By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Plans to avert a U.S. government shutdown began taking shape in the Senate on Tuesday, but it was still far from certain whether a dispute over funding for women’s healthcare group Planned Parenthood could be overcome. With only days remaining before an Oct. 1 deadline, Senate leaders said they were pursuing a stop-gap funding bill to extend the present federal budget
The pontiff begins his six-day trip in D.C. after touring Communist-led Cuba.
The CEO of a pharmaceutical company, which increased the price of a drug used for parasite infections by more than 4,000 percent, said the company would substantially lower the price. Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, told ABC News they will lower the price days after making headlines and getting complaints from medical groups and others online. The drug called Daraprim is used to treat parasitic infections that most
Just as angels are depicted with a halo that encircles them, each of us mortals has an invisible halo — consisting of millions of bacteria — that surrounds us day and night, according to a new study. What’s more, this “microbial halo” that follows us is unique to everyone, just like a fingerprint, according to the study, which was published in the journal Peer J. “We expected that we would
(Reuters) – Amgen Inc and Allergan Plc said a late-stage study showed their biosimilar candidate for a type of lung cancer was as effective as Roche AG’s Avastin in preventing disease progression and improving survival. Avastin is Roche’s best-selling cancer drug, raking in about $6.5 billion in sales last year. The arrival of biosimilars – copied versions of complex biotech drugs – represents a threat to companies such as Roche.
Scotland got their Rugby World Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 45-10 win over Japan at Kingsholm, but only after Eddie Jones’ charges threatened to cause another upset.
Portsmouth have filled their need for a goalkeeper by bringing in Wolves’ Aaron McCarey on a one-month loan deal.
Sky Sports’ newest NFL Fantasy show is back for another week!
A review of the action from Naas on Wednesday as Kalisma made an impressive debut for Dermot Weld.
To put no finer point on it, Week 2 was a struggle for a lot of people, what with huge injuries to Dallas Cowboys’ QB Tony Romo, a poor performance from Marshawn Lynch, and a huge list of NFL upsets.
