Two senior executives of Done Global, a venture-backed telehealth startup that marketed itself as a solution to the ADHD treatment gap, have been sentenced to federal prison after orchestrating one of the largest illegal stimulant distribution schemes in recent memory.…
A powerful heat dome is tightening its grip across the American West, pushing tens of millions of people into conditions that federal meteorologists are calling genuinely dangerous. The National Weather Service has issued Extreme Heat Warnings across wide swaths of…
Something significant is happening in American healthcare, and the numbers make it hard to dismiss. A Gallup poll released Tuesday — based on a web survey of 5,065 U.S. adults conducted between May 28 and June 5, 2026 — found…
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long regarded as the backbone of American public health infrastructure, is facing what former insiders describe as a systematic erosion of its scientific mission under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Debra…
Nearly four decades after signing a consent decree with the state of Michigan, chemical manufacturing giant BASF is still struggling to contain contaminated groundwater at its 230-acre Wyandotte plant — and the remediation plan it has now put forward may…
HUNT, Texas — As the United States marked its 250th anniversary with fireworks and parades on Friday, the small Hill Country community of Hunt, Texas, and its surrounding towns observed a far more somber occasion: the first anniversary of catastrophic…
A Grid Under Pressure, a Public Left to Cope As a brutal heat dome drives temperatures into triple digits across the New York metropolitan region, Con Edison has reduced voltage by 8 percent across a broad swath of Southern Westchester…
Chicago is two days into its first heatwave of the year. The city’s response looks almost identical to what it was a decade ago. Health experts and community advocates say the Johnson administration’s current approach — centered on public messaging…
Millions of Seniors Could Access Weight-Loss Drugs at a Fraction of the Cost Under Temporary Federal Program Starting July 1, millions of Medicare recipients will be able to access popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications for as little as $50 per month…
Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to U.S. Soil: Four Cases Confirmed as USDA Scrambles to Contain Outbreak The New World screwworm — a parasitic fly whose larvae burrow into the living flesh of warm-blooded animals — has returned to the United States…