WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval of an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, a remarkable turnaround for the highly controversial drug which was previously rejected by the same group earlier this year. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 7 to 2 that Amylyx Pharma’s data … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Chengdu, southwest China, have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city’s population of 21 million despite a major earthquake that left killed at least 65 people in outlying areas. Footage circulating online on Tuesday showed workers wearing top-to-bottom protective gear preventing residents of apartment buildings from exiting through locked … Read more
CNN — West Point, the United States Military Academy, has a plaque with the name Ku Klux Klan writing and a hooded figure displayed at the entrance to Bartlett Hall, the science center on the campus of the military academy, according to a new report from the Congress Naming Commission. The Commission, which was created … Read more
Zombie ice from the massive Greenland Ice Sheet will eventually raise sea levels by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer fed by those larger glaciers. This is … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A fuel leak and then an engine problem during final preparations for liftoff led NASA to cancel the launch of its powerful new moon rocket on Monday during a development flight with three dummies test on board. The next launch attempt won’t take place until Friday at the earliest and … Read more
RAYONG, Thailand (AP) – The young Irrawaddy dolphin – sick and too weak to swim – was drowning in a tidal pool on the Thai coast when fishermen found him. The fishermen quickly alerted marine conservationists, who advised them to provide emergency care until a rescue team could transport the baby to Thailand’s Marine and … Read more
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the moon. — The uncrewed launch marks the debut of the most powerful rocket ever assembled and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return to … Read more
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the moon. — The uncrewed launch marks the debut of the most powerful rocket ever assembled and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return to … Read more
The scientists created “synthetic” mouse embryos from stem cells without the father’s sperm or the mother’s egg or uterus. Lab-created embryos mirror a natural mouse embryo up to 8.5 days after fertilization, containing the same structures, including one like a beating heart. In the short term, researchers hope to use these so-called embryoids to better … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit to young adults, while reducing the risk of hospitalization and death in high-risk older adults, according to a large study released Wednesday. The results of an Israeli study of 109,000 patients are likely to renew questions about the US government’s use of … Read more
