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Watch and Listen: Opioid Settlement Case Triggers Protests Outside the High Court – California…
By Aneri Pattani
The Supreme Court heard a case this week about who could claim bankruptcy protection from civil lawsuits. The case stems from the opioid epidemic and lawsuits brought by state and local governments against…
LA County Invests Big in Free Virtual Mental Health Therapy for K-12 Students – California…
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County public schools are rolling out an ambitious effort to offer free mental health services to their 1.3 million K-12 students, a key test of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping, $4.7 billion…
French warship intercepts Huthis aerial attack on Norwegian tanker near Red Sea
Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a missile strike on a Norwegian-flagged tanker, an attack the Iran-backed group said was part of its military campaign against Israel.…
Cigna shares jump on reports of abandoned Humana buyout, plans for $10 billion stock buyback
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of Cigna jumped Monday following reports that the health-care giant has scrapped its plans to buy rival Humana due to disagreements on price, putting an early end to what would have been one of…
Tirzepatide enhances weight loss with sustained treatment but discontinuation leads to weight regain
The current class of anti-obesity drugs is proving remarkably effective at removing excess pounds. However, a phase 3 randomized clinical trial led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that people who…
Clues to preventing Alzheimer’s come from patient who, despite genetics, evaded disease
Alzheimer's disease has plagued one large Colombian family for generations, striking down half of its members in the prime of life. But one member of that family evaded what had seemed would be fate: Despite inheriting the genetic defect…
Non-invasive technology for the high-throughput characterization of cancer cells
The electrical properties of cancer cells can provide information on their cancer type, state, and drug resistance. However, conventional platforms to measure these properties are complex and can only analyze a few cells. Researchers from…
It’s taking longer to schedule abortions in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex…
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on weekslong…
Global Breast Cancer Liquid Biopsy Market Size is Estimated to Reach USD 474.62 million by 2031,…
New York, United States, Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Breast cancer liquid biopsy, a non-invasive blood test, can detect circulating tumor cells and DNA fragments released into the blood from primary tumors and metastatic sites.…
Climate change could cause 10,000 deaths a year by 2050s, warns UKHSA
Climate change could lead to as many as 10,000 extra deaths in the UK every year by the 2050s, stark new modelling has suggested.
In a worst-case scenario where temperatures rise by 4.3C, the UK could experience a twelvefold rise in…