![Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses Johnson & Johnson’s $465M Opioid Penalty]()
by Andrew Marquardt | Nov 9, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was spared from a $465 million judgment on Tuesday for its purported role in facilitating Oklahoma’s ongoing, lethal opioid epidemic. The state’s Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s 2019 decision, which held the...
![Victims of U.S. Nuclear Tests on Marshall Islands Demand Action Six Decades Later]()
by Andrew Marquardt | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Most Americans learn briefly about the Marshall Islands in a high school history class. Resting five thousand miles west of California in the heart of the central Pacific, the group of islands played a small but crucial role in the Cold War arms race...
by Allison Novelo | Oct 20, 2021 | Science + Technology
Washington — Millions of dollars and untold hours of research later, the race to the red planet is delayed as experts reveal the tech needed to support this mission “does not exist.” While lawmakers continue to push to reach Mars by 2039, the research and resources...
by Courtney Degen | Oct 20, 2021 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration revealed its plan for vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 on Wednesday, anticipating authorization from the Food and Drug Administration in the coming weeks. “Kids have different needs than adults, and our operational plan is...
by Annie Klingenberg | Oct 19, 2021 | Environment, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Viewing climate change as a traditional threat dangerously misjudges how it affects the United States’s national security, experts told the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology during a public meeting on Tuesday. “Climate change is...
![VA and Lawmakers Address Health Care Professional Shortage]()
by Allison Novelo | Oct 14, 2021 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Retaining quality health care for veterans has become an increasingly pressing issue during the pandemic for the Department of Veterans Affairs, lawmakers and VA officials discussed during a House hearing on Wednesday. The House Veterans’ Affairs Health...
