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Federal Agency Reps Push Biden Proposal to Classify Fentanyl-Related Substances as Schedule I Drugs

Federal Agency Reps Push Biden Proposal to Classify Fentanyl-Related Substances as Schedule I Drugs

by Andrew Marquardt | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured, Health, Politics, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON – As overdose deaths in America continue to reach record highs, lawmakers convened Thursday to discuss how best to tackle the issue at one of its most dangerous sources: the alarming influx of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances infiltrating the...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses Johnson & Johnson’s $465M Opioid Penalty

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

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...
Lawmakers Reaching for Mars, Experts Bring Them Back to Earth

Lawmakers Reaching for Mars, Experts Bring Them Back to Earth

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...
White House Unveils Plans for Vaccinating Kids 5 to 11

White House Unveils Plans for Vaccinating Kids 5 to 11

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...
Climate Risks Should Shape National Security Policy at All Levels, Experts Say

Climate Risks Should Shape National Security Policy at All Levels, Experts Say

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...
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