The Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday that it had approved a new treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis that can be used as an alternative when other drugs fail. The drug, to be called Sirturo, was discovered by scientists at Janssen, the pharmaceuticals unit of Johnson & Johnson, and is the first in a new class of drugs that aims to treat the drug-resistant strain...
Tribune Co. emerges from bankruptcy
Label: Business The last day of 2012 is the first of a new era for Tribune Co.After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious...
Dec
30
Senate adjourns for day with no deal on 'fiscal cliff'
Label: World WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers pushed the country to the edge of the "fiscal cliff" on Sunday as they struggled to reach a...
Comedian Katt Williams arrested in LA
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Katt Williams, the comedian who has repeatedly found himself on the wrong side of the law, is out on bail after being arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of child endangerment and possession of a stolen gun.Police Officer Norma Eisenman says Williams was taken into custody Friday after the LA County Department of Children and Family Services did a welfare check at his home. Authorities...
Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Revolutionary in the Study of the Brain, Dies at 103
Label: HealthFabio Campana/European Pressphoto AgencyRita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel laureate, in 2007. Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning neurologist who discovered critical chemical tools that the body uses to direct cell growth and build nerve networks, opening the way for the study of how those processes can go wrong in diseases like dementia and cancer, died on Sunday at her home in Rome....
Airlines' plans for 2013 up in the air
Label: Business Airfares will be on the rise in 2013, and those niggling airline fees will metamorphose into optional bundles of services.Meanwhile, onboard...
Microsoft Surface trampled at the bottom of the tablet pile this Christmas
Label: TechnologyWhile it does have drawbacks just like anything else, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Surface is a great slate for those looking for a fresh new take on the modern tablet. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like very many people were looking for a fresh new take on the modern tablet this holiday season. In a recent note to investors, R.W. Baird analyst William Power recounted recent conversations had at retailers...
Dec
28
Senate leaders to make last-ditch 'fiscal cliff' effort
Label: World WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders agreed on Friday to make a final effort to prevent...
Fans to join Beyonce onstage at Super Bowl
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — All the single ladies — and fellas — will have a chance to join Beyonce onstage at the upcoming Super Bowl.Pepsi announced Friday that 100 fans will hit the stage when the Grammy-winning diva performs on Feb. 3 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. A contest that kicks off Saturday will allow fans to submit photos of themselves in various poses, including head bopping, feet...
Surgery Returns to NYU Langone Medical Center
Label: HealthChang W. Lee/The New York TimesSenator Charles E. Schumer spoke at a news conference Thursday about the reopening of NYU Langone Medical Center. NYU Langone Medical Center opened its doors to surgical patients on Thursday, almost two months after Hurricane Sandy overflowed the banks of the East River and forced the evacuation of hundreds of patients. While the medical center had been treating...
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