News about our Foundation
MAY 27, 2022: Doug Phelps, president and executive director of The Public Interest Network, announces the Fund for the Public Interest Foundation.
COVID-19
COVID-19 continues to pose a challenge for our country. Together we can do more to protect our health and ensure we're better prepared for any future pandemics.
The Latest on COVID-19
PIRG, health professionals combat COVID-19 misinformation
Federal vaccine mandate for nursing homes will save lives
Updates
FDA takes delayed action on toxic hand sanitizers
Featured Resources
Dr. Bernhard Leidner, Ph.D., guide for how to approach empathetic conversations on COVID Vaccines
What Coloradans Are Fixing 2021
Nursing home safety during COVID: Cases and vaccines
Nursing home safety during COVID: Cases and vaccines
The Latest
Nursing homes still don’t have enough masks, gowns and other PPE
Shortages improved during the fall but worsened in December
PFAS Free & I’m Lovin’ It
McDonald’s just committed to phasing out PFAS-treated food packaging from its restaurants globally by 2025. Other restaurants, like Burger King and Wendy’s, should follow its lead.
The power to save lives
Two things are as clear as they’ve been for months: It’s in our power to save lives, and taking measures to do so would help, not hurt the economy.
Contact tracing done right
Public health experts have made it abundantly clear that to safely lift stay-at-home rules we must have four key things we don’t yet have.
The other laboratories we need today
The feature that led U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis to declare in 1932 that, under our federal system, “a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.”