White House Designates Animal Sedative as an ‘Emerging Drug Threat’
The White House on Wednesday designated a common animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed into street fentanyl as an “emerging drug threat,” a formal move...
Biden Proposes Emission Rules to Boost Sales of Electric Cars
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed the nation’s most ambitious climate regulations to date, two plans designed to ensure two-thirds of new passenger...
Why the West Got Buried in Snow, While the East Got Little
This year’s snow season is a tale of two starkly different winters: A cold and snowy one in the West, and a warm and relatively...
Abortion Pill Ruling: Read Annotated Excerpts From FDA Case
PAGE 11 Women who have aborted a child — especially through chemical abortion drugs that necessitate the woman seeing her aborted child once it passes...
Biden Administration Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments From Colorado River
WASHINGTON — After months of fruitless negotiations between the states that depend on the shrinking Colorado River, the Biden administration on Tuesday proposed to put...
Abortion Ruling Could Undermine the F.D.A.’s Drug-Approval Authority
A federal judge’s ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses threats to the U.S. government’s regulatory...
As Mental Health Crisis Grows, More Doors Open to Care
The pandemic and its lockdowns accelerated a mental health crisis in the United States, leaving treatment providers racing to keep up with the growing demand...
Defibrillators Can Save a Life, but Almost Nobody Has One at Home
On the evening of Jan. 15, 2021, in a remote Arizona desert town, Christine Benton saved a life. She and her husband, Brian Benton, were...
Ukraine Goes Dark: NASA Images Drive Home a Nation’s Anguish
No power, no lights, no water, no heat. In Ukraine over the past year, waves of Russian missiles have assailed the nation’s infrastructure, leading to...
Pfizer CEO and Other Drug Company Leaders Condemn Texas Abortion Pill Ruling
The pharmaceutical industry plunged into a legal showdown over the abortion pill mifepristone on Monday, issuing a scorching condemnation of a ruling by a federal...
A Swedish Warship Sank in 1628. It’s Still Yielding Secrets.
On the afternoon of Aug. 10, 1628, the Vasa, built by the Swedish to be one of the most powerful warships in the Baltic, set...
What’s Going On With the Abortion Pill Rulings by Federal Judges?
The ruling by a federal judge in Texas invalidating the Food and Drug Administration’s approval 23 years ago of the abortion pill mifepristone has the...
At Least 3 California Condors Die From Bird Flu in Arizona
At least three California condors in northern Arizona have died since last month from bird flu, which could spread and pose yet another threat to...
E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is planning some of the most stringent auto pollution limits in the world, designed to ensure that all-electric cars make...