The recent ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals has brought to light a controversial case involving a pharmacist’s refusal to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer based on personal beliefs. The three-judge panel determined that pharmacist George Badeaux engaged in discrimination when he declined to fill a prescription for emergency contraception in 2019. This
Recent studies have shed light on how our brain activity can influence our eating behaviors, even when we are not physically hungry. This research, conducted by a team of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has uncovered a specific region of the brain that is responsible for triggering impulses to eat, particularly
The recent development of fast-track access to newly approved NHS drugs has provided significant opportunities for cancer patients, with nearly 100,000 individuals benefiting from this initiative. One such beneficiary, 16-year-old Yuvan Thakkar, received a groundbreaking CAR-T therapy called tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) at Great Ormand Street Hospital. This therapy involves modifying the patient’s immune cells to target
A cancer vaccine for dogs, developed and tested in clinical trials since 2016, has shown promising results. More than 300 dogs have received the vaccine, leading to a significant increase in the twelve-month survival rate for canines with certain cancers. Tumors in many of the treated animals have also experienced shrinkage. Officially known as the
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently expressed concerns over the slow pace of implementation of rules regulating the virtual digital assets sector. In a report issued by the FATF, it was highlighted that many nations have failed to fully adopt the rules laid down by the organization, which could potentially create opportunities for criminal