The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will begin dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make it easier for some patients to access it. CVS and Walgreens officials said in interviews Friday that they had received certification to dispense mifepristone under guidelines the Food and Drug Administration issued…
Two Veolia agents filled a sewer truck, in Narbonne (Aude), on August 18, 2022. VALENTIN CHAPUIS / AFP Veolia has decided to separate from its subsidiary specializing in the construction and rehabilitation of water networks, SADE-CGTH. Announced on November 27, 2023, the sale of all of its shares to one of its direct competitors, NGE,…
Depending on who you ask, the University of Idaho’s plan to take over the University of Phoenix, a for-profit online school, is either a good deal or a potential disaster. C. Scott Green, president of the University of Idaho, said he viewed the deal with a price tag of $550 million as a hedge against…
Six years ago, Dr. Elizabeth Comen, a breast cancer specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, held the hand of a patient who was hours away from dying. As Dr. Comen leaned in to say a final goodbye, she pressed her cheek against her patient’s wet face. “Then she said it,” Dr. Comen recalled….
Brian Mulroney led the Progressive Conservatives to power when I was early in my journalism career. But his political life was never something I covered in detail. His decision to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States transformed Canada’s economic history and nevertheless took over a large part of my professional life for…
Lhe decline of biodiversity at an unprecedented speed and intensity has been scientifically established for years, and particularly in the reports of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Threats to water and biodiversity are all of human origin and exacerbate each other. This collapse of biodiversity, combined with climate change, calls…
Ali Hassan Mwinyi, a schoolteacher-turned-politician who led Tanzania as its second president after independence and helped dismantle the doctrinaire socialism of his predecessor, Julius K. Nyerere, died Thursday in Dar es Salaam, the former capital of the country. He was 98 years old. The current president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, announced the death, in…
Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections do not need to isolate themselves for five days before returning to work or school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, a surprising sign of changing attitudes toward the coronavirus. People with respiratory illnesses can resume daily activities if they have been fever-free for at…
OpenAI, the influential artificial intelligence company that ousted and then reinstated its high-profile CEO three months ago, faces new drama: a trial by Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world and co-founder of the AI laboratory. . Mr. Musk sued OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, accusing them of breaching a…
The study found that alcohol-related deaths in the United States increased in five years by 40,000. The toll is clear: About 178,000 people died in 2021 from excessive alcohol consumption, compared to 138,000 in 2016. During that period, deaths increased by 27 percent among men and 35 percent among women. Dr. Siegel attributed the increase…