Safety Arizona elementary school kids rushed to ER after popping pills Jason Weisberger

Gadgets The ClearUP can whisk away sinus pain from allergies in just 5 minutes Boing Boing's Shop

tolkien Can you tell the difference between antidepressants and Tolkien characters? Take the quiz! Thom Dunn

COVID-19 NPR's no-nonsense guide to preparing your home for Covid-19 Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

trolls Martin Shkreli's appeal denied Mark Frauenfelder

wikileaks What killed Adrian Lamo? Rob Beschizza

law Purdue's court filings understate its role in the opioid epidemic by 80% Cory Doctorow

corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow

vitamins "Unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients" the secret to many vitamin supplements Jason Weisberger

Business "Spread Pricing" transparency reveals the millions CVS rakes in by gouging Medicare and prisons on prescription markups Cory Doctorow

medical insurance Anthem patient paid a $285 copay for a $40 drug Mark Frauenfelder

News There's an EpiPen shortage. Parents of kids with serious allergies prepare for back-to-school without the life saving medication. Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Four Thieves Vinegar Collective: DIY epipens were just the start, now it's home bioreactors to thwart Big Pharma's price-gouging Cory Doctorow

bummers Bad trip guaranteed: Trump-shaped ecstasy pills seized in drug bust Mark Frauenfelder

News Ambien maker Sanofi responds to Roseanne, who blamed drug for racist tweets Xeni Jardin

#fixthepolice Secret NYPD files show hundreds of cops committed serious crimes and kept jobs and pensions Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Marvel to launch "Create Your Own Comic" app, but "social issues" and "alternative lifestyle advocacy" are banned Rob Beschizza

Pills-a-go-go Drugs that are 30 years past their expiration date "still as potent as they were when they were manufactured" Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Head lice treatments in US are failing Mark Frauenfelder