American trucking's pay-per-mile model creates pressure for drivers to speed or compress rest, while falsified ELD logs and broker liability gaps compound the safety risk. A unanimous Supreme Court ruling on freight broker liability may finally create accountability for the companies that profit from the system.
Health & Science News & AnalysisCalifornia's 24 Medi-Cal managed care plans require providers to navigate separate credentialing, billing, and prior authorization systems, while H.R. 1 is expected to cut $30 billion a year in federal Medi-Cal funding.
Health & Science News & AnalysisA deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius has been linked to 11 reported cases as of May 13, including three deaths. Authorities later tracked 30 former passengers from at least 12 countries who had disembarked before the outbreak was identified, exposing critical gaps in global pandemic preparedness.
Health & Science News & AnalysisThe world produces enough food for everyone, yet 673 million go hungry while 1 billion tonnes are wasted annually. The problem is not scarcity but broken supply chains and missing infrastructure.
Health & Science News & AnalysisThames Water has extracted three fatbergs from London sewers since October 2025, each weighing around 100 tonnes. Cooking oil, kitchen grease, and wet wipes are fuelling a blockage crisis that costs £40 million a year.
Health & Science News & AnalysisAmong animals that kill humans, spiders are far less dangerous than their reputation suggests. The real surprise is which household pet has the highest body count.
Health & Science News & AnalysisThe US measles crisis didn't begin when RFK Jr. took over HHS. It began at a gathering in New Brunswick, Canada, in October 2024, spreading through Mennonite communities across eight countries before Kennedy even had a desk.
Health & Science News & AnalysisThe food industry needs you to eat more because population growth is slowing and profits must keep rising. From engineered bliss points to secretly funded science, here is how they do it.
Health & Science News & AnalysisFood scientists call it vanishing caloric density: engineer a snack that dissolves instantly in your mouth, and the brain registers almost no calories. The result is a loop of overconsumption that the NIH has now linked to measurable weight gain.
Health & Science News & AnalysisVaccines work. The science is overwhelming. But when only 17% of Americans trust their government, telling parents to "just trust the experts" is a public health strategy built on a foundation that no longer exists.
Health & Science News & AnalysisFrom ocean temperatures measured with canvas buckets to autism rates that quadrupled overnight, data collection bias quietly distorts our understanding of reality. The numbers changed, but did the world?
Health & Science News & AnalysisBrest is cold because it lives next to a giant heat sink, sits in the path of Atlantic winds, and happens to be near a patch of ocean that is cooling as the Gulf Stream weakens. None of this means global warming is not real. If anything, it makes it more alarming.
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