Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.7bn in damages to 22 women who alleged that its talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. A jury in the US state of Missouri initially awarded $550m in compensation and added $4.1bn in punitive damages. The verdict comes as the pharmaceutical giant battles some 9,000 legal cases involving its signature baby powder. J&J said it was "deeply disappointed" and plans to appeal. In the six-week trial, the women and their families said they developed ovarian can…
A new approach to immune therapy for cancer could be a "game changer." Currently, disabled viruses are used to carry new genetic material into immune cells called T cells in order to get them to target cancer. But these disabled viruses are in short supply, resulting in long wait times for them, the Washington Post reported. A team of scientists say they've developed a new, faster method to reprogram T cells, which normally target bacterial or fungal infections, into cancer fighters. Rather than using disa…
A national heat wave responsible for at least one death is showing little sign of letting up on the Fourth of July. At least 60 wildfires are ablaze, while Colorado's Spring Creek fire has expanded to 78,944 acres overnight, destroying homes and putting hundreds at risk.
Tina Turner‘s oldest son, Craig Turner, has died by suicide, He was 59.
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