The number of coronavirus cases in Latin America surpassed seven million, as legislators in Argentina's capital passed a law allowing relatives to maintain a bedside vigil for patients dying of COVID-19. South Korea extended social distancing rules in the capital, Seoul, amid a triple-digit rise in cases while India reported another record jump in daily…
By Jessica Hamzelou Fentanyl is a powerful painkiller that has been central to the US opioid crisisDON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images Sudden deaths are often assumed to be caused by a failing heart. But about 17 per cent of deaths assumed to be caused by cardiac arrest may actually have resulted from drug overdose, according…
11 min read AS A BRIGHT light flashes against a mustard yellow backdrop, 33-year-old actor Chase Stokes plays with the edges of a chunky sweater. First, he pulls on a sleeve, like he’s simply at home getting dressed, not on the last day of a long-ass press tour for the fifth and final season of
Published: August 25, 2026, 9:44 pm Indus Foods LLC, doing business as Gangothri Foods, an Austin, TX, firm, is recalling 1,626 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pickled goat and chicken products that were produced without the benefit of inspection, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The RTE pickled goat and chicken products were produced between
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
