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The Brief June 24, 2025 Updates on Iran, Trump, immigration, and more Podcast ID – Short Length: b55c1aa3-900c-4a9f-8d1a-dfe63efccd9c Podcast ID – Long Length: a9194dab-f0b9-461b-b3c2-df9a06f21fc2 In the months after Texas banned abortion in nearly all situations, Dr. Lou Rubino stayed and continued treating patients in Austin. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “I just had in mind I could still … Read more

If you want your good boy to have a good summer, make sure he catches balls instead of rays. Dogs can get just as sunburned as people, veterinarians warn, and sometimes, it becomes an emergency. “Especially during the really hot summer months, we see an uptick of pets coming in with sunburns,” says Veronica Villanueva, … Read more

More people identify as bisexual than as lesbian or gay. Yet bisexuality tends to be largely misunderstood, and people who are bi are exposed to “so many negative messages, both from heterosexual people and from lesbian and gay people,” says Tania Israel, a professor emerit of counseling psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, … Read more

Social Security and Medicare are expected to need to cut monthly benefits in less than a decade as the trust funds for both programs are on track to run dry earlier than previously predicted. A report released on Wednesday from the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees pushed up the programs’ go-broke dates, meaning … Read more

On June 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first medicine to prevent HIV that only has to be taken twice a year. People who are at high risk for HIV can now take the injection—called lenacapavir and sold as Yeztugo—just once every six months. The approval is a milestone in the … Read more

Nearly 500,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the U.S. For about 75% of them, the first sign will be a skin lesion that appears one to four weeks after being bitten by an infected deer tick. But it might not look how you’d imagine: Only 20% of these lesions take on … Read more

When someone trusts you enough to come out to you, it’s essential to choose the words you respond with carefully and thoughtfully. “Empathy is, in that moment, the most important tool you have to be an ally and to be there for the person you love who’s opening up to you,” says Max Talisman, a … Read more

The Brief June 18, 2025 Updates on the Israel and Iran conflict, a case that could upend social media, and more Podcast ID – Short Length: 51001c1f-ad86-4ceb-b10b-d17b768f72d6 Podcast ID – Long Length: 51001c1f-ad86-4ceb-b10b-d17b768f72d6 [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Psilocybin—a notorious hallucinogen found in “magic mushrooms”—is a federally controlled substance that the U.S. deems to have “no currently accepted … Read more

Many years ago, I became a Phaal Curry Monster, meaning I was brave (and dumb) enough to accept a restaurant’s challenge to eat a plate of chicken drenched in curry made of the spiciest peppers on Earth. Each swallow felt like shards of glass scraping my throat. After finishing, I celebrated my achievement by throwing … Read more

In the days and months after the Supreme Court rendered a 2022 decision gutting the U.S. constitutional protection for abortion, advocates predicted many negative impacts to come for women and their families. At least one such prediction has come true: there has been an increase in intimate partner violence in places with a near-total ban … Read more