Microplastics in wastewater may do more than simply carry pollutants. A new study shows that aged microplastics can actively alter the chemical ...

Two of five Americans — 42 percent — know someone who has died of a drug overdose.1 Between 2019 and 2024, nearly half a million Americans died of a drug overdose, including three years of over ...

Theresa covers substance use and addiction and co-writes the Morning Rounds newsletter. You can reach Theresa on Signal at theresagaff.97. From 2021 to 2023, more than 105,000 people in the U.S. died ...

A 39-year-old's heart paused for 15 seconds during a blood draw, and he needed chest compressions. He had fainted during a blood draw once before. A Man Came In for Swollen Feet and a Foot Wound, and ...