Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds Manuel Frisk, 2024-04-102024-04-12 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval program is meant to give patients early access to promising drugs. But how often do these drugs actually improve or extend patients’ lives? In a new study, researchers found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval do not demonstrate such benefits within… Continue Reading
2 women who say abortion restrictions put them in medical peril feel compelled to campaign for Biden Manuel Frisk, 2024-04-102024-04-12 WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas woman who went into premature labor, developed sepsis and nearly died and a Louisiana woman who said restrictive abortion laws prevented her from getting medical help for a miscarriage are now campaigning for President Joe Biden as the Democrat highlights how women’s health… Continue Reading
Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett’s railroad to court Manuel Frisk, 2024-04-102024-04-12 LIBBY, Mont. — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town of Libby. He liked to… Continue Reading