Russian Authorities Probe Death Of Researcher At Plague Institute
The researcher’s recent contacts are being tested, while unofficial reports said nearly 200 people were under observation.
Health
Federal Judge Asks Pro-Transgender Lawyer About Double Standard On Cosmetic Surgery
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard oral arguments on the case Wednesday after a district court judge had blocked Aetna’s policy, finding that the health care company engages in unlawful discrimination.
China Emerges As Key Source Of New Drugs For Big Pharma
Chinese drug assets are increasingly entering global development programs through partnerships and licensing agreements
As Iowa Cancer Rates Rise, New Ad Links Democrat To Water Pollution
In a new campaign ad, Iowa Republican gubernatorial nominee Zach Lahn links his Democrat opponent, Rob Sand, to Iowa water pollution.
One in Eight Cancer Cases Worldwide Linked To Infections, Study Finds
About three-quarters of infection-linked cancer cases occurred in low- and middle-income countries, with Eastern Asia accounting for about 42% of the global total.
‘A Little Ironic’: Vance Calls Out Democrats Over Medicare Fraud
Vance’s task force has found hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud, with millions stemming from health care.
Parents Who Treat Boys As Boys And Girls As Girls Are Not Abusers, New Bill Declares
The bill seeks to prevent states from removing children from their parents or otherwise penalizing families based on a parent’s refusal to support social or medical gender transition.
Trans Organization’s ‘Unreliable’ Standards Don’t Justify Prison Medical Interventions, DOJ Tells Supreme Court
Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court injunction Monday after the Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C., Circuit let the injunction stand on Sept. 18.
GOP Takes Aim At Sherrod Brown’s Radical Record On Transing Minors
The Daily Signal reached out to the Brown campaign for comment about the ad but did not hear back in time for publication.
Shocking Senate Report Details Billions in Health Care Fraud Lost to Russian Fraudsters, Medicare Scammers, Other Schemers
The report references what the Justice Department called “Operation Gold Rush,” a fraud case that involved 11 individuals charged with being members of a transnational criminal organization based in Russia that allegedly orchestrated a multibillion-dollar health care fraud.
Trump Administration Begins Sending $500 ACA Refund Checks To 1 Million Americans
Most recipients earn more than 400% of the federal poverty level, equivalent to about $64,000 for an individual or $132,000 for a family.
Corporatist Medicare for All?
By becoming the sole payer, the federal bureaucracy would be in a position to impose its central plan upon these nominally-private businesses and their customers, thus giving rise to a fully socialized healthcare system in the form of corporatism.
Watch: Singapore Air Quality Plunges To Unhealthy Levels As Indonesian Wildfires Rage
Prevailing winds carried transboundary smog across the island, pushing pollutant indices into ranges that pose health risks to residents and reducing visibility across the skyline.
HHS Rejects Human Rights Campaign’s ‘Unfounded’ Claims About Harm From Ending Trans Procedures
The statement marks the administration’s latest defense of efforts to halt transgender medical interventions for minors as major hospital systems across the country are reaching settlements with the Trump administration.
FDA Confirmation Hearing Gives Update on Abortion Pill Study Under New Leadership
The Biden administration formerly changed the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, or REMS, and removed the in-person prescription requirement, allowing for unregulated use of the abortion pill.
Americans Grow More Concerned About Food Safety Amid Outbreaks
The outbreak caused nearly 20,000 confirmed illnesses between May and August, compared with 1,180 during the same period in 2025, making it the largest recorded outbreak of the parasite