Health

Bristol Myers Squibb acquires Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion, boosting neuroscience portfolio
Dec 22, 2023

Bristol Myers Squibb acquires Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion, boosting neuroscience portfolio

Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is acquiring Karuna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a new antipsychotic, in a $14 billion deal



For years, he couldn't donate at the blood center where he worked. Under new FDA rules, now he can
Dec 22, 2023

For years, he couldn't donate at the blood center where he worked. Under new FDA rules, now he can

New federal guidelines that dropped an abstinence requirement before gay men in monogamous relationships can give blood are opening a new pool of potential donors


Chatty robot helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship
Dec 22, 2023

Chatty robot helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship

Some American senior citizens have a new companion to help them combat loneliness: a robot


DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban and restrictions, a judge says
Dec 22, 2023

DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban and restrictions, a judge says

A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals


Cat-owner duo in Ohio shares amputee journey while helping others through animal therapy
Dec 21, 2023

Cat-owner duo in Ohio shares amputee journey while helping others through animal therapy

More than five years ago, someone left a kitten with twisted back legs at a Missouri animal shelter


Dec 21, 2023

Athletics lefty Sean Newcomb has surgery on right knee

Oakland Athletics left-hander Sean Newcomb had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday to help alleviate pain he experienced while recovering from a procedure on his left knee in September


Ohio prosecutor says he's duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury
Dec 20, 2023

Ohio prosecutor says he's duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury

An Ohio prosecutor says it's not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried at her home, regardless of the pressure that national attention is bringing to her case


Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds
Dec 20, 2023

Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds

Homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, have reached a new, somber record


Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
Dec 20, 2023

Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

Thousands of homeless people who died this year are being memorialized this week around the U.S. Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day events have become increasingly popular in communities from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Riverside, California