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89,000 Customers Lose Power as Heat Dome Scorches New York — and Con Ed Asks Residents to Do the Work

89,000 Customers Lose Power as Heat Dome Scorches New York — and Con Ed Asks Residents to Do the Work

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…

  • John Garcia
  • July 3, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Chicago’s Extreme Heat Plan Is Failing Its Most Vulnerable Residents — And Advocates Are Demanding More

Chicago's Extreme Heat Plan Is Failing Its Most Vulnerable Residents — And Advocates Are Demanding More

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…

  • Emily Williams
  • July 1, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Medicare’s New GLP-1 Drug Program Caps Costs at $50 a Month — But It Expires in 2027

Medicare's New GLP-1 Drug Program Caps Costs at $50 a Month — But It Expires in 2027

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…

  • Emily Williams
  • June 23, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to U.S. Soil: Four Cases Confirmed as USDA Scrambles to Contain Outbreak

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to U.S. Soil: Four Cases Confirmed as USDA Scrambles to Contain Outbreak

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…

  • Emily Williams
  • June 9, 2026
  • HEALTH, TREND

2025 Was the Costliest Wildfire Year on Record — and Scientists Say It’s Only Getting Worse

2025 Was the Costliest Wildfire Year on Record — and Scientists Say It's Only Getting Worse

Record Losses, Fewer Flames: The Dangerous New Logic of Wildfire Risk Despite burning less land than almost any year since 2002, 2025 became the deadliest and most expensive wildfire season in recorded history — a paradox that scientists say reveals…

  • Emily Williams
  • June 1, 2026
  • HEALTH, TREND

Trump Orders CDC to Cut Childhood Vaccine Recommendations, Defying Medical Experts and a Federal Court

Trump Orders CDC to Cut Childhood Vaccine Recommendations, Defying Medical Experts and a Federal Court

Trump Orders CDC to Cut Childhood Vaccine Recommendations, Defying Medical Experts and a Federal Court President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to align with a Health and Human Services assessment…

  • John Garcia
  • May 31, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

$3.3 Million Federal Grant to Investigate Whether Virtual Nursing Can Curb a Burnout Crisis Pushing Nurses Out of the Profession

$3.3 Million Federal Grant to Investigate Whether Virtual Nursing Can Curb a Burnout Crisis Pushing Nurses Out of the Profession

$3.3 Million Federal Grant to Investigate Whether Virtual Nursing Can Curb a Burnout Crisis Pushing Nurses Out of the Profession A University of North Carolina researcher has secured a $3.3 million federal grant to study whether virtual nursing — now…

  • Emily Williams
  • May 26, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Orange County Chemical Crisis Worsens as Tank Temperature Climbs: What Comes Next

Orange County Chemical Crisis Worsens as Tank Temperature Climbs: What Comes Next

Tank Temperature Rising, Explosion Risk Grows at Garden Grove Aerospace Facility A critically unstable tank holding roughly 7,000 gallons of highly toxic methyl methacrylate (MMA) at a Garden Grove aerospace facility is growing more dangerous by the hour, officials confirmed…

  • Samuel Davis
  • May 25, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Mifepristone Access, But the Drug’s Future Remains Uncertain

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Mifepristone Access, But the Drug’s Future Remains Uncertain The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily restored mail access to the abortion drug mifepristone, halting a lower court ruling that would have forced patients to obtain the medication…

  • Emily Williams
  • May 5, 2026
  • HEALTH, TREND, WORLD

AI-Guided “Rejection Therapy” Emerges as New Mental Health Tool, Raising Questions About Tech’s Role in Psychology

AI-Guided "Rejection Therapy" Emerges as New Mental Health Tool, Raising Questions About Tech's Role in Psychology

A new trend is taking hold in the self-help world: using artificial intelligence to guide “rejection therapy,” where individuals deliberately seek out rejection to build resilience. While proponents claim AI can help optimize this psychological exercise, experts warn about the…

  • Emily Williams
  • April 16, 2026
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