Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized after tripping at a local hotel, a spokesman for the senator said. The Kentucky senator, who’s 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington on Wednesday when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital…
Magdalena Cruz grew up knowing she owed her very life to a horrid crime. She was born in 1986 to a mom who couldn’t care for her, or for herself. For a decade, Cruz’s mother had been a resident of…
The maker of an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births says it will voluntarily remove the product from the U.S., after regulators signaled plans to follow through on a long-delayed effort to force it from the market. The drug, Makena,…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant indicated it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative-led states. Newsom on Wednesday ordered state officials to not renew a contract…
The French company specializing in bio-based chemistry has extended its distribution agreement with Unipex to the Benelux region and French-speaking Switzerland for all of its ingredients targeting the cosmetics and Personal Care markets. Recently acquired by Barentz, one of the…
Sundar Pichai is facing what may likely be Google’s biggest competitive challenge in the 25 years since it was founded. His company’s dominance in ad-rich search engine queries is under acute threat by Microsoft’s A.I.-enabled Bing just as heavy investments…
The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity,…
Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, following a late blitz of opposition from faith leaders, law enforcement and prosecutors. Oklahoma would have become the 22nd state to legalize adult use of cannabis and join conservative states…
US-based TriMas has acquired Aarts Packaging, a Netherlands-based provider of luxury packaging solutions for beauty and lifestyle brands, as well as for customers in the food and life sciences end markets. Specialising in high-volume automated injection moulding for beauty and…
Vertebrates can no longer be used in tests conducted for the development and quality control of fragrances, cosmetic and personal care products in Brazil. The ban, which has been debated for several years in the federal parliament, was eventually enforced…