Companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Mars have regularly sued governments around the world in an effort to prevent public health proposals from being implemented, according to new reporting by Lighthouse Reports and a slew of media partners. Diets full of ultraprocessed foods — such as fast food, cereals, soft drinks and protein bars — have been linked to poor health outcomes. Governments around the globe have responded by adding warning labels on packages and placing restrictions on marketing. To fight back, food companies have sued 239 times between 2010 and 2025, according to Lighthouse Reports’ investigation. The analysis examined lawsuits in six countries, including the U.S., Britain and India. Most of the lawsuits focused on food products’ labels, which detail the ingredients and nutritional value. There wouldn’t be a slew of lawsuits if labeling wasn’t effective, a public health expert at New York University told The Guardian. “The lawsuits tell us that public health measures reduce sales of unhealthful products,” she said. The vast majority of lawsuits were filed in Mexico, where many of the country’s children and adolescents are considered overweight. After the country instituted a labeling requirement for soft drinks, a local company that bottled Pepsi sued,...

Cancer epidemiology is not merely about counting cases; it is a dynamic field that informs screening policies, resource allocation, and clinical trial design. With rapid changes in risk factor profiles and healthcare access across regions, timely and granular epidemiological evidence is more critical than ever. Yet translating these data into actionable insights requires robust analytical frameworks, cross‑national comparisons, and integration with behavioral and socioeconomic factors. This special issue addresses these needs by presenting studies that span multiple continents, leverage large cohort and registry data, and project future burden under current trends. The special issue (DOI: https://www.cancerbiomed.org/content/23/7) of Cancer Biology & Medicine on Cancer Epidemiology published latest research and viewpoints from leading epidemiologists. Its content includes cancer risk stratification, early detection, the interplay between mental health and cancer, etc. The issue's epidemiological contributions cover both global and regional perspectives. An editorial opens the discussion on multi‑cancer early detection (MCED), moving from promise to practice and identifying the next frontier in screening. A comprehensive review on ovarian cancer patterns, trends, and risk factors sets the stage for the original studies that follow. One large cross‑sectional analysis from a population screening project uncovers the mediating role of mental health in the association between...

While Jake Berry was in college, he learned one of his oldest friends was in the hospital more than an hour away. Berry didn't have a car, but two strangers gave him a ride.

HARRISBURG, July 12 – State Rep. Melissa Shusterman, D-Chester, announced that her legislation to require additional trainings and certifications for county veteran assistance directors regarding trau...

HARRISBURG, July 12 – State Rep. Chris Pielli, D-Chester, said his legislation to help vulnerable individuals stay in their homes has been passed by both the PA House and Senate and is now headed to t...

HARRISBURG, July 12 – Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Regina Young, D-Phila./Delaware, to mandate human-trafficking awareness training for Pennsylvania workers in the hospitality industry, includi...

The Supreme Court just closed out the most consequential term in a generation — gutting the Voting Rights Act, ending 90 years of independent agencies and testing the limits of presidential power. On ...

The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.

Meltwater flushed frozen methane hydrates out of the sediment at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet after the last glacial maximum, raising fears that melting glaciers could soon release huge amounts of this planet-warming gas. Methane hydrates form when gas molecules are trapped in a cage of water molecules, freezing into an ice-like substance. They are sometimes called “fire ice” because they can burn despite being 85 per cent water. They form under the high pressure and low temperature found in sediments beneath the ocean, permafrost or glaciers. Some estimates suggest methane hydrates contain twice as much carbon as all coal, oil and conventional gas on Earth. But global warming is disrupting some of the cold, pressurised conditions in which methane hydrates exist. For example, some scientists think a mysterious 50-metre-deep crater discovered in the Russian Arctic in 2014 was caused when permafrost thaw suddenly relieved the pressure on a methane hydrate. This would have released it in a “violent physical explosion”, wrote the authors of a 2024 study. Now, researchers in Greenland have found that flows of glacial meltwater can also unleash methane hydrates. “We found a new way of releasing methane that we thought was in the...

A peer-reviewed study published in Vaccine found that among study participants, the type of media people consumed was associated with their attitudes toward the MMR vaccine, even after accounting for political identity and other demographic factors. Researchers assigned 22 media outlets to five categories, using data on media usage from Pew Research Center and AllSides Media, and selected one representative outlet from each category. Those who frequently engaged with “new” or primarily digital right-leaning media, like Breitbart, were about twice as likely to say that the risks of the MMR vaccine outweighed the benefits, compared to those who never did. Even infrequent engagement with such outlets was associated with elevated odds. At the same time, engagement with “legacy” right-leaning media, like Fox News, was not significantly associated with MMR vaccine hesitancy among participants. What To Watch Out For: The information environment in which people consume news may shape vaccine attitudes, even within political identity. As health communicators work to increase vaccine confidence, understanding how differences in media consumption shape attitudes may help predict what populations are more likely to encounter and be influenced by misleading claims about vaccine safety. Some Pregnant People Are Choosing to Deliver Without Medical Support, and...

