HIGHER DRUG COSTS
A study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA found that one in five adults over 65 skipped or delayed medication in 2022 because of costs. Back in 2016, only one in seven seniors had the same issue, marking a sharp increase in the past 6 years. The study cited both high inflation and rising prescription drug costs for the issue and found that even among those who didn't skip medication, 8 percent cut down on necessities like gas or groceries in order to afford it.
TIKTOKERS STRIKE BACK
TikTok creators in Montana are suing the state after it passed a law banning the Chinese-owned video sharing app. The creators are claiming that the law is unconstitutional and an infringement on their free speech rights. The five plaintiffs include podcaster and cosplayer 'Lady Dred Knot' and mountaineer Alice Held, who both have over 200 thousand followers. Iin addition to the creators named in the suit, some of TikTok's biggest names are based in the state, including author Hank Green, who has over 7 million followers.
New York City could pay out $13 million to racial injustice protesters, many of whom were arrested and beaten during the protests after George Floyd's murder.
The president of Stanford University Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigned after the board of trustees determined several academic reports he authored contained manipulated data.
The wife of Rex Heuermann, the man suspected of multiple murders in Gilgo Beach, Long Island, has filed for divorce.
The opening day of the Women's World Cup in New Zealand was marred by a deadly shooting in host city Auckland that left two people dead.
The 25-year-old set off a frantic search after she went missing for two days following her 911 call to report that a toddler was wandering on an interstate.
The world is facing record-breaking and historical temperatures. Cheddar News explains.
Consumers are looking to beat the heat in record numbers with sales of air conditioners and inflatable pools soaring to record levels.
Johnson & Johnson will pay $18.8 million to a California man who claims he developed cancer from exposure to the company's baby powder product.
Rex Heuermann, the man charged in the so-called Gilgo Beach murders, is now being investigated by other police departments across the country.
The heat wave continues to break records across the country with Phoenix recording 19 straight days of over 110 degrees as the southwestern cities are also coming close to records as well. Iran recorded a heat index of 152 degrees on Sunday with high temperatures affecting a big portion of the planet.
