Tag: CNN

The AWS Outage – What Happened, and Why is it a Big Deal?

Magnifying glass over the Amazon Web Services website

A service disruption at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s popular cloud hosting and data service, caused massive problems for internet users starting their workweek on Monday. Since AWS powers huge portions of the internet, the list of services and sites that suffered outages on Monday was pretty staggering. As Mashable reports, according to user-reported issues […]

Ozempic Patients in the US Can Now get it for Half Price – If You Can Pay Cash

Hand holding Ozempic syringe dose

Novo Nordisk announced Monday that US patients can now get a month’s supply of Ozempic, the blockbuster diabetes drug, for $499, for those who pay for medications on their own and don’t go through insurance. As CNN reports, the move comes as President Donald Trump is pressuring drugmakers to lower drug costs, which have long been a […]

Why are Baby Sea Turtles in Georgia Struggling to Find the Ocean This Summer?

Baby Sea Turtle makes its way across sand to ocean at sunrise

During the first week of July, the popular travel center and gas station chain Buc-ee’s opened its largest location in Georgia, just off coastal Interstate 95. But it’s not the beaver-branded merchandise or the smell of barbecue that’s attracting Georgia’s sea turtles — it’s the harsh glare of towering high-mast lights. As CNN reports, under […]

Are Your Antidepressants Making You More Sensitive to the Summer Heat?

cartoon of women overheated and sweating in the sun

When social media influencer Adelaide Saywell posted on TikTok that SSRIs, a commonly prescribed antidepressant medication, could make people more vulnerable to heat, it went viral and sparked a deluge of comments. “Wait seriously??? I just started taking it a month ago and am so hot all the time,” said one commenter. “I have been on sertraline for […]

Measles are at their Highest Reported in 33 Years, while Child Vaccine Rates Drop Amid Record Exemptions

Child's hand covered withh measles rests on adult hand

The percentage of kids who didn’t get their recommended childhood vaccines rose to a record high during the last school year, continuing a post-pandemic trend of Americans opting out of vaccinations. As CNN reports, a record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all reported […]

At Least 80 People are Confirmed Dead after weekend’s Devastating Floods in Central Texas

Traffic sign reads Flood Zone Ahead

Local officials in several Texas counties have now confirmed a total of 80 fatalities in connection with the devastating flooding that happened over the weekend in and around the central Texas town of Kerrville. Among those deceased in Kerr County are 40 adults and 28 children, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said Sunday. Death Toll Rises, […]

Rescuers Search for Survivors Two Days after 7.7 Quake Kills more than 1,700 in Myanmar and Thailand

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than two days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces. As CNN reports, at least 1,700 people are now confirmed dead in Myanmar after what was the largest earthquake to hit the […]

Trump Administration Directs Federal Health Agencies to Halt Communications

Amid a deluge of executive actions during only his first week in office, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to halt all external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources within the agencies. As CNN reports, the initial orders were delivered Tuesday to staff at […]

Fashion Icons Anna Wintour and Ralph Lauren Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

Anna Wintour at CFDA Fashion Awards

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is America’s highest civilian honor. This year, fashion devotees definitely tuned in for the most recent awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President Joe Biden recognized two titans of the American Fashion industry. CNN reports that Vogue editor Anna Wintour and American fashion designer Ralph Lauren were two of the awardees of the […]