Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing
Thousands of patients are facing delays in getting treatments for cancer and other life-threatening diseases, with drug shortages in the United States approaching record levels....
FDA Panel Recommends RSV Vaccine to Protect Young Infants
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Thursday in favor of approving a vaccine by Pfizer to prevent the severe respiratory...
Jynneos Vaccine Offers Protection Against Mpox, New Studies Confirm
Why It Matters: A resurgence is possible. In the United States, there have been more than 30,000 mpox cases over the last year, with cases...
Unions Accuse UPMC of Wielding Market Power Against Workers
A coalition of labor groups on Thursday filed an antitrust complaint with the Justice Department against UPMC, the giant Pittsburgh-based hospital employer, accusing the system...
Bird Flu Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use in California Condors
Why It Matters: Condors are at high risk. The virus was first detected in a California condor found dead in late March. Since then, 20...
‘Digital Twin’ of the Titanic Shows the Shipwreck in Stunning Detail
An ambitious digital imaging project has produced what researchers describe as a “digital twin” of the R.M.S. Titanic, showing the wreckage of the doomed ocean...
Before Smartphones and the National Weather Service, There Was Grandma’s Knee
I thought my grandmother was psychic. One day in the mid ’90s, in Richmond, Va., where I grew up, the temperature had climbed above 100...
Desert Monoliths Reveal Stone Age Architectural Blueprints
Massive prehistoric stone structures found in desert landscapes from Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan have baffled archaeologists for decades. Each can stretch for up to a...
Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit.
What It Means: Fires are sending oil prices higher. The damage to oil and gas production was likely to significantly surpass current tallies, Thomas Liles,...
Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, WMO Says
The News Global temperatures are likely to soar to record highs over the next five years, driven by human-caused warming and a climate pattern known...
This Spider Is Imperfect, and That May Be the Secret of Its Survival
Siler collingwoodi is a spider that jumps and wears a coat of vibrant and metallic blues, oranges and sometimes reds. It also does impressions, copying...
EPA Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills
Why It Matters: The E.P.A. says the rule will protect public health. Burning coal for electricity pollutes the air and releases planet-warming greenhouse gases, but...
Many Women Have an Intense Fear of Childbirth, Survey Suggests
When Zaneta Thayer, an anthropologist at Dartmouth College, asks students in her evolution class what words come to mind when they think of childbirth, almost...
Amy Silverstein, Who Chronicled a Life of Three Hearts, Dies at 59
Amy Silverstein, a celebrated writer whose two memoirs, including “Sick Girl,” from 2007, recounted her grueling yet joyous odyssey through a life that required two...