A person in California recently tested positive for plague, according to El Dorado County health officials. The individual has been treated and is recovering at home. About seven people get…
Day: August 21, 2025
Why U.S. Healthcare Pricing Transparency Laws Will Fail Without Real Penalties
By CHINELO GRACE CHIGOZIE The U.S. has a healthcare cost problem that everyone knows about but no one talks about openly. For decades, the same medical treatment has cost very…
AI Can Fix the Most Soul-Sucking Part of Medicine
Modern doctors aren’t just caregivers; they’re also clerks. They spend much of their day seeing patients and much of what remains drafting and inputting clinical notes of those visits. That…
The Clashing Advice Over COVID-19 Shots for Kids
Should you give your baby a COVID-19 shot? The answer isn’t as straightforward or as much of a consensus as it used to be: In an unusual move, the American…
Trump admin orders dirty, expensive coal plant to stay open even longer
The Trump administration has extended its order to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running until November, well past its planned closure in the spring. It’s the latest move in…
7 Ways to Soothe Your Nighttime Anxiety
Sweet dreams are more like a pipe dream when 12 a.m. turns into 2 a.m.—and you still can’t stop worrying about all the work you have to do, the bills…
5 tips to keep cats healthy
As a cat parent, you will always want what is best for your fur baby. With plenty of tips and tricks out there, we’ve narrowed down five things you can…
Peak Energy's new battery is cooler than lithium-ion systems
China’s dominance of the battery supply chain is uncontested. Many U.S. storage companies have tried to catch up by replicating the technologies already in mass production there. But a smaller…
California’s biggest virtual power plant may get a funding reprieve
California’s premier “virtual power plant” program is already reducing the state’s reliance on polluting, costly fossil-fueled power plants. And that’s just the start of what the scattered network of solar…