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.
Physicians for Social Responsibility condemns the recent Israeli military attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. These escalatory actions increase the risk of wider regional instability, endanger civilian lives, and undermine the…
With this action, the Trump administration is trading the lives of the most vulnerable Americans in order to line the pockets of fossil fuel corporations.
The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is an assault on health and equity. Many of these cuts are blatant attacks that target the most vulnerable among us, namely people of color, low income individuals, the LGBTQ+ community, and undocumented immigrants.
Over the past six weeks, PSR’s staff, board, and members have been outraged by the dangerous actions of the Trump administration and the Congress. At this moment, we rise once again to sound the alarm at the many ways health is under attack.
Supreme Court Decision to Overturn ‘Chevron Deference’ Threatens to Disrupt Public Healthcare System
Today’s ruling will cause significant disruption to publicly funded health insurance programs, to the stability of this country’s healthcare and food and drug review systems, and to the health and well-being of patients.
Today in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court put a hold on EPA’s impactful and health-protective Good Neighbor Plan, a significant setback for clean air nationwide.
PSR applauds the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Agriculture for their recently finalized rules that will help to improve the health of communities nationwide. PSR and our members submitted comments on four of these rules to ensure that they strongly protected public health.
Press release from the American Lung Association on EPA’s new rule on tailpipe emissions from new cars, with quotes from PSR Executive Director Brian Campbell, PhD and Board Member Katie Huffling, DNP, RN, CNM, FAAN.
PSR National, PSR Colorado and other groups have filed suit against the U.S. DOT and USFS for approving a public trail to be built on land contaminated with plutonium.
Associated Press article quoting PSR New York’s Alfred Meyer.
Common Dreams article quoting San Francisco Bay PSR’s Robert Gould, MD.
Article in Pennsylvania Capital-Star quoting Walter Tsou, MD, PSR Pennsylvania.
Sacramento News & Review article quoting PSR Los Angeles’ Martha Dina Argüello.
WUWM 89.7 article quoting PSR Wisconsin’s Alfred Meyer and Amy Schulz, RN.
WORT 89.9FM radio interview with Amy Schulz, RN and Alfred Meyer of PSR Wisconsin.
Article in Daily Kos quoting Martha Dina Argüello, Executive Director, PSR-Los Angeles.
Denver Post article quoting Beth Gillespie, MD, chair of PSR Colorado.
Press release from PIRG quoting Beth Gillespie, MD, chair of PSR Colorado.
Coverage of oil & gas chemicals report from PSR Colorado & PSR National.