The White House is set to hold a press briefing Thursday morning on the administration’s work addressing the opioid epidemic. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, National Drug Control Policy Director Jim Carroll and Assistant Secretary MORE
A team of biostatisticians and infectious disease researchers predict the Wuhan 2019n-CoV outbreak will get much worse. (This paper is not yet published; it is a preprint made publicly available for review and commentary by MORE
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos compared the abortion rights debate to the battle to eliminate slavery during remarks at a Colorado Christian University event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. DeVos, a Christian conservative, discussed the MORE
SouthChinaMorningPost The central Chinese city of Wuhan and seven other cities in Hubei province went into lockdown to help contain the spread of a deadly virus on Thursday, a day before the World Health Organisation (WHO) MORE
Since 1947 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been keeping a “Doomsday Clock” and adjusting it yearly to reflect the risk from major dangers humankind is facing (nuclear threat, climate change, and other international MORE
The first case of an infection with a new coronavirus has been discovered in the United States. A man from Washington state returned home after a trip to Wuhan, China, on Jan. 15, sought medical MORE
Ohio pediatrician, Dr. Nicole Baldwin and her staff, posted a video about the benefits of vaccines on the social media platform TikTok. She emphasized that vaccinating your kids will not cause them to develop autism; MORE
The United States Space Force unveiled its first picture of the branch’s new service utility uniforms. The Twitter account for the Space Force, which was founded as a branch only a month ago, tweeted out MORE
Milwaukee woman dies after hours-long emergency room wait forced her to seek care elsewhere Source: According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner, Tashonna arrived at Froedert Hospital’s emergency room with her sister around 4:58 MORE
In another punitive and petty move that targets the Obamas, Michelle Obama specifically, the Trump administration announced it will “roll back school nutrition standards championed by her, an effort long sought by food manufacturers and MORE
While on vacation in Qatar this past December, Astronomer Elias Chasiotis took some photos of a solar eclipse over the Persian Gulf. The photos were gorgeous, but some saw them as a sinister sign that MORE
Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases. The new analysis shows the past five years are the top five warmest years recorded in the ocean MORE
They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. The oldest of the dust grains were formed in MORE
More than 50 people have been infected. Seven are currently in a critical condition. A new virus arriving on the scene, leaving patients with pneumonia, is always a worry and health officials around the world MORE
A deadly fungal pathogen developed the ability to resist all existing antifungal drugs on three separate occasions in the United States, according to a new report. The fungus, Candida auris, was already classified as an MORE
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, and Sen. Jim Denning, the state’s top Senate Republican, announced Thursday that they had come to an agreement on Medicaid expansion, which would provide the state’s working poor access to health care MORE
Donald Trump tends to take credit for the good things that are happening in America. He often pats himself on the back for the high performing stock market and low unemployment rates. Those positives, however, MORE
The State Medical Board of Ohio is officially considering a petition that asks Cleveland Browns or Cincinnati Bengals fandom be considered a qualifying condition to legally obtain medical marijuana. Seriously. The board held an open MORE
Despite the relatively large number of small exoplanet discoveries to date, the majority of stars are between 600 to 3,000 light-years away from Earth – too far and dim for detailed follow-up observation. MORE
“We hear a lot about the overall greenhouse gas and economic impacts of the transition the U.S. has undergone in shifting from coal towards natural gas, but the smaller-scale decisions that make up this larger trend have really important local consequences. MORE
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families released a study that shows “the U.S. has experienced a consistent, annual decline in the number and rate of uninsured children in most states.” Key Findings: The nation’s MORE
On Thursday, the FDA announced banning some e-cigarettes. The FDA will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based e-cigarettes that are popular with high school students. But menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes will MORE
Good evening, News Viewers and Happy New Year. Whatever your plans are tonight, stay safe and please do not drink and drive. “Obviously, the best way to avoid hangovers is by not drinking so much,” Dr. Michael MORE
As the United States deals with the highest number of measles cases reported since 1992, Seattle Public Schools have told parents either vaccinate your kids or they cannot return to school. On their website, the MORE
Five U.S. airports had travelers pass through with confirmed cases of measles this month, exposing an unknown number of fellow passengers to the highly infectious disease, according to health officials in those cities. Chicago O’Hare, Virginia Richmond MORE