Surgeon General Nominee Pledges to Divest From Wellness Interests
In financial filings, Casey Means stated that she would liquidate holdings in companies that sell personal devices, supplements, tobacco and tech.
Tesla settles another fatal Autopilot crash before it gets to trial
Tesla has agreed to settle another wrongful death lawsuit from a fatal crash involving Autopilot before the case could get to trial later this year. It’s one of many lawsuits involving several crashes involving Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (Supervised), after the floodgates were open following a watershed trial. Over […]
Lucid (LCID) launches major Gravity update which makes towing ‘a breeze’ and more
Lucid (LCID) rolled out a software update for the Gravity, which makes towing “a breeze” with helpful new features. Plus, Lucid is giving Gravity buyers the chance to try out exclusive new features still in development. Lucid launches Gravity UX 3.3 software update The Gravity already stands out, boasting up to 450 miles of range, […]
California just greenlit the future of curbside V2G EV chargers
Photo: it’s electric California just awarded $1.1 million to Brooklyn-based EV charging company it’s electric to develop what would be the world’s first curbside vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV charger. The grant comes from the California Energy Commission’s Enabling Electric Vehicles as Distributed Energy Resources program, part of the state’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) initiative. Working […]
Tesla Cybertruck and new Model 3 miss the top marks in latest crash tests
Tesla Cybertruck and the new Model 3 have both fallen short of the top marks in IIHS’ latest round of crash tests. Over the years, Tesla has consistently earned top safety ratings from various agencies, but this time it could get it from IIHS. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released its latest batch of […]
RFK Jr. Is Neglecting an Autism Concern Backed by Science
Pesticides once appeared to be a clear target for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s desire to “make America healthy again.” Before becoming the health secretary, he described Monsanto, the maker of the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup, as “enemy of every admirable American value,” and vowed to “ban the worst agricultural chemicals already banned in other countries.” Since […]
The New War on Weed
When Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana in 2021, the state’s lieutenant governor, Susan Bysiewicz, boasted that the new law was “crafted to repair the wounds left by the War on Drugs.” The move followed the same rationale that had motivated legalization in 18 other states: fewer resources exhausted on policing a drug that legalization advocates view […]
Former C.D.C. Director to Tell Lawmakers She Was ‘Fired for Holding the Line’
Susan Monarez is set to provide her first detailed account of her ouster in testimony before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday.
Moms Are Losing Options to Protect Newborns from COVID
At 38 weeks pregnant with her second child, Hannah Robb has no time to waste on red tape. Yet she’s lost hours in her struggle to figure out whether and when she can get a COVID booster. Her doctor said she could—and should, she told me. According to her doctor, she wouldn’t need a prescription; […]
Connected Workstations: Transforming Fleet Management and Patient Care
Healthcare systems are under constant pressure to find ways to stretch IT resources, ensure staff have essential tools and balance cost control with the demand for advanced technology. For many organizations, one asset is critical: mobile workstations. As hospitals expand across multiple sites and often rely on hundreds of these carts daily, keeping them functional, […]