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Four Times As Many Pregnant Women Are Addicted To Opioids Now Compared To 1999

West Virginia and Vermont have the highest rates of opioid use disorder among pregnant women at delivery.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 11 days ago

Facing Harassment Allegations, Physicist Lawrence Krauss Will No Longer Lead The Prestigious Program He Founded At ASU

The Arizona State University professor has been accused of inappropriate behavior spanning more than a decade.
Virginia Hughes • 18 days ago

Police In Minneapolis Repeatedly Told Paramedics To Inject People With Tranquilizers

A new report reveals blurred lines between the police and emergency medical providers when restraining "agitated" people.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 24 days ago

Bayer Just Announced It Will Stop All US Sales Of Its Controversial Essure Birth Control Device

The pharmaceutical company has long heard complaints of serious health problems from tens of thousands of women who had the device implanted.
Azeen Ghorayshi • One month ago

A Study About The "Abortion Reversal" Procedure Was Just Withdrawn For Ethical Issues

The study, published in April, falsely claimed to have gotten ethical approval for human research.
Azeen Ghorayshi • One month ago

Thousands Say Kratom Cured Their Addiction. The Government Says It’s Just Another Opioid.

Is kratom the answer to the opioid crisis — or the start of a new one?
Azeen Ghorayshi • One month ago

These Gay Men Were Fired From The Peace Corps After They Tested Positive For HIV

The Peace Corps dismissed at least two men after they tested positive for HIV — and denied HIV prevention medication to others.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 3 months ago

New York City Just Announced It Will Open Safe Injection Sites

New York is now the fourth city in the US to announce it will open sites for people to inject illegal drugs. None currently exist in the US.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 3 months ago

The US Autism Rate Among Kids Is Still Rising, A New Report Says

The new report suggests that 1 in 59 kids fit the criteria for autism in 2014, up from 1 in 68 in 2012. Experts attribute much of the rise to better identification of black and Latino kids with the disorder.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 3 months ago

When A Couple Fights Over Frozen Embryos, A New Law Says Who Should Win: Whoever Wants To Make A Baby

The first-of-its-kind law on frozen embryos was pushed by anti-abortion advocates in Arizona, but others worry about government overreach. “It’s an incredible intrusion into the bedroom and the private life of families,” one legal expert said.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

The FDA Just Put Strict New Warnings On A Controversial Sterilization Device For Women

After years of patient outcry, some women activists are hailing the new restrictions. "I have a feeling this will be the final nail in the coffin," one former Essure patient said.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

Two Senators Just Demanded That Grindr Explain How It's Sharing Its User Data

The letters were sent to Grindr's CEO as well as the heads of the two analytics companies that received HIV status data about Grindr's customers. They are required to respond by April 17.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

Grindr Will Stop Sharing Users' HIV Data With Other Companies

The popular gay dating app made the announcement late Monday, but also said that it was being unfairly targeted. "It's being conflated with Cambridge Analytica," Grindr's chief security officer said.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data

A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that a popular gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. (Update: Late on Monday Grindr said it would stop sharing this information.)
Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

A Mysterious Cluster of Amnesia Cases May Be Linked To Fentanyl

Five new cases of a mysterious amnesia syndrome have been linked to the potent opioid fentanyl.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

A Controversial AIDS Researcher Was Just Tapped To Head The CDC

Robert Redfield's decades of scientific work is "peerless," said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in a statement released Wednesday. But others point to his checkered past, including allegations of scientific misconduct.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 5 months ago

University Puts Physicist Lawrence Krauss On Paid Leave While It Investigates Sexual Harassment Allegations

On Tuesday, Arizona State University said that professor Lawrence Krauss is banned from campus while the school investigates allegations revealed in a BuzzFeed News article. The announcement followed Krauss’s resignation from the elite “Doomsday Clock” group.
Peter Aldhous • 5 months ago

Scientists Have Discovered 1.5 Million Penguins They Didn’t Know Existed In Antarctica

The scientists were tipped off by large clusters of penguin poop seen on satellite images.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 5 months ago

He Became A Celebrity For Putting Science Before God. Now Lawrence Krauss Faces Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct.

Lawrence Krauss is a famous atheist and liberal crusader — and, in certain whisper networks, a well-known problem. With women coming forward alleging sexual harassment, will his “skeptic” fanbase believe the evidence?
Peter Aldhous • 5 months ago

This Florida School Shooting Survivor Just Called Out Trump And The NRA

"To every politician who is taking donations from the NRA — shame on you," Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma González said.
Azeen Ghorayshi • 6 months ago
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