These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

In September, Akeso, a little-known Chinese biotech company founded nearly a decade ago shook up the biotech sector with its new lung cancer drug. Ivonescimab, the new drug, was found in a trial ...

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdose in the United States in the 12-month period ending September 2024, a decline of about 24% from the previous year, according to ...

There's an arms race in medicine -- scientists design drugs to treat lethal bacterial infections, but bacteria can evolve defenses to those drugs, sending the researchers back to square one.

Generic drugs have saved billions of dollars and benefited countless lives by making existing medicines more affordable. But a new study finds these drug copies may not all be created equal. Despite ...

Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat HIV infection. They work by blocking a stage of the virus's life cycle and, by doing so, prevent the virus from replicating. The drugs are organized into six ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for nearly two decades, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including ...

The rate of overdose deaths fell 4% from 2022 to 2023. Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal ...

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Learn about the consultation and how to provide your feedback. The consultation closes on March 8, 2025. Drugs included on the list for exceptional importation and sale are called "designated drugs".

The Drug Analysis Service (DAS) provides scientific and technical services to support Canadian law enforcement agencies and public health partners in their activities involving illicit drugs. For ...