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Meta and YouTube Lost a $6 Million Addiction Verdict Then Meta Wrote an $18 Billion Check to Almost Every State
Business
Marzo 25, 2026
Meta and YouTube Lost a $6 Million Addiction Verdict Then Meta Wrote an $18 Billion Check to Almost Every State
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligent in the design of Instagram and YouTube and awarded K.G.M. $6 million. After Judge Carolyn Kuhl denied a new trial, both…
MIT Chemists Finish A 50-Year Synthesis Of Verticillin A, A Fungal Molecule Aimed At Deadly Childhood Brain Tumors
Health News
Gennaio 7, 2026
MIT Chemists Finish A 50-Year Synthesis Of Verticillin A, A Fungal Molecule Aimed At Deadly Childhood Brain Tumors
MIT and Harvard Medical School reported the first total synthesis of (+)-verticillin A, isolated in 1970. A 16-step route from beta-hydroxytryptophan produced the natural product and designed variants. Derivatives cut…
American Heart Association Ties Gum Disease to Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Without Calling It Proven Cause
Health News
Dicembre 19, 2025
American Heart Association Ties Gum Disease to Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Without Calling It Proven Cause
The American Heart Association scientific statement in Circulation links periodontal disease to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. More than 40 percent of U.S. adults over 30 have gum disease. The writing group…
People Pay a Few Dollars for Pharmaicy Packs That Make ChatGPT Role-Play High on Drugs
Health News
Dicembre 17, 2025
People Pay a Few Dollars for Pharmaicy Packs That Make ChatGPT Role-Play High on Drugs
Pharmaicy sells prompt packs that make chatbots mimic cannabis, ketamine, or cocaine. California SB 243 began regulating companion bots on January 1, 2026. Clinicians warn the scripts flatten safety rails.
Long Island Man Sebastien Beauzile Becomes First New Yorker Cured of Sickle Cell Disease With Lyfgenia Gene Therapy
Health News
Marzo 14, 2025
Long Island Man Sebastien Beauzile Becomes First New Yorker Cured of Sickle Cell Disease With Lyfgenia Gene Therapy
Sebastien Beauzile, 21, received Lyfgenia at Cohen Children's Medical Center and is free of sickle cell pain. The $3.1 million therapy still reaches only a handful of patients.
Australian Man Walks Out of Hospital With a Titanium BiVACOR Heart After 100 Days Awaiting Transplant
News
Marzo 14, 2025
Australian Man Walks Out of Hospital With a Titanium BiVACOR Heart After 100 Days Awaiting Transplant
A man in his forties lived more than 100 days on a magnetically levitated titanium heart, then received a donor organ. Two later Australian patients died of brain bleeds.
Hubei Hires White and Case to Vacate Missouri’s $24.5 Billion Default Judgment Over Alleged COVID PPE Hoarding
Health News
Marzo 8, 2025
Hubei Hires White and Case to Vacate Missouri’s $24.5 Billion Default Judgment Over Alleged COVID PPE Hoarding
On August 31, 2026, Hubei province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences retained White & Case to attack Missouri's $24.5 billion default over alleged COVID PPE hoarding. Attorney General Catherine…
UnitedHealthcare Called Surgeon Elisabeth Potter During an Operation, Then Fought Her After She Posted the Call
News
Gennaio 9, 2025
UnitedHealthcare Called Surgeon Elisabeth Potter During an Operation, Then Fought Her After She Posted the Call
Prior authorization walked into a room that should have one voice. Potter posted the interruption. The company later advertised that it would cut more of those reviews.
Texas Ranchers Face New World Screwworm After Flesh-Eating Livestock Parasite Crosses From Mexico
Environment
Gennaio 5, 2025
Texas Ranchers Face New World Screwworm After Flesh-Eating Livestock Parasite Crosses From Mexico
The January 2025 border warning was not a monster movie. By June 2026 USDA had confirmed New World screwworm in a Texas calf. The AEGIS Alliance is following the veterinary…
Delaware Driver April Love Crashes a Kia Sixty Feet Into the Inspira Emergency Ambulance Bay in Bridgeton on New Year’s Eve
Crime News
Gennaio 1, 2025
Delaware Driver April Love Crashes a Kia Sixty Feet Into the Inspira Emergency Ambulance Bay in Bridgeton on New Year’s Eve
Police say April Love of New Castle drove through Inspira Bridgeton's ambulance doors about 11:35 p.m. on December 31, 2024. A security officer jumped clear.