Director, Public Health Campaigns
COVID-19
10/8/2020
Public Health Campaigns Director Matt Wellington and Dr. Syra Madad detail how people can safely gather this holiday season in the era of COVID-19.
10/8/2020
California just passed a bill that will ban 24 toxic ingredients in cosmetics, and those are just the tip of the iceberg. Make It Toxic-Free Campaign Associate Gina Werdel investigates the ingredients in her own products.
10/4/2020
On July 22, with COVID-19 cases surging across the country, more than 150 top health care professionals joined U.S. PIRG in sending a letter to the Trump administration, to Congress, and to state governors, telling them it was time to shut back down, start over on coronavirus containment, and do it right this time. Fast-forward to October, with many states seeing a new uptick in cases and deaths — we clearly still have a long way to go in effectively suppressing COVID-19. But PIRG and our health professional partners (now nearly 1,400 strong) have made some good progress in the past few months toward winning better, more health-centered policies as we move into the fall and winter.
10/2/2020
The CDC implemented the eviction freeze on Sept. 4 to reduce the number of people on the streets who could get infected with and spread the COVID-19 virus. Landlords and other groups filed lawsuits attempting to strike down the halt on evictions, so the future of the policy remains uncertain.
10/2/2020
The FDA doesn’t have the authority to stop retailers from selling dangerous over-the-counter products such as toxic hand sanitizer. Our safety system is broken, and we need to fix it.
10/1/2020
New federal policy gives greenlight to nursing homes to allow safe outdoor visits
9/29/2020
Colleges all over the country have decided to open their doors to students, but reopening remains unsafe in nearly all states.
9/28/2020
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9/25/2020
Only four out of 20 major chain stores studied still allow customers to shop without face coverings
9/24/2020
Maine's COVID-19 response sets an example for other states.