The Northwestern University Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) is asking the public to join in standing against the erasure of LGBTQ identities. On May 17th, The Williams Institute broke the news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may no longer collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data through the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The potential removal of these LGBTQ questions from BRFSS is harmful to the nation’s ability to detect LGBTQ health disparities. Health and research institutions across the country, including ISGMH, have highlighted the importance of surveillance systems such as BRFSS in identifying and subsequently addressing the health disparities of LGBTQ populations. If the SOGI questions are removed from BRFSS, the federal government will have chosen not only to disregard the recommendations of experts in the field but to ignore its own guidelines to improve LGBTQ health data surveillance. The Healthy People 2020 Recommendations state that “Collecting SOGI data in health-related surveys and health records in order to identify LGBT health disparities,” is a critical method to improve LGBTQ health. Read the full statement: http://isgmh.northwestern.edu/2018/05/18/isgmh-responds-to-planned-cdc-rollback-of-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-questions-in-the-behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system-brfss/

Personal experience as an attorney and Registered Nurse.

Childhood Obesity Is An American Epidemic. More than 14 million U.S. children are obese ; meaning one out of every Five children.

To protect what workers have paid for throughout their careers.

There have been 18 deaths so far, and 32 infected, in the new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [1] Outbreaks of highly contagious, deadly diseases can usually be contained with the right support and responses. The United States has long led the way in providing the knowledge and resources needed to prevent small, local outbreaks from becoming globe-spanning epidemics, but we are currently under-prepared [2] to respond to a major public health threat. Everyone has a stake in preventing a return to a past where infectious diseases killed more people than wars. The White House needs to restore high-level pandemic response funding and bring in skilled public health experts to coordinate with medical response teams in the US and around the world. --- [1] - "A new Ebola outbreak has infected 32 people — and the White House official in charge of responses to global pandemics just left," by Kevin Loria, May 11, 2018. https://www.chron.com/technology/businessinsider/article/A-new-Ebola-outbreak-has-infected-32-people-12907228.php [2] - "Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits abruptly," by Lena H. Sun, May 10, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/05/10/top-white-house-official-in-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

People are dying just because they are poor. When will we recognize the fact that each life is important, and not connected to your financial worth or ability to buy insurance. We need universal healthcare. It’s time to step up. People are dying right now.

I am a Type 1 Diabetic, so I know firsthand how important insulin is, because without it I would die. Access to insulin is critical, but the limitations on refills have resulted in hospitalization and even death of individuals with Type 1 Diabetes.

20 million people have died worldwide since I discovered a simple way to prevent kidney failure caused by diabetes and high blood pressure.

The legislation of medical cannabis and overturning of marijuana as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Georgia, allow growing cannabis.

Local officials need to know that Megan's Organic Market is your preferred provider for medical cannabis.

Defer for 12 months from the most recent contact a man who has had sex with another man during the past 12 months. Defer for 12 months from the most recent contact a female who has had sex during the past 12 months with a man who has had sex with another man in the past 12 months. These are the rules that stopped me, a gay man, from saving babies and victims' lives. We need to abolish these rules and live in a world where everyone can give blood no matter what sexual preference or gender! Blood is given based on your blood type, not what you like.

Because AH in the UK refuses to let the parents of Alfie Evan travel to give their son medical care, the Hospital is preventing them from leaving, ensuring their 2-year-old son's death!!!