Science, Medicine, & Education

This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat primary progressive multiple sclerosis, the most severe form of the disease. Ocrelizumab, commercially known as Ocrevus, will become available to the public in two weeks, and represents hope for a group of MS patients who had no drug options, CNN reported. It

Pro-life activists released a new undercover video Wednesday showing a former Planned Parenthood official suggesting that babies born alive after abortions are sometimes left to die. The video was released less than a day after David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress were charged by California prosecutors with 15 felonies for

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn’t get tapped for the dream jobs of vice president, attorney general or chief of staff, but he has at last joined the Trump administration to work on a nightmare issue close to his heart. On Wednesday, Christie debuted as the new chairman of a commission to combat opioid abuse,

On Tuesday, 27-year-old Kevin Shaw filed a lawsuit against Pierce College in Los Angeles, Calif., after he says his First Amendment right to free speech was violated by the campus’ use of a “free speech area.” Shaw was prevented from handing out pocket-sized U.S. Constitutions in November on behalf of his student group, Young Americans

WASHINGTON — The method Texas has used for 13 years to evaluate mental disability in death row inmates has allowed for the execution of such inmates, violating the Constitution’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment,” the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court ordered Texas to use modern medical standards, rather than the criteria the state

Two antiabortion activists whose controversial undercover videos accused Planned Parenthood doctors of selling fetal tissue were charged Tuesday with more than a dozen felonies by California prosecutors. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office filed 15 felony counts against David Daleiden and his alleged co-conspirator, Sandra Merritt, accusing the pair of filming 14 people without consent

A Senate Democrat said Tuesday she is launching a wide-ranging investigation into prescription drug makers and their role in an opioid epidemic that is ravaging every corner of the nation. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said she requested sales and marketing information from the makers of the top-selling, opioid-based painkillers. She also demanded any company

WASHINGTON – The White House is proposing a $1.2 billion cut this year to the National Institutes of Health’s budget, targeting research grants. The proposed NIH cut is part of $18 billion in spending reductions that President Trump’s team is proposing to Congress for the current fiscal year, which ends in October, according to a

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Sunday that Democrats are ready to work with President Trump to fix Obamacare if Republicans abandon their drive to repeal the law. The New York Democrat made the offer in the wake of Friday’s decision by Mr. Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to pull the GOP