Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday that he would be retiring all 17 members of a committee that offers recommendations on vaccines to the Centers for Disease Control and…
Day: June 9, 2025
Appendix Cancer Has Quadrupled in Millennials
Cancer is generally a disease of old age. But researchers are increasingly finding that certain types—including colon, breast, stomach, and pancreatic cancers—are hitting people younger than 50 far more commonly…
How Often Should You Really Go to the Dentist?
Going to the dentist is essential for preventing and detecting cavities, gum disease, and other oral issues. But few people go enough: According to the latest federal data, only 65%…
Big Data Can Make America Healthier. Here’s How to Do It Right
Big data can help make Americans healthier, and the Trump Administration has stated—in its recently released Make America Healthy Again report and elsewhere—that building a national big-data platform is one…
Celebrate Father’s Day with purpose: gifts that help animals
Have an amazing animal parent who also happens to be your father? This Father’s Day, whether you want to celebrate someone who is an amazing dad to their human children,…
A proposal for a Massachusetts wood-burning plant is back from the dead
A plan to build a wood-burning power plant in a Massachusetts city once dubbed the asthma capital of the country could be springing back to life years after state and…
This food bank saved big with solar. GOP cuts could crush similar efforts.
When the team at Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina first started planning construction of a new headquarters in Winston-Salem in 2019, they seriously considered solar panels. “Food…
This start-up turns steel and aluminum waste into usable metals
A Chicago-area start-up says its technology could shave emissions from the global metal industry by allowing companies to recycle grimy metal slivers and sludge left over from steel and aluminum…
Greenpeace comment on Australia’s UNOC announcement
SYDNEY, Monday, 9 June, 2025 – In response to Environment Minister Murray Watt’s ocean protection commitment delivered ahead of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), the following statement can be attributed…
Now is the Time to Modernize Communication in the Medicaid Program
By ABNER MASON What do television shows 60 Minutes, Roseanne, Designing Women, and Murder, She Wrote all have in common? They were top 10 prime time shows in the 1991…