Day: March 23, 2024

Newly approved cancer drug targets aggressive form of ‘deadly disease’

12:14 pm March 23, 2024

A new drug regimen for certain types of pancreatic cancer recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — the first new medication in nearly a decade. Onivyde (irinotecan liposome), an injectable medication made by Ipsen, has been approved for use along with oxaliplatin, fluorouracil and leucovorin as a regimen for patients […]

Instagram users fume as app begins limiting political content

11:54 am March 23, 2024

While Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg pumped big bucks into the 2020 presidential election to help people get out and vote, his company has begun restricting Instagram users’ access to political information in their feeds ahead of November’s election. Instagram appears to have changed users’ algorithm settings to the default position of limiting political content – […]

Bidens, Casey DeSantis and Ivanka Trump offer Kate Middleton well wishes following cancer diagnosis

11:50 am March 23, 2024

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden along with Ivanka Trump and Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis sent Kate Middleton well wishes on Friday after the British Royal announced her cancer diagnosis via social media. “Jill and I join millions around the world in praying for your full recovery, Princess Kate,” Biden wrote on […]

House Freedom Caucus chair ‘can’t defend’ Johnson amid push to oust speaker

11:42 am March 23, 2024

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., would not say Friday whether he will support an effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. After the House passed a $1.2 trillion federal funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., declared that Johnson had “betrayed” the “confidence” of the House […]

Death toll rises to 115 in Moscow terror attack, 11 suspects arrested

11:24 am March 23, 2024

The death toll in Friday’s terror attack on a concert in Moscow has risen to at least 115, with authorities saying they have apprehended 11 suspects, four of whom were directly involved in the onslaught. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in a statement on its affiliated social media […]