HealthThe same polluted air that may have contributed to a baby's preterm birth is also a risk when the vulnerable baby goes home. Nenov/Moment Collection via Getty ImagesDischarge day in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, should feel like a finish line. After weeks or months of monitors, alarms,…
HealthUshers at the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, hold hands during Sunday service on Jan. 26, 2025. AP Photo/Luis Andres HenaoHundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. are living in uncertain times. On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could proceed…
HealthCompanies accused of recklessly marketing and distributing prescription opioid painkillers are paying roughly $58 billion to settle lawsuits over their role in fueling the addiction crisis. It’s a pot of gold eyed by addiction treatment providers, companies creating the latest opioid-related products, and government officials struggling to balance budgets. Nearly…
HealthMarie Noon takes eight medications a day. One keeps her heart rate from spiking to avoid a stroke. One prevents debilitating headaches. Another ensures she doesn’t retain excess fluid. More than a decade ago, Noon said, she was diagnosed with adult-onset Still’s disease, a rare type of inflammatory arthritis that…
HealthʻAIEA, Hawai‘i — Christian Alameda used a cane to push himself up out of bed in his cell at the Halawa Correctional Facility in Honolulu. He has been recovering in the prison’s medical infirmary since a January stroke left the right side of his body mostly paralyzed. In February, Hawai‘i’s…
HealthCottonbro Studio/Pexels, CC BYIt’s Saturday night and you’ve downloaded a new food delivery app. You’ve scanned the menus, picked some Mexican dishes, placed your order and are now tracking the delivery. But your food never comes – and you never expected it to. It sounds ridiculous if you’ve never tried…
HealthThe pharmaceutical company Amgen argues that Colorado's price cap interferes with federal patent law. philipdyer/iStock via Getty Images PlusColorado is one of a handful of states with a review board for drug prices and one of only four with a board empowered to set upper limits on what state agencies,…
HealthWhat happened to newspaper editorials? RapidEye, iStock/Getty ImagesHazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial in 1963 lambasting the racist White Citizens Councils in the Lexington Advertiser, a newspaper she owned. “The hierarchy of rulers in this totalitarian-like organization permit no…
HealthSterile filtration acts as a shield between a manufactured drug and a patient. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty ImagesEvery year, the global pharmaceutical industry produces trillions of doses of medications. Manufacturing these drugs involves several stages, and the chance of contamination increases with every step. Thus, before a single drop of…
HealthBetter software interfaces can improve quality of life for cancer survivors. FatCamera/iStock via Getty ImagesMegan (not her real name) had always taken pride in her ability to meet someone once and remember their name. Then came a breast cancer diagnosis in her 40s, chemotherapy, and the brain fog that followed.…
HealthAerial image of part of Manchester's city centre at dusk. Shutterstock/Bardhok NdojiWalk along Manchester’s Oxford Road on a weekday morning and it is difficult not to notice the northern English city’s confidence. Home to two universities, major NHS hospitals and world-leading research institutions, the Oxford Road Corridor is underpinned by…
HealthA barista prepares drinks at Qahwah House in Dearborn, Mich. Valaurian Waller for The ConversationThe mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah Hammoud, declared the city the “Coffee Capital of America” in November 2025. Hammoud’s declaration was inspired by the recent cultural phenomenon of Yemeni coffeehouses. Yemen is where coffee was first…