Former President Barack Obama on Thursday delivered some of his most pointed remarks yet against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump during the Democrat's first rally for Vice President Kamala Harris.
More than 2 million Fisher-Price Snuga Swings were recalledfollowing the deaths of five infants over a decade.
State of play: Suffocation risks prompted the recall, and customers are told to remove parts of the swing before continuing to use it for "awake-time activities" only.
U.S. adults are now more likely to say they'd reach out to someone if they were considering suicide, including Latinos who in the past have been reluctant due to stigma, a new poll shows.
The big picture: Suicide cases in the U.S. reached a record high last year, and the number of adults who say they know someone who has attempted it or died by it has been rising in the past five years.
Hospitals across the U.S.are postponing elective surgeries, giving some patients Gatorade and using other workarounds to conserve IV fluids in the face of a nationwide shortage that officials fear will intensify with the arrival of Hurricane Milton.
The big picture: Hurricane Helene swamped a Baxter International plant in North Carolina that supplies more than 60% of the nation's IV solution, and a second key facility operated by B. Braun in Daytona Beach, Florida, is in the path of the latest storm.
The latest calls to revamp the prescription drug market and lower prices are coming from billionaire Mark Cuban, who's urging corporations to dump the middlemen that handle their drug benefits and shop for better deals with providers and smaller companies that will pass through their savings.
Why it matters: Cuban, a prominent backer of Vice President Kamala Harris, believes a streamlined, more transparent system will generate more savings than direct government price negotiations.
