Biogen makes a new Alzheimer's drug costs $56,000 each year.People who are eligible for the drug also will need expensive tests like PET scans or spinal taps.The eye-popping $56,000 price tag on Biogen’s newly approved Alzheimer’s medication has generated significant...
Lucid Motors is rolling full steam ahead in its production of luxury electronic cars that could compete with Tesla. The company announced updates to its rollout and said a flagship New York City studio will open this week. A studio in Chicago opened on June...
Drinking three to four cups of coffee a day may reduce your risk of liver cancer and other alcohol-related liver diseases, according to a new study. Researchers looked at the coffee habits of more than 494,000 people in the UK Biobank, a biomedical database,...
President Joe Biden set a new vaccine goal for America last month: 70% of adults receiving at least one COVID-19 shot by the Fourth of July. If shots continue at their current pace, the U.S. will fall short of that benchmark.In the...
Throughout her childhood, Leina Hsu never thought it odd that her parents chose to sleep in separate bedrooms. It wasn't until she started seeing how couples were portrayed on TV that she started to recognize the practice was unusual.After that, Hsu, a...
Bill Maher thinks there is too much apologizing in America.He made this head-scratching assertion on a recent episode of his eponymous HBO show in response to the online backlash against director Lin-Manuel Miranda for casting light-skinned Latinos in leading roles...
WASHINGTON – Diane Zorri was about to get her passport stamped at Miami International Airport when a customs agent approached with an ominous declaration."He said, 'hey, we've been waiting for you,'" Zorri recalled of the 2017 incident, in which...
What's the future of voting rights in the Senate?The Senate is poised to consider voting rights legislation this week, possibly voting as soon as Tuesday. Its passage looks unlikely, but Democrats are working overtime to unify in its favor...
As educators wrap up the 2020-21 school year and prepare for a “new normal” this fall, one of the tasks on deck is curriculum planning. In talking to school leaders around the country, I've heard many concerns regarding state...
Young Americans are less likely to get vaccinated against COVID than their elders, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study showed.By May 22, 2021, 57.0% of adults had received at least one vaccine dose, the study said. But coverage...