If you ask Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), President Donald Trump’s trip to China is nothing short of disastrous. “He wants that deal so bad that he can taste it,” Slotkin warned this week at a Politico event. “The guy is about to give away the farm.” And Slotkin is not alone. As Trump meets today with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Democrats have largely coalesced around a message of opposition to the summit. “Beijing is trying to create a more aggressive, coercive, and lawless international landscape that harms the American people,” argued Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), adding that Trump should “remember who Xi Jinping” is before signing any deals. So it is that, even as Democrats undergo a painful reconsideration of their approach to Israel, the party still appears unwilling to break with the Biden administration’s hawkish line on China. Many progressive China analysts fear that Democrats are missing an opportunity to pursue a more diplomatic approach to Washington’s most consequential rivalry. Trump is, by their lights, a deeply flawed messenger. But his desire to meet with Chinese leadership and seek detente in the U.S.-China relationship should be embraced, they argue. “By virtue of his iconoclastic views, he has created political...

Poor sales mean that only 173 of the stainless steel pickup trucks will actually need to be recalled

The topic of menopause used to be taboo, but there has been a generational shift in recent years that has led to more legislation in statehouses around the country, providing more access to treatments...

After coming thisclose to beating the Republican incumbent in 2024, the Democratic candidate for PA-10 is hoping to punch her ticket to the general election on May 19

As reservoir levels near critical levels, proposed mandatory cuts could impact 500,000 people and a major petrochemical hub.

Just over a year ago, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention cleared out its Vessel Sanitation Program.

A Supreme Court hold on a ruling that will determine remote access to an abortion drug expires on May 11.

Germany’s Black Forest faces a future of transformation. So do the people who have lived there for centuries.

A newly enacted state law expanded Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act to include Post-Traumatic Stress Injury coverage for first responders, but some worry that it won’t be comprehensive enough ...

A petition filed in Commonwealth Court says a Republican state House candidate in the North Hills is not eligible to run because he doesn’t meet the state’s residency requirement. The cand...

The challenge argues that Ehab Akkary has not lived in Pennsylvania for four years, as required by the state constitution. Akkary's campaign says the effort is frivolous and an attempt to "deny voters...

At least 73 of the 100 sitting U.S. senators have a median net worth of more than a million dollars, according to a NOTUS analysis of financial disclosures.

Lee’s articles of impeachment against Bondi cite her inaction around the Jeffrey Epstein files

Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report released by Democrats T...

WASHINGTON — Arizona coffee roaster Gabe Hagen is wondering if he’ll ever recoup the tens of thousands of dollars he paid in tariffs to import beans from the world’s major coffee-growing regions in So...

The Wisconsin Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that, once signed, will release $125 million set aside nearly three years ago to address PFAS contamination in the state’s water supplies.

AKRON, Ohio — The jury has begun deliberating whether or not two former FirstEnergy executives are guilty of bribery for their role in the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history.In a Summit ...

Pennsylvania Democrats are raising concerns over an unknown question that President Donald Trump asked state Treasurer Stacy Garrity before he pub […]

Changes enacted in 2025 by the "big beautiful bill" stripped away Pennsylvania's broad exemption from job mandates attached to SNAP benefits.

Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...

Wholesale natural gas prices in Pennsylvania surged 71% last year, according to a new report, likely leading to higher residential utility bills. The Independent Fiscal Office, a state agency that sup...

Scott McElree was seen on video placing a student in a chokehold during a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

South Korea may reinstate a no-fly zone near the border with North Korea, Unification Minister Jung Dong-young said in a recent briefing.

U.S. Marines, airmen and Japanese emergency responders practiced their skills and response times through a simulated aircraft crash at Camp Kinser.

Bad news for Trump, good news for Shapiro in latest Morning Scrapple poll of Pa. voters.

PHILADELPHIA—Karen Young stood in a cavernous room perched on the edge of the Schuylkill River that was once a public swimming pool.  Abandoned in 1972 after a hurricane, the old natatorium is part of...

In the wake of lethal ICE operations in Minnesota, a growing number of local jurisdictions in Pennsylvania are calling for measures to restrict or end cooperation with federal immigration forces. Stil...