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The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of as many as 200,000 foreign nationals who have applied for asylum in the United States, according to State Department documents and US officials cited by the Associated Press. If carried out at that scale, the action would become the largest single mass … Read more
GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound are best known for diabetes treatment and weight loss. Researchers are now investigating a very different possibility. The same drugs may also help people struggling with addiction. The idea did not begin with a new addiction medication being designed in a laboratory. Doctors and patients started … Read more
The US-Canada trade war has moved from threats and negotiations to tariffs that American importers are now actually paying, putting a new group of everyday products at risk of becoming more expensive. The United States began collecting additional 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of selected Canadian goods on August 22 after negotiations between … Read more
Sight Sciences has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its OMNI Ultra Surgical System, adding a new implant-free option for adults with primary open-angle glaucoma. Cleared in August 2026, OMNI Ultra is designed to reduce intraocular pressure through minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. Treatment combines canaloplasty and trabeculotomy in one procedure while leaving no permanent implant inside … Read more
Speaking more than one language may do more than make travel easier or help with work. New research suggests it could also be linked to a brain that ages more slowly. Researchers studying multilingual adults found a clear pattern: the more languages a person spoke, the younger their brain appeared compared with their actual age. … Read more
A medication better known for helping men with erectile dysfunction has attracted attention for a very different reason: eye health. A large study published in August 2026 found that men taking tadalafil, the active ingredient in Cialis, for urinary symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate had a higher rate of glaucoma over five years than … Read more
FDA officials have upgraded a recall involving frozen blueberries and mixed berries sold at Publix to a Class I recall, the agency’s highest health-risk classification. Federal regulators assigned the Class I designation on Aug. 18, 2026, after the products were recalled over possible E. coli contamination. Affected products include GreenWise Organic Whole Blueberries and GreenWise … Read more
Students applying in fall 2026 for enrollment in fall 2027 generally belong to the high school Class of 2027 and college Class of 2031. Six of eight Ivy League universities require SAT or ACT scores during this admissions cycle. Current counts identify 21 private colleges and 42 public colleges that require standardized test scores or … Read more
Repeated exposure to the synthetic psychedelic 25C-NBOMe during adolescence produced lasting changes in brain communication and competitive social behavior in male rats, according to a study led by researchers at Ningbo University in China. The findings identify a developmental vulnerability that did not appear when the same drug exposure occurred in adulthood, but they do … Read more
Identity theft continues to affect millions of Americans as criminals gain access to personal, financial, and digital information. About 22% of Americans have experienced identity theft at some point in their lives. Digital attacks now account for a larger share of identity crime. Hacked phones, compromised computers, stolen credentials, account takeovers, synthetic identities, and AI-assisted … Read more