Month: August 2019

The women’s sports apparel company Athleta announced it is sponsoring the Olympic sprinter, who went public about her dispute with Nike, her previous sponsor. View original article Contributor:

(Bloomberg) — At Mexico’s state-run oil company, skinnier waists mean bigger bonuses. Under Petroleos Mexicanos’s new collective bargaining contract with its union, workers who meet certain body weight standards will receive a “health incentive” of 5,545.40 pesos ($287) a year. To qualify, they must have a body mass index, or BMI, of not more than … Read more

(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak has killed over 1,800 people. The trial of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals vaccine involves up to 800 people in the western district of Mbarara and is supported … Read more

(BOSTON) — Parents who lost children to fatal overdoses and other addiction recovery activists are rallying outside a Boston courthouse Friday as a judge hears arguments in Massachusetts’ lawsuit against Purdue Pharma over its role in the national drug epidemic. About 100 protesters gathered in front of Suffolk County Superior Court before the start of … Read more

It can often feel like trust in science is a casualty of the “fake news” era. Skepticism of well-established concepts like vaccine safety and climate change is widespread today, with consequences including an unprecedented measles outbreak in the U.S. and an ever-warming environment. It may be surprising, then, that a new, nationally representative survey of … Read more

Doctors removed 526 teeth from a 7-year-old boy’s mouth during surgery in Chennai, India, CBS News reported Thursday. The boy was brought to the hospital with swelling in his jaw, according to a statement from the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital. Doctors decided to operate and discovered what they said resembled a “bag like mass” … Read more

Medicare’s is increasing payments to cancer centers for the pioneering CAR T-cell therapy, making it likely more patients will receive it. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

The companies objected. So did the DEA. But a federal appeals court liberated the ARCOS opioid data. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach