• Google seeks approval to release millions of specially treated mosquitoes to combat disease
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    Google seeks approval to release millions of specially treated mosquitoes to combat disease

    May 30, 2026 - By 

    Google’s lesser-known “Debug” initiative seeks to release up to 32 million specially treated mosquitoes in Florida and California over the next two years. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Google is asking federal regulators for permission to release up to 32 million specially treated mosquitoes in Florida and California over the next two years as part of an ambitious effort to curb mosquito-borne diseases. The proposal, currently under review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is part of Google’s lesser-known “Debug” initiative, a project launched more than a decade ago to develop new technologies aimed at reducing populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes. The…

  • FACT FOCUS: Trump says Obama and Biden spent 'hundreds of millions' on reflecting pool. They did not
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    FACT FOCUS: Trump says Obama and Biden spent ‘hundreds of millions’ on reflecting pool. They did not

    May 29, 2026 - By 

    Trump has claimed that the Obama and Biden administrations spent “hundreds of millions of dollars” to fix the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. They did not. In April, President Donald Trump announced a project to revamp the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, hiring a contractor to coat its massive granite basin at a cost of what he said would be $1.5 million. He criticized his predecessors’ efforts to fix the site at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesdayclaiming they spent “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Former President Barack Obama presided over a multimillion-dollar renovation of the pool, but the final bill was nowhere…

  • Millions of insulin pods may be leaking, FDA warns: Here's how to check yours
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    Millions of insulin pods may be leaking, FDA warns: Here’s how to check yours

    May 28, 2026 - By 

    An estimated 7 million Omnipod insulin pods could have manufacturing errors leading to under-delivery of the medicine, the manufacturer said in an alert. WASHINGTON — An estimated 7 million Omnipod insulin pods are under a voluntary Medical Device Correction due to a manufacturing error that can make the pods under-deliver insulin. The alertissued by Insulet Corporation, Inc. and the FDA on May 26, comes after 24 reports of “serious adverse events” including hospitalization caused by high blood glucose levels due to the under-delivery. No deaths have been reported. This story continues below. The correction said a manufacturing…