Apple on Monday released watchOS 11 for Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, featuring new health features like sleep apnea notifications and fitness insights like Training Load.
The big picture: The latest operating system offers more personalization and ways to stay connected to yourself and your environment.
Scientific American magazine announced Monday that it was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 race, citing her plans to improve the nation's health care system, fight climate change and support reproductive rights.
Why it matters: This is only the second time in the magazine's 179-year history that it has made an endorsement in a presidential race, the publication's editors wrote in an op-ed.
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Apple's new sleep apnea detection feature for use on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Watch Ultra 2.
Why it matters: The feature allows the watch's accelerometer to automatically detect signs of sleep apnea in the wearer — making it possible for this widely available device to help identify the condition.
The Biden administration has finished the first update in 20 years of rules for investigating fraud in federally funded research but backed away from some aggressive changes after getting blowback from universities.
Why it matters: Research misconduct hit an all-time high last year, with the number of journal article retractions hitting more than 10,000, Nature reported.
Patients are increasingly joining online communities to learn how to make pirated versions of abortion pills, GLP-1s and other prescription drugs and medical treatments.
Why it matters: It's an outgrowth of frustration with high prices and bottlenecks in the health system, combined with a broader medical freedom movement built around patient empowerment and fueled by social media.
GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) dominated the political show lineup with several appearances Sunday, where he again spoke on unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants are eating cats in Ohio — a controversy that has sparked rebuke from both sides of the aisle.
The mayor of Springfield also spoke about the rumors and the impact it's having on the town amid a rash of threats that have shut down city buildings and canceled school.
Here's what you may have missed when newsmakers hit the airwaves this Sunday, September 15.
