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.
PSR urgently calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We urge the international community to prioritize providing essential medical supplies, restoring healthcare facilities, and supporting water and sanitation infrastructure.
WHYY News quoting PSR Pennsylvania’s Walter Tsou, MD.
Article by Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, and Vishnu Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH in the New England Journal of Medicine [subscription required]
Article in The Cool Down quoting PSR New York President Dr. Kathleen Nolan.
Op-ed by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR-Los Angeles Co-President in Common Dreams.
Food & Water Watch press release quoting Martha Dina Argüello of PSR-Los Angeles.
Rep. Jim McGovern Press Release quoting PSR Executive Director Brian Campbell, PhD.
Op-ed in Washington State Standard by Esther K. Chung, MD, Washington PSR member.
Sierra Club Maryland Chapter press release quoting Chesapeake PSR’s Terry Fitzgerald, MD.
Press release from Multnomah County quoting Samantha Hernandez, Oregon PSR’s Healthy Climate Program director.
Article in LAist on the methane leak work of Emma Silber, PSR-Los Angeles.