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[Pics] Mitch McConnell’s health scare photos go viral

Is everything alright with Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell? McConnell insists he’s in good health — but a set of viral pictures circulating social media seem to tell a different story. &nbspSponsored: Can you guess which food holds the secret to better blood pressure? In the photos, McConnell’s hands are… Read More

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty

Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday. The company will plead guilty to three… Read More

The hidden cost of lockdowns

Matthew Davidson was beating his heroin addiction. The 31-year-old was attending group recovery meetings. He had a restaurant job he liked. He was a doting uncle to a baby nephew. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Davidson lost his job. He started staying home alone in his apartment near Georgetown, Kentucky… Read More

Coronavirus flareup? Areas trying different tactics

After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world, especially in Europe and the Americas. New York’s new round of virus shutdowns zeroes in on individual… Read More

U.K. to infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus

U.K. researchers are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up the development of a vaccine. The approach, called a challenge study, is risky but proponents say it may produce results faster than standard research, which… Read More

UPDATE: Latest on Trump’s battle with coronavirus

President Donald Trump’s health has been in the headlines amid his recent coronavirus diagnosis. White House doctors have said they’re “optimistic” about Trump returning to the White House on Monday, but no official plans have been announced yet. What we know and what we don’t know:   WHAT WE KNOW:… Read More

NASA experts raving over $23 million toilet

NASA’s first new space potty in decades — a $23 million titanium toilet better suited for women — is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before eventually flying to the moon. It’s packed inside a cargo ship that should have blasted off late Thursday from Wallops Island,… Read More

This coronavirus vaccine test has Trump cheering

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the virus. The study starting Wednesday will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S., South Africa,… Read More

Grim milestone: 200,000 coronavirus deaths

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, hitting the grim milestone six weeks before an election that is certain to be a referendum in part on President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis. “It is completely unfathomable that we’ve reached this point,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns… Read More

U.K. announces new coronavirus restrictions

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britons on Tuesday that they should not expect to return to a normal social or work life for at least six months, as he ordered new restrictions that he hopes will suppress a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. Saying that Britain had to act now… Read More