May 21, 2025
(Wired) – After nearly 30 years as a Denver-area cop, Baker knew his way around town. He also knew that Green Valley Ranch was a confusing rabbit’s warren of nearly identical roads. So before he set off, he did something … Read More
May 21, 2025
(CNN) – A ransomware attack has triggered a “system-wide technology outage” at a network of over a dozen medical centers in Ohio, causing the cancellation of elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, according to a statement from the health network and … Read More
May 20, 2025
(NBC News) – Convenience stores are aptly named. They’re stocked with essentials people need at all hours of the day or night, everything from a quart of milk to a package of condoms. But they haven’t stocked contraception for women. … Read More
May 19, 2025
(CNN) – If you search “Adderall” on Spotify’s podcast page, you’ll find health podcasts about ADHD, shows about addiction recovery and comedy podcasts where hosts talk about using the medication. You may also come across multiple pages masquerading as podcasts … Read More
May 19, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – More Republicans are pushing for new treatments for veterans to help combat PTSD and reduce suicide risk Luttrell is among a growing group of Republican lawmakers—many of them veterans—who are making the case for drugs that … Read More
May 16, 2025
(Aeon) – It took months for my functional neurological disorder to finally be diagnosed. It’s a condition that must be recognised In my case, neurologist #4 noticed that if I performed certain complex tasks that distracted me, such as moving … Read More
May 16, 2025
(NPR) – A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital … Read More
May 15, 2025
(Wired) – As the FDA halts the sale of Ozempic and Zepbound copycats, online clinics have begun offering liraglutide, an older GLP-1 medication injected daily instead of weekly. After telehealth startups recently lost the ability to sell exact copies of … Read More
May 14, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Creatine: It’s what’s hot and not just among the bodybuilder set. The popular supplement may do more than boost athletic performance and muscle mass, scientists say. It is being studied—with good preliminary results—to improve bone health, … Read More
May 14, 2025
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration will work to pull fluoride supplements for children from the market, the agency announced Tuesday. The move comes at the same time as a wave of bills aiming to restrict use … Read More
May 14, 2025
(Texas Observer) – Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution. Around May 2021, cryptominers migrated en masse to Texas for its cheap … Read More
May 13, 2025
(The Atlantic) – GLP-1 drugs are remarkably effective at reducing visceral fat. In fact, that may be a large part of why GLP-1s so improve the metabolic health of people who take them. The strongest case for use of GLP-1s, … Read More
May 13, 2025
(CNET) – If you’ve been hoping for clarity from the US Copyright Office on AI training — whether AI companies can use copyrighted materials under fair use or creators can claim infringement — prepare to be disappointed. The Office released … Read More
May 12, 2025
(ProPublica) – When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked … Read More
May 12, 2025
(Los Angeles Times via MSN) – The futuristic technology is the creation of a startup called Tools for Humanity, which is based in San Francisco and Munich, Germany. Founded in 2019 by Alex Blania and Sam Altman — the entrepreneur … Read More
May 12, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
May 8, 2025
(NPR) – In the new book, Second Life: Having A Child In The Digital Age, Hess writes about how technology shapes every aspect of parenting — from our online identities to the pressures of sharing our lives in real-time. “I … Read More
May 8, 2025
(Wired) – High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT. The Food and Drug Administration has been meeting with OpenAI to discuss the agency’s use of AI, … Read More
May 8, 2025
(Futurism) – “This is what puts money in all our pockets.” As early as 2017, Wynn-Williams writes, Facebook was exploring ways to expand its ad targeting abilities to thirteen-to-seventeen-year-olds across Facebook and Instagram — a decidedly vulnerable group, often in … Read More
May 7, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Kolin Koltai, a researcher at the Netherlands-based investigative outlet Bellingcat, recently discovered that X users were using the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, to undress women in photos that they had uploaded to the platform. While the bot rejects … Read More
May 6, 2025
(CBS News) – The Food and Drug Administration’s top official overseeing drug and food safety inspections told staff on Monday he has decided to leave the agency, and multiple federal health officials told CBS News it comes amid frustration from … Read More
May 6, 2025
(Undark) – A study published in March in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Advances examined electronic medical records to compare approximately 93,000 cannabis users with roughly 4.5 million non-users. It found that relatively healthy individuals under 50 … Read More
May 6, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Eight states — New York, Maine, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — have passed laws since 2022 to protect doctors who mail abortion pills out of state, and thereby block or “shield” them … Read More
May 2, 2025
(Wired) – The data you are giving away when you use an AI image editor is often hidden. Every time you upload an image to ChatGPT, you’re potentially handing over “an entire bundle of metadata,” says Tom Vazdar, area chair … Read More
May 1, 2025
(Associated Press) – Dr. Google is often on call for worried patients, but it may not give the best advice. Doctors say internet searches for medical information should be done cautiously, especially with artificial intelligence playing a growing role. Information … Read More
