The Same Drug Class Costs $25 or $399 — The GLP-1 Price War Has Three Fronts
Lilly's Foundayo costs $25/month with insurance and Novo's new high-dose Wegovy costs $399 self-pay — a 16-fold spread within the same therapeutic category.
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An American Pope Told an American President He Has No Fear — The Moral Authority Fight Escalating
Pope Leo XIV said from his flight to Algeria that he has no fear of the Trump administration, and Trump responded by refusing to apologize for a second straight day.
The Wegovy Pill's Introductory Price Ended Today — $149 Became $199
Novo Nordisk's April 15 price cliff landed today — Wegovy's oral 4mg dose jumped from $149 to $199, with $299 waiting after two months.
Measles Is Still at 1,714 Cases and Nobody Is Talking About It
CDC's measles count hit 1,714 on April 9 and hasn't been updated since — while the Prevention and Public Health Fund faces elimination.
The Federal Family Planning Program Was Rewritten — Contraception Became Conception
Trump rewrote Title X to fund fertility counseling over contraception, cutting off birth control access for 2.8 million low-income Americans.
Trump's Budget Would Eliminate the Fund That Pays for Outbreak Response
The FY27 budget kills the $1.4B Prevention and Public Health Fund — the same money that pays for outbreak response while measles spreads across 30 states.
It Was 90 Degrees in Philadelphia in April — 280 Million Americans in Record Heat
A mid-April heat dome is pushing Philadelphia toward 90°F — records from the 1940s are falling as climate reshapes what April means in the eastern US.
The Protein That Causes Alzheimer's May Also Wreck Cell Division — A New Mechanism for Neurodegeneration
POSTECH researchers found Alzheimer's tau protein disrupts chromosome segregation during cell division, opening a new class of therapeutic targets.
Scientists Solved the Colorado River's Missing Water Mystery — The Plants Were Drinking It
New University of Washington research explains why the Colorado River delivers less water than snowpack predicts: warmer, drier springs let plants consume the snowmelt before it reaches the river.
Afrika Bambaataa, Who Named Hip-Hop and Faced Its Reckoning, Is Dead at 68
Afrika Bambaataa, who coined the term hip-hop and founded the Universal Zulu Nation, died April 9 at 68 — leaving a legacy inseparable from both the music's founding and its moral crisis.
The World's Oldest Gorilla Turned 69 — She Arrived at Berlin Zoo the Year Castro Took Cuba
Fatou the western lowland gorilla turned 69 at Berlin Zoo on April 13, having arrived in 1959 when a French sailor traded her to settle a bar bill.
Helium Supplies Shrank Again and MRI Schedules Pushed Back Farther
Helium distributors are rationing deliveries in early April as the blockade compounds the Qatar disruption — MRI wait times are now measured in months, not weeks.
A Comet Is Visible to the Naked Eye for the First Time in 170,000 Years
Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS is visible before dawn this week — a visitor from the outer solar system on its first pass in 170,000 years.
The Artemis II Astronauts Splashed Down After the Farthest Human Journey in 50 Years
Four astronauts splashed down off San Diego on April 10 after flying 252,756 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled since Apollo 17 in 1972.
A Daily Pill That Could Extend Your Dog's Life Moved Closer to FDA Approval
Loyal's LOY-002 safety package was accepted by FDA in January — if approved, it becomes the first drug ever cleared to extend lifespan in any species.
Fog Provides Drinking Water to Millions and Climate Change May Kill It
The coastal fog belts feeding millions in Chile, Morocco, and Africa could vanish as warming accelerates — a water crisis hiding in plain sight.
Scientists Found Cleaner Ants That Groom Giants — From Inside Their Jaws
Tiny Arizona cone ants groom giant harvester ants — even venturing inside their mandibles — in an interspecies cleaning station that rewrites ant behavior.
The First Complete 3D Map of Clitoral Nerves Was Published — 30 Years After Penile Nerves Were Mapped
Researcher Juyoung Lee used synchrotron 3D imaging to chart every nerve in the clitoris — a map that should have existed decades ago and will reshape pelvic surgery.
Nearly 100 Jewish Activists Were Arrested in New York Demanding Senators Block Israel Arms Sales
Jewish Voice for Peace staged a mass civil disobedience at the Senate offices, demanding Schumer and Gillibrand vote to block a $1B bomb sale as Sanders pushed the vote.
A Mexican Immigrant Died in ICE Custody in Louisiana — The 16th This Year
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, 49, died April 11 at Winn Correctional Center — the 16th ICE detention death of 2026, a pace of roughly one death every six days.