States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals
A year before declaring independence, colonists offered ‘Olive Branch’ petition to King George III
Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”
Scientists spot mystery object believed to come from beyond solar system
Astronomer says object could be further evidence that ‘interstellar wanderers’ are common in galaxy It isn’t a bird, it isn’t a plane and it certainly isn’t Superman – but it does appear to be a visitor from beyond our solar system, according to astronomers who have discovered a new object...
Why British women are freezing their eggs abroad – podcast
The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has increased sharply, according to figures from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The number deciding to embark on the process abroad also appears to be rising. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian journalist Lucy Hough, who recently travelled...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’ A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at...
EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts
Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption The US Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program to adopt some of its 20,000 lab animals in the wake of Trump administration plans to dramatically cut the regulator’s research...
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against agency advice
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines
Skydiving plane goes off NJ runway, crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital
A skydiving plane carrying 15 people has crashed near an airport in southern New Jersey after reporting engine trouble
Search for a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn’t return
Authorities say a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city on a cruise ship did not return from a hike she said she was taking
Massachusetts advocates fear Trump’s bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare’s model state
In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying to dismantle the program piece-by-piece