Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She...
Month : February 2026
‘There will be leadership accountability’: Bungled Boeing Starliner mission put stranded NASA crew at risk, report says
NASA has put the failed 2024 test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters and the...
In a ‘race against time,’ archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away
While walking their dogs along a cliff-flanked Scottish beach after an intense storm, a couple stumbled upon a series of unusual markings on the damp...
Turnarounds and Shake-Ups – KFF Health News
The Host The midterm elections are months away, yet changes at the Department of Health and Human Services suggest the Trump administration is focusing on...
More than 1 in 4 patients leaving Winnipeg ERs without being seen: study
Recently revealed data shows a significant number of patients in Winnipeg are still leaving emergency departments and urgent care centres without being seen by a...
95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head crest and waded through the Sahara’s rivers like a ‘hell heron’
Around 95 million years ago, a Spinosaurus dinosaur with a tall, blade-like crest on its head and a large sail on its back lived in...
Solar flares may be triggering earthquakes, controversial study claims
Solar flares often disrupt Earth’s upper atmosphere and help power stunning auroras. Now, scientists suggest those same bursts of solar energy might also influence earthquakes....
2,500-year-old ‘primitive prosthetic’ found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery
Around 2,500 years ago in Siberia, a young woman experienced a serious head injury, underwent surgery to reconstruct her jaw, and received a primitive prosthetic...
Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower...
Personal Finance Guru Faces Down an Insurance Denial
Dan Weissmann Less than 36 hours before his wife was scheduled to undergo major surgery, New York Times personal finance columnist Ron Lieber got an...