Dec 11 Fentanyl is so potent doctors don't know how to fight it By Nsikan Akpan Russia once used fentanyl as a biological weapon. Now, illicit use of the lethal opioid is hindering therapy. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 10:27 Cancer treatment progress stunted by lack of volunteers By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo As recent years have seen great progress in treating cancer, the country’s second leading cause of death with almost 600,000 people dying from it last year, American researchers are struggling to keep the momentum. While they have developed more than… Continue watching
Dec 10 Health concerns swirl in Texas months after floods from Harvey spread toxic waste By Michael D. Regan Texans are questioning how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is handling Superfund sites in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Continue reading
Dec 10 Challenges abound for 26-year-olds falling off parental insurance cliff By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News A new crop of young people are falling off their parents’ insurance plans when they turn 26 — the age when the Affordable Care Act stipulates that children must leave family policies. Continue reading
Dec 09 Finance titan Sam Isaly harassed women for years, former employees said By Damian Garde, STAT The founder of biotech’s largest and most powerful hedge fund has for years perpetuated a toxic culture of sexual harassment, former employees told STAT. Continue reading
Dec 09 How smoke from California's fires is harming the most vulnerable By John Upton, Climate Central, Kate Wheeling, Pacific Standard Tens of thousands of homeless in Southern California are struggling to escape smoke as wildfires tear through the region. Continue reading
Dec 07 Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall changed how we saw primates. These new movies change how we see them By Nsikan Akpan Two new documentaries on Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall spotlight the complicated and contrasting paths they took toward scientific greatness. Continue reading
Dec 07 Why you can't always resist running yellow lights By Teresa Carey Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins University look into why you can sometimes change your mind at the last second, but fail horribly at others. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 9:06 Rethinking the utility company as solar power heats up By William Brangham The plummeting price of solar panels has led to a boom of customers and solar industry jobs. What does it mean for the evolution of utility companies? William Brangham reports. Continue watching
Dec 06 Duck-like dinosaur fossil, plucked from black market, makes debut By Rashmi Shivni What has flippers like a penguin, a neck like a swan and a posture like a duck? It’s the newly discovered Halszkaraptor escuilliei or “Halszka”– a bizarre, semi-aquatic dinosaur with a collage of features never seen in any other prehistoric… Continue reading