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Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) - High school athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson takes her position in the throwing circle, tunes out any distractions, then pivots and tosses the discus into the evening twilight. Her focus is simple. Whether it's trying to improve on a third-place finish at last ...
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Trump set to ease restrictions on psychedelic drug used to treat PTSD

(Corrects name of advocacy group to Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions in paragraph 19) By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to order the federal government to reevaluate restrictions on a psychedelic drug sometimes used internationally to treat post-traumatic stress ...
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US judge rejects Bayer bid to block Johnson & Johnson prostate cancer drug claims

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected Bayer's request for an injunction to block Johnson & Johnson's alleged false advertising that its multibillion-dollar drug cuts the risk of death from prostate cancer in half. In a decision on Friday ...
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FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that the U.S., under his leadership, is limiting the spread of measles better than any other country in the world. His most recent comments came Friday as he testified in his first congressional hearings in months, in ...
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US judge rejects Bayer bid to block Johnson & Johnson prostate cancer drug claims

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected Bayer's request for an injunction to block Johnson & Johnson's alleged false advertising that its multibillion-dollar drug cuts the risk of death from prostate cancer in half. In a Friday night decision, ...
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Inspector: Chicago finance department lacks tools to collect $8.1 billion owed

(The Center Square) - Chicago's inspector general says the city is owed at least $8.1 billion and lacks the tools to collect the money. A new report from Chicago ...
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US HIV aid provided to 20.6 million as of September

CHICAGO, April 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday said it had supported HIV treatment for 20.6 million people as of September last year, including 3 million people whose care was provided by their own governments rather than the U.S. President's Emergency ...
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Some American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules

Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell has been expanding his flock, and that meant he needed to build a new barn. His land is far from the power lines he would need to heat it, so he figured rooftop solar ...
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Alamar Biosciences valued at $1.5 billion as shares jump in Nasdaq debut

By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Prakhar Srivastava April 17 (Reuters) - Alamar Biosciences fetched a $1.53 billion valuation after the protein biomarker detection platform's shares jumped 33% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, as de-escalating geopolitical tensions revive the IPO market. Although market conditions tempered ...
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Kailera soars over 60% in Nasdaq debut as weight-loss drug race heats up

By Manya Saini April 17 (Reuters) - Weight-loss drug developer Kailera Therapeutics' shares surged 62.5% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday after closing a $625 million U.S. initial public offering, as Wall Street's appetite for the fast-growing market remains unsated. Success of newer weight-loss therapies has ...
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Wildfires used to ‘go to sleep’ at night. Climate change has them burning overtime

WASHINGTON (AP) - Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found. Fires ...
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Belgium’s UCB to acquire Neurona Therapeutics for up to $1.15 billion

April 17 (Reuters) - Belgian biopharmaceutical group UCB said on Friday it will acquire U.S.-based Neurona Therapeutics for up to $1.15 billion in a deal that will strengthen its epilepsy portfolio. UCB will shell out $650 million upfront and up to $500 million in ...
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