The European Union’s executive branch proposed Wednesday a ban on the sale of flavored heated tobacco products, including some vaping items, as part of its plan to fight cancer. The European Commission said its proposal comes in response to a significant increase in the volume of such products sold across… Read More
Top Senate cop dies one day before Jan. 6 hearing
Former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger was serving as the Senate’s highest-ranked federal cop during the Jan. 6 riot last year. He resigned a day later, and he was reported dead Monday, on the eve of a surprise hearing from the House Jan. 6 Committee. The state’s medical examiner declined to… Read More
Californians to vote on constitutional abortion amendment
California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution, a question sure to boost turnout on both sides of the debate during a pivotal midterm election year as Democrats try to keep control of Congress after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned… Read More
EU considers allowing smallpox vaccine for monkeypox
The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent. In a statement on Tuesday, the EU drug regulator noted that… Read More
‘ER’ actor Mary Mara dies in apparent drowning
Mary Mara, who appeared on television shows including “Ray Donovan,” “Dexter” and “ER” in an acting career that spanned more than 30 years, has died in what New York authorities said appeared to be a drowning accident. The New York State Police said Monday a woman identified as Mara, 61,… Read More
World’s biggest bacterium found in swamp
Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is “by far the largest bacterium known to date,”… Read More
Dobbs v. Jackson prompts slew of workaround lawsuits
The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as one side sought quickly to enact statewide bans and the other tried to block or at least delay such measures. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to end constitutional protection for abortion… Read More
[Recipe] Watermelon salad perfect for July 4th
For a fast and easy warm-weather salad on the Fourth of July, it doesn’t get better than Watermelon Feta. According to Google Trends, searches for watermelon and feta cheese salads have spiked every July for more than a decade. To taste it is to know why. The distinct and refreshing… Read More
SD Gov. Kristi Noem has a plan for illegal abortions
South Dakota’s Republican governor pledged on Sunday to bar mail-order abortion pills but said women should not face prosecution for seeking them. In apparent defiance of legal guidance by the Justice Department after the Supreme Court last week stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, Kristi Noem indicated in national… Read More
Former Big Pharma insider pleads guilty
A former communications director at a pharmaceutical company has pleaded guilty in what authorities said was an insider trading scheme involving a breast cancer drug. Lauren Wood pleaded guilty Wednesday in Newark to one count of securities fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced in November. Wood, of Washington, and… Read More
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