Some Google Employees Are Worried For Their Families Following A Measles Case...
“A bit upsetting that I had to find out about this through this Group, via a BuzzFeed News article, rather than from some official Google internal comms,” one employee wrote. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleA $330 Thermometer Claimed To Be 99.4% Accurate In Preventing Pregnancy. But...
The company claimed that the thermometer successfully predicted fertility in 99.4% of its customers. But the study that it was based on was pulled for selectively using data that made it look good —...
View ArticleRockefeller University Has Admitted “There Were Warning Signs” That A Doctor...
An attorney says the famed hospital missed many chances to protect young patients from Reginald Archibald, who is now dead. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleA Scientist Keeps Claiming His Life Force Can Somehow Kill Cancer Cells, And...
A half-dozen studies say that “YXQ-EQ” kills cancer cells. Good luck figuring out what that means. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleNearly 900 Immigrants Had The Mumps In Detention Centers In The Last Year
ICE detainees are at “incredibly huge risk” of getting mumps, one expert said. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleSmoking Experts Are Scared A Vaping Ban Will Increase Cigarette Sales
Vaping bans are happening left and right, but some experts worry they’ll drive ex-smokers right back to cigarettes. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleDozens Of YouTube Videos Show People How To Make Potentially Dangerous Vape Oil
After being contacted by BuzzFeed News, the platform took down some of the videos. Vaping-related injuries continue to climb by the day. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleFour Juul Executives Are Out As The Company Plans To Cut About 500 Jobs
In a tumultuous year for the e-cigarette company, the layoffs will amount to 10% to 15% of the 4,000-person workforce. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleJuul Shipped At Least A Million Contaminated Pods, New Lawsuit Says
“Half our customers are drunk and vaping like mo-fos, who the fuck is going to notice the quality of our pods,” the former CEO allegedly said. Juul says the lawsuit is “baseless.” View Entire Post ›
View ArticleThe Most Iconic TV And Movie Characters From The 2010s
We asked BuzzFeed News writers to nominate the TV and movie characters who defined the 2010s. Here are our picks for the characters who will stick with us from this decade. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleLeaked Juul Documents Cast Doubt On A Former Executive’s Claim Of 1 Million...
An internal Juul report, obtained by BuzzFeed News, challenges an explosive lawsuit claiming the e-cigarette giant hid a massive contamination incident from the public. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleThe Best And Most Shocking Scenes From TV And Movies This Decade
We asked the BuzzFeed News team what scenes and moments they're unable to forget after this decade of TV and movies. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleA Stanford Professor Says Juul Stole Her Anti-Vaping PowerPoint Slides
Juul’s teen anti-vaping curriculum was short-lived, but a professor says the e-cigarette giant stole her PowerPoint slides — and used them to try to get into US classrooms. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleShoddy Coronavirus Studies Are Going Viral And Stoking Panic
Scientists are rapidly posting findings about the new coronavirus outbreak online, accelerating the speed of scientific discoveries — and of misinformation. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleJuul Employees Say “Morale Is At An All-Time Low” After Its Worst Year Ever
The billion-dollar e-cigarette startup is fighting for its life. Employees are calling out the chaos and considering jumping ship, according to internal documents and audio obtained by BuzzFeed News....
View ArticleJuul Bought Ads On Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, And Other Kids Websites, A...
Internal documents obtained by the Massachusetts attorney general as part of a new lawsuit are the clearest indication yet that the e-cigarette giant aimed its early advertising at young people who've...
View ArticleA Controversial Study Claimed To Explain Why Women Don’t Go Into Science And...
Jordan Peterson cited the study to argue women naturally aren’t interested in technical fields. But it presented a “contrived and distorted picture,” said an outside researcher. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleJuul Is Forcing Out Two Top Executives And Laying Off Global Staff
The e-cigarette giant is forcing out its top Europe and south Asia executives and laying off staff in Singapore as part of an effort to cut back $1 billion in spending in 2020. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleHere Are The Ways That PFAS Chemicals Might Cause Cancer, A New Study Says
PFAS chemicals, which have turned up in drinking water in cities across the US, have been linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and kidney, testicular, prostate, breast, liver, and ovarian cancers. View...
View ArticleThe Coronavirus Has Likely Been Spreading Through Washington For Weeks,...
Genetic data suggests that Washington state is facing an “already substantial outbreak” that has gone undetected for weeks because of testing failures. View Entire Post ›
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