A landmark new study published in the Lancet estimates that antimicrobial resistant pathogens, or AMR, will kill more than 39 million people by 2050. The study also predicts that 169 million deaths will be associated with drug-resistant infections by that year... More »
BRIAN KENNY: What beverage created by monks, dates to 2000 BC, has been used as both a medicine and a party drink, lasts for up to 100 years, and was once the favorite currency in the state of Pennsylvania? Here’s a hint, it begins with a “W”. That’s right, it... More »
Doctors have urged Finland’s rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare, warning it could cost lives.The government, which includes the far-right Finns party and is led by ... More »
Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities said on Tuesday.The El Nino-induced drought wiped out crops in southern Africa, impacting 68 million people and causing f... More »
Politics/ September 17, 2024A revealing article in The New York Times details how the chief justice put his thumb on the scale for Trump to keep him on the ballot and out of jail.Ad PolicyFormer U.S. President Donald Trump and Chief Justice J... More »
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why OpenAI’s new model is such a big deal Last week OpenAI released a new model called o1 (previously referred to under th... More »
The social media app says new privacy settings and features will create more age-appropriate experiences for youth under 18.Tens of millions of teenagers with Instagram accounts may soon find their public profiles made private.That’s because, starting Tuesday,... More »
When it comes to celebrating Constitution Day, it may be considered atypical to think of the Declaration of Independence. After all, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were two separate documents authored 11 years apart, written for two very ... More »
Carin Luna-Ostaseski still recalls the shock of discovering her periods had become monsoons. Short monsoons, she clarifies—her cycle went from lasting a week to two to three days—but still monsoons. She realized she was going through at least one tampon every ... More »
Technology is changing the world faster than ever—but medicine still doesn’t move quickly enough when it comes to adopting innovations that prevent harm and make patients safer.When the Institute of Medicine in 1999 released a landmark report on just how commo... More »
On an early spring day in 2018, a casual catch-up between friends blossomed into something far bigger. Silvia Argüello arrived at Constanza Cavalli Etro’s office in Milan fresh off a flight from the Dominican Republic, where she had recently relocated with her... More »
Epic has announced that its new unified Fab marketplace will launch next month, bringing together its various game asset stores. Fab was announced at GDC 2023 and will bring Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab, ArtStation Marketplace and Quixel together in on... More »