A bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom would raise the minimum wage for California health care employees to $25 per hour. Senate Bill 525, proposed by Los Angeles lawmaker Mara Elena Durazo, will ultimately raise hourly wages for health care workers in the majority of settings to $25. Proponents have argued that higher wages are…
A new study shows that after North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban went into force, the number of abortions dropped by 31% in just one month. This was the biggest drop of any state. The Guttmacher Institute, a study group that supports abortion rights, found that after the law went into effect on July 1, there…
A group of 47,300 turkeys in Jerauld County, South Dakota, has been found to have the first case of avian flu in the United States since April. This was reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). To stop the virus from spreading, infected birds are killed. This could make it harder to get chicken…
A pair of scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the technology that lead to the mRNA Covid vaccines. The incentive will be divided between Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman. Before the pandemic, the technology was experimental, but it has now been distributed to millions of people around…