Actor Matthew McConaughey calls for gun reform in White House briefing

In an emotional speech at the White House on Tuesday, actor Matthew McConaughey called for new gun regulations in the wake of last month’s mass shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, and urg...

Novavax vaccine clears key step on path to FDA authorization

Novavax’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for adults ages 18 and older cleared a key step on the path toward Food and Drug Administration authorization on Tuesday. The FDA’s committee of indepen...

Ben & Jerry’s galvanizes customers to lobby for tighter laws

Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s is galvanizing its millions of customers in a new lobbying push for tougher gun safety measures after last month’s mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Bu...

Lummis and Gillibrand want to empower CFTC, treat digitals assets like commodities

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images As excited as Wall Street and Main Street were to have crypto as a new investment idea and store of value, the spe...

Novavax faces high-stakes FDA review this week that will decide the fate of its Covid vaccine in the U.S.

In this photo illustration the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novavax logos are seen behind a medical syringe and vials. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Novavax’s Covid-19 vac...

U.S. has more than 36,000 Jynneos vaccine doses available in stockpile

The United States has more than 36,000 doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine immediately available in the strategic national stockpile, the Health and Human Services Department said Monday. The Cente...

Why the global soil shortage threatens food, medicine and the climate

Soil can be considered black gold, and we’re running out it. The United Nations declared soil finite and predicted catastrophic loss within 60 years. “There are places that have already lo...

Abbott Nutrition restarts baby formula production in reopened Michigan plant

Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022. Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty Images Abbott Nutrition on Saturday resumed baby formula pro...

The CDC is sending monkeypox vaccines to people at high risk in a race to prevent the spread

Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox...

Apple Needs to Show Some Spark as Shoppers Favor Services Over Stuff

Customers at the Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal in New York City earlier this year. Getty Images Text size As Apple prepares to upgrade its products, there are two distinct trends hitting the e...

Chevron CEO Sees Russian Oil Output Falling After Exit of Western Firms

Russia is still finding a home for much of its oil despite expanding sanctions, but its production likely will diminish following the departure of western oil companies, Chevron Chief Executive Mike W...

U.S. monkeypox cases have more than doubled in a week to 20, CDC says

The World Health Organization has said that there is a “window” of opportunity to contain a recent monkeypox outbreak which has seen cases spread across Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Nur...

House Republicans’ energy and climate plan pushes fossil fuels, hydro

U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 11,...

How the U.S. Space Force plans to police outer space

Outer space is getting crowded, with both commercial endeavors and secretive military projects. And it’s going to be up to the newest United States military branch, the Space Force, to protect A...

Biden digs at Tesla CEO Elon Musk on economy, touts Ford

President Joe Biden on Friday brushed off Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s reported “super bad feeling” about the U.S. economy, while praising some of Musk’s competitors for expanding the...

Vaccinations for children under 5 due as early as June 21

A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood in Los Angeles, Californi...

Reckitt baby formula plants can produce 21 million bottles for U.S.

Robert Cleveland, senior vice president of nutrition for North America and Europe at Reckitt, speaks via video conference during a House Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday...

Southern California water restrictions start today as drought worsens

Paul Ramirez, 54, waters the front lawn at his home on St. Louis St. in Boyle Heights, as his dog Bandit, a 2 year old Yorkshire terrier, jumps for joy. Mel Melcon | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images S...

Treasury Secretary Yellen Says She Was Wrong About Inflation

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday her inflation projections were wrong in statements she made last year as consumer prices began a surge to their highest level in decades. “I think I was wr...

United Airlines plans $100 million expansion of pilot training center

A United Airlines passenger aircraft prepares to leave its gate and taxi to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. Robert Alexander | Getty Images United Airli...

WHO says monkeypox has been spreading undetected as global cases rise to more than 550

In this photo illustration, a photo of a hand infected with the Monkeypox virus is seen through a magnifying glass. Monkeypox is a viral disease that occurs mainly in central and western Africa. Rafae...

These charts show Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed global oil

European Union leaders reached an agreement this week to ban the majority of Russian crude oil and petroleum product imports, but nations were already shunning the country’s oil, altering global...

UK plans new safeguards for stablecoins after Terra collapse

The world’s biggest stablecoin, tether, saw more than $10 billion in redemptions in May, fueling fears of a 2008-style “bank run.” Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Britain wants ...

Biden Will Meet With Fed’s Powell Tuesday to Discuss Economy

Text size President Joe Biden has said getting inflation under control is his “top priority.” Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell o...

Munis Have Slid This Year as Investors Bail Out. They May Be a Bargain Right Now

Municipal bonds have taken a beating this year as investors retreat amid rising interest rates. The market, however, could be poised for a comeback thanks to unusually attractive relative yields and s...

U.S. job market divide boosts some workers’ prospects, puts others on notice

A help wanted sign is displayed in the window of a Brooklyn, New York business. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Cracks are forming in the U.S. labor market as some companies look to curb hiring while oth...

War surges Norway’s oil, gas profit. Now, it’s urged to help

Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway’s oil and gas. As the money pours in, Europe’s second-biggest natural gas supp...

Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against New York Attorney General James

Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference announcing a class action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 07, 2021 in Bedmin...

Castro asks FBI to probe police response

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) speaks at a press conference on immigration on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro on Th...

CEPI chief outlines the disease differences

Health officer uses a thermal head to detect a monkeypox virus on arriving passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia on May 15, 2019. Jepayona Delita | Fu...

Monkeypox spread to more than 20 countries, but outbreaks containable, WHO says

RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...

Recovering despite lack of Chinese visitors

Air travel in Singapore is recovering and has reached around 40% of pre-Covid levels despite China’s border restrictions, Transport Minister S. Iswaran said. China’s passenger traffic is s...