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.
Eight Las Vegas teenagers ranging from 13 to 17 years old have been arrested and will be charged with murder for the death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr.
An interstate bus crash outside of Columbus, Ohio Tuesday left at least six people dead, 18 more injured after a semi-truck rear-ended a charter bus full of high school students.
Israeli forces are raiding Gaza’s largest hospital, where hundreds of patients, including newborns, have been stranded with dwindling supplies and no electricity.
Four women were stabbed Monday at Louisiana Tech University in what authorities are describing as a random act of violence by a student who was apprehended within minutes.
A bomb threat forced the pilots of a United flight traveling from Los Angeles to Vancouver to make an emergency landing in San Francisco an hour into the flight.
