We Must Prevent

What We Cannot Cure

Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, we work to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival.

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Nuclear Weapons Abolition

PSR's Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program amplifies the health professional voice to increase and broaden grassroots support for nuclear weapons abolition.

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years left to avert the worst effects of climate change, according to the IPCC

Environment & Health

PSR's Environment and Health Program amplifies the voices of health professionals to advocate for strong action to avert catastrophic climate change and promote clean, healthy, safe energy.

Recent News

Protect Carbon emissions standards! Submit a comment to EPA

Oppose EPA’s plan to weaken carbon pollution standards for power plants. Submit your comment with help from PSR’s talking points!

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The Deadly, Dangerous Bill: Physicians for Social Responsibility Responds to Budget Reconciliation Passage

The federal government is stealing healthcare and food assistance from tens of millions of people who need it the most, tearing apart families by targeting immigrants (regardless of status), raising energy bills in the midst of an affordability crisis, and ensuring people will die without access to lifesaving resources.

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“Extreme Weather People’s Hearing” held in Asheville, NC

On June 18, PSR National and PSR’s Western North Carolina Chapter co-sponsored an “Extreme Weather People’s Hearing” in Asheville, together with local and national partners.

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Dangerous Extreme Heat Event Rattles Half of the Continental United States

A crushing early-season heat wave is currently impacting 174 million people in the United States, from the Great Plains to much of the East Coast. As human-caused climate change continues to get worse, these dangerous extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and more deadly.

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We Need Your Help

PSR advocates on the issues you care about by addressing the dangers that threaten communities, using our medical and public health expertise to prevent nuclear war and proliferation, reverse our trajectory towards climate change, protect the public from the harms of fracking and expand clean, renewable energy.

Upcoming Events

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Jul & Aug

2025

Nationwide · July 16, August 6, and August 9, 2025

Join PSR in commemorating 80 years since the start of the nuclear age. PSR chapters, local organizers, and other groups across the country will be joining together this summer to commemorate these horrific events.

No More Horoshimas! No More Nagasakis!

July 27 @ 10:00 am PDT

A webinar to explore the terrible mistakes of the past, and the possibilities for nuclear nonproliferation and peace in the future.

2025 Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance

August 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
631 Ocean View Blvd
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 United States

Gather to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings and all victims of war and violence and say, “No more nuclear weapons!”

Nuclear Prayer Day

August 6

Join faith leaders for inspiring prayer and call to action in this virtual event for Nuclear Prayer Day 80th Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Join at 11 am EDT or 4:45 pm EDT.

Featured Resources

Oil & Gas Chemicals Still Secret In Colorado

Oil & Gas Chemicals Still Secret in Colorado

PSR Colorado, Sierra Club Colorado, PSR National and FrackTracker detail how oil and gas companies in the state pumped millions of pounds of secret chemicals into the ground without making legally mandated disclosures. 

Ai And Nuclear Weapons

The Future at Stake: AI and Nuclear Weapons

Panel webinar exploring how artificial intelligence impacts nuclear weapons systems, security, and dialogues.

100 Days 100 Harms

100 Days, 100 Harms: A Briefing for Health Experts

This informative briefing features speakers Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, MD (OR-3); Mark Vossler, MD, Cardiologist and PSR President; and Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, Executive Director, American Public Health Association.

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How to Connect with Your Members of Congress

PSR’s guide to finding and contacting your members of Congress.

Get Involved

PSR has local chapters throughout the United States. Find your local chapter to see how you can help your community. 

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