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April 21, 2025
The autopsy report for 54-year-old actor Matthew Perry, best known for his role in “Friends”, states that he passed away due to the immediate impacts of the anesthetic drug ketamine. The results were released on Friday. According to the autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner, Perry’s cause of death on
READ MOREThe Health Department in Mexico City has issued a directive to temporarily shut down a melon-packing facility that has been linked to salmonella outbreaks resulting in five deaths in Canada and three deaths in the United States. The company involved was not named by the department, but Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes were linked to
READ MORETwo private companies have formed a partnership to release mosquitoes that have been bred with a bacterium in the Caribbean. This bacterium is known for blocking the dengue virus, which is crucial as the region faces an overwhelming number of cases. Orbit Services Partners Inc., a Barbados-based company, is teaming up with Verily, a health
READ MOREWorkers in Atlantic City’s casinos, who are in favor of a smoking ban, have decided to take action themselves despite the unclear future of the ban. They gathered on Thursday to make their voices heard through smoking and speaking out. The United Auto Workers union members caused a disturbance during a state Assembly committee meeting
READ MOREGautam Dongre’s offspring in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s offspring in Tanzania both have a genetic condition that causes their blood cells to become sources of discomfort. Dongre hopes that the new gene therapies will provide a cure for his sickle cell disease and is eagerly awaiting the treatment. However, according to specialists, the single-dose therapy
READ MOREThe Biden administration announced on Thursday that starting in early 2022, a significant number of senior citizens may see a decrease in the cost of certain outpatient medications. The White House released a roster of 48 medications, including chemotherapy drugs and growth hormones for treating endocrine disorders, that have seen price hikes above the inflation
READ MOREThe House of Representatives, in a gesture of support for a fellow member battling Parkinson’s disease, postponed the final vote of the year on a bill that aims to eventually eradicate the debilitating condition. The legislation is titled after Jennifer Wexton, a Democratic representative from Virginia who suffers from the illness, and the late brother
READ MOREWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. agents recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from overseas manufacturers, including the Chinese company behind Elf Bar, a line of fruity disposable vapes that has become the top brand among American teens, officials said Thursday. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the e-cigarettes that were seized at Los
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This image from an electron microscope displays human lung cells releasing blue-colored RSV virions and yellow-colored anti-RSV F protein/gold antibodies. On Thursday, the White House declared that it had reached an agreement with pharmaceutical companies to produce an additional 230,000 doses of the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for infants by January. This comes in response
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On August 23, 2023, Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images showed Kellyanne Conway, who was previously an advisor to former President Trump, observing in the Spin Room during the initial Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kellyanne Conway plans to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday to deliver a warning to Republicans:
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