement that...

Viewpoint: U.S., Montana must do more for Indigenous health care access

May 12, 2022

Barbara Bassette “Getting back to normal.” I’ve heard this phrase so many times during the pandemic that I’m not even sure what it means anymore, especially for Montanans whose “normal” wasn’t all that great to begin with. COVID-19 exposed serious issues in our...