Bayer Halts Key Drug Trial Amid Performance Concerns, Faces Growing Challenges

Nov 20, 2023 09:41 am UTC| Business Health

Bayer announced the premature termination of a significant late-stage trial for an experimental anti-clotting drug. The trial was halted due to the drugs inferior performance when compared to Bristol-Myers Squibb and...

Adidas, Disney, Walmart Linked to Cambodian Factory Pollution Scandal

Nov 20, 2023 07:10 am UTC| Business Health

A report by The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) has unveiled alarming practices in Cambodian brick factories. Waste materials from major international brands, including Adidas and...

Flame retardant chemicals can cause serious health risks – and they only slow fire by a few seconds

Nov 19, 2023 06:23 am UTC| Health

House fires are many peoples worst nightmare. But chemicals created decades ago to protect peoples homes from out of control flames opened our front doors to a new menace: toxic chemicals. Ones that we are consistently...

Creative minds are vulnerable to mental illness – but magicians escape the curse

Nov 19, 2023 06:11 am UTC| Health

Can you think of a comedian, actor, poet or writer who suffered from mental illness? Maybe the actor Robin Williams or comedian Stephen Fry came to your mind. Perhaps it was the writer Virginia Woolf. All three have had...

FDA's latest warnings about eye drop contamination put consumers on edge − a team of infectious disease experts explain the risks

Nov 19, 2023 06:04 am UTC| Health

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in late October 2023 urging consumers to avoid purchasing and to immediately stop using 26 over-the-counter eye drop products because of risk of eye infection that could...

Rite Aid Sues US Justice Dept Over Opioid Prescription Allegations, Bankruptcy Issue

Nov 17, 2023 06:26 am UTC| Business Law Health

Rite Aid has sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to halt a lawsuit alleging the companys involvement in illegally filling prescriptions for addictive opioid medications. The lawsuit comes as Rite Aid finds itself in...

Mass shootings often put a spotlight on mental illness, but figuring out which conditions should keep someone from having a gun is no easy task

Nov 15, 2023 02:13 am UTC| Health

Every time the country is shaken by a tragic mass shooting and the loss of innocent lives, mental illness and its role in the actions of the mass shooter come under scrutiny. Mental illness again became a central theme...