Category: Breaking

What To Know About Aspartame: The Sugar Substitute In Diet Coke Declared As A Possible Cancer Risk By WHO

Studies from last year found aspartame may cause cancers and generational anxiety.

What To Know About The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

23% of all pregnant workers have considered quitting their jobs because they didn’t receive proper accommodations, or out of fear of pregnancy discrimination.

What To Know About Retatrutide: Unapproved Drug Boasts Greater Weight Loss Than Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy

Other weight loss injectables haven’t been as drastic: semaglutide (the generic name for Ozempic and Wegovy) showed a 15% reduction in body fat and Mounjaro showed a 22.5% reduction.

Elon Musk Touts Ketamine For Depression Following Report On His Use Of Drug

The world’s wealthiest man Elon Musk takes ketamine and Google’s billionaire cofounder Sergey Brin uses magic mushrooms, according to the Wall Street Journal.

SBA Lost $200 Billion In Covid Pandemic Relief To Fraud And Abuse, Government Watchdog Finds

The report marks the latest astronomical Covid fund misspending figure, finding 17% of the funds distributed by the Small Business Administration were lost to fraud, waste and other abuses.

Rare Malaria Outbreaks Hit South Amid Scorching Temperatures—Here’s Why Climate Change Could Make Them More Common

A local spread of the mosquito-borne virus has hit the United States for the first time in 20 years.

Pickleball Injuries Cost Americans Nearly $400 Million This Year—And Seniors Are Hit The Hardest

Pickleball injuries have been rising in players aged 60 and older for years.

Biden Boosts Birth Control Access In Executive Order One Year After Roe Was Overturned

The order comes nearly a year after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right ot abortion set out in Roe v. Wade as many state lawmakers consider restricting access to contraception.

Counterfeit Ozempic Crackdown: Drugmakers Threaten Clinics For Compounding Drugs During Shortages

Unsafe drug compounding has previously led to several deadly meningitis outbreaks.

E-Cigarette Sales Skyrocket 50% During Pandemic—But FDA Restrictions Showed Some Success

After the FDA began targeting non-menthol- or tobacco-flavored prefilled devices there was a notable increase “in sales of fruit- and mint-flavored disposable products” that largely appeal to youth.