Dec. 29—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — O’Shea’s Candies is not renewing its lease on its store at the Westwood Plaza, ending more than 30 years at that location and marking another loss for the Lower Yoder Township shopping plaza. “It was a very tough decision,” O’Shea’s owner Matt Brubaker said. “The sales were not declining, but one […]
AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ: AZN) has agreed to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies Inc (NASDAQ: GRCL), further strengthening AstraZeneca’s cell therapy portfolio. The deal value is $2.00/share (equivalent to $10/ADS ADS of Gracell) plus a non-tradable contingent value right of $0.30/share (equivalent to $1.50/ADS of Gracell) in cash. The proposed acquisition will enrich AstraZeneca’s growing pipeline of cell therapies with GC012F, a […]
When Michelle and Anne were teens, the best friends both had mental health problems. Michelle’s family couldn’t afford for her to get therapy. Anne’s family paid for her to go to a ranch where she had equine or horse therapy. “It helped save my life,” Anne recalled. The friends lost touch but reconnected as adults […]
Scientists studying DNA. December has been a big month for CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP). On Dec. 8, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for CRISPR’s gene-editing therapy, Casgevy, as a treatment for sickle cell disease. It was a monumental decision as it also marked the first approval for a therapy utilizing the CRISPR/Cas9 […]
Weeks after his Oct. 28 death, the autopsy for Matthew Perry revealed the Friends icon’s cause of death in his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Perry died from the effects of ketamine, according to the autopsy report from the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner, with “contributing factors to […]
Weeks after his Oct. 28 death, the autopsy for Matthew Perry revealed the Friends icon’s cause of death in his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Perry died from the effects of ketamine, according to the autopsy report from the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner, with “contributing factors to […]
Tyler Baltierra, star of both 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, helped show the realities of teen pregnancy when he and his now wife, Catelynn Lowell, gave up their daughter for adoption when they were both 16. Now Baltierra, 31, is using the long-running MTV series Teen Mom: The Next Chapter as a platform to […]
An organization that’s been conducting clinical trials on MDMA therapy has filed a new drug application with the Food and Drug Administration that would make the drug legal for treating post-traumatic stress disorder if approved. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a non-profit that promotes the regulation of psychedelics, said Tuesday it filed the […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected over the objections of three conservative justices a Christian therapist’s free speech challenge to a Washington state ban on so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Favored by some conservatives, the widely criticized practice is aimed at encouraging gay or lesbian […]
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Christian group’s free-speech challenge to the laws in California and 21 other states that forbid licensed counselors from using “conversion therapy” with children and teenagers. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. filed dissents, and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said he also voted to […]
The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children ByThe Associated Press December 11, 2023, 10:24 AM FILE – The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) The Associated Press WASHINGTON — […]