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Immigrant Children Who Are Forcibly Separated From Their Parents Face Long-Term Trauma

“This is an extremely high price for these children to pay who have done nothing wrong,” said a child health expert.
Dan Vergano • 3 days ago

Medical Experts Are Still Skeptical AF About Sonic “Attacks” On US Diplomats In China And Cuba

“No data, no dice,” said one expert about claims that enemies of the US are attacking diplomats with sound. Another called it the “Sonic Attack Scare.”
Dan Vergano • 6 days ago

House Democrats Are Calling For An FBI Investigation Into EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Over Would-Be Chicken Franchise

Scott Pruitt is under fire from Democrats for trying to get a Chick-fil-A franchise and a conference-organizing gig for his wife.
Dan Vergano • 11 days ago

The World’s Largest GMO Study Was Launched By Russians In 2014. Then It Disappeared.

“The basic idea is to create doubts in people’s minds, whether about Big Agriculture, or chemtrails, or anything else.”
Dan Vergano • 18 days ago

Did Octopuses Come From Aliens? "There Is No Evidence For It At All."

The theory "cannot be taken seriously," one expert said.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

A New Law Would Give More Money For Prosecuting Cold Cases Like The Golden State Killer

The Justice Served Act, which just passed in the House, says that at least 5% of federal money set aside for testing rape kits should go toward prosecuting cold cases.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

Trump Won’t Let The US Government Negotiate Lower Drug Prices

President Trump promised to lower drug costs through more generic drugs, improved Medicare rules, and less “foreign freeloading” on US companies’ research.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

People Are Using A $1 Test Strip To Check Their Drugs For Fentanyl

Fentanyl is turning up in heroin and cocaine, but most users don’t want it. And dealers “can’t make a living by killing off their customers.”
Dan Vergano • One month ago

Trump Just Tapped Dr. Oz To Be A Government Health Adviser

Some critics denounced the appointment of the TV doctor as giving a platform to junk science.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

Even More Doctors Are Cutting Back On Opioid Painkillers

“These are hard conversations to have with patients — to tell them that opioids are not really helping your pain,” one doctor said.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

Cocaine Deaths Are Rising At An Alarming Rate, And It’s Because Of Fentanyl

Cocaine deaths rose 52% between 2015 and 2016. A BuzzFeed News analysis shows the role of fentanyl in this staggering trend.
Scott Pham • One month ago

Here’s How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer

The Golden State Killer’s genome was shared with cold-case experts years ago, and genealogy sleuths have been working ever since to figure out his identity. Here’s how his name was finally revealed.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

A Serial Killer Was Caught Because Investigators Found His Family's DNA On A Website

Experts say it's likely an unprecedented use of the technology, and worry about privacy implications.
Dan Vergano • One month ago

1 In 8 Transplanted Organs Now Come From Someone Who Died Of A Drug Overdose

It’s “another staggering statistic that shows how tragic the opioid crisis is,” a transplant expert said.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago

A Large Asteroid Will Be Flying Super Close To Earth On Friday the 13th, 2029

The next time Friday the 13th happens in April, in 2029, it will coincide with the flyby of a large asteroid that will only narrowly miss Earth. “It’s the cosmic equivalent of buzzing the treetops,” said one expert.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago

Human Tissues From Cruel Medical Experiments In Guatemala And Tuskegee Might Still Be Sitting In US Government Labs

The US Public Health Service exposed more than 1,300 Guatemalans to syphilis, gonorrhea, and other sexually transmitted infections without consent in the late 1940s. Tissues from these people may still reside on lab shelves, says a bombshell new report.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago

The FDA Is Warning Facebook, Google, And Twitter To Stop Illicit Opioid Sales

FDA chief Scott Gottlieb announced a meeting with the leaders of social media companies over how their platforms have facilitated the opioid overdose crisis.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago

The Surgeon General Just Called For Making An Overdose-Reversing Drug Available To Everyone

In his office’s first nationwide advisory in 13 years, the surgeon general is urging the public to learn to use naloxone. Jerome Adams has spoken out about his own brother’s struggle with drugs.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago

At A Big Heroin Meeting, Kellyanne Conway Defends Trump's Plan To Fix The Opioid Crisis

At a big heroin summit in Atlanta, Kellyanne Conway, who heads the “opioids cabinet,” talked up the Trump administration’s efforts to combat the crisis, and the head of the NIH announced a program to study the biological causes of chronic pain.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago

The Opioid Crisis Isn't A Metaphor

Drug users don't take heroin because of postindustrial despair — they do it because withdrawal feels worse than anything you can imagine.
Dan Vergano • 2 months ago
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