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Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of his 'moonshot' effort 07/27/2023 04:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, aiming to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes for patients. Th Up to 450,000 in U.S. allergic to red meat after tick bites, CDC estimates 07/27/2023 01:00pm • ▶ Watch Video: Growing number of meat allergy cases linked to tick bites, CDC warns Thousands more Americans are now testing positive each year for alpha-gal syndrome — a condition spread by tick bites that causes allergic reactions to eating red meat. New data released by the Center Formed to combat Olympic sex abuse, SafeSport center is struggling 6 years after opening 07/27/2023 10:35am • DENVER (AP) — The case involves almost everything a victim of sexual harassment would be desperate to avoid. Multiple requests for follow-up interviews about a traumatizing episode. Bickering over legal fees. Documents with dense legalese and no conclusive answers about the outcome of the three-y Formed to combat Olympic sex abuse, SafeSport center is struggling 6 years after opening 07/27/2023 10:34am • DENVER (AP) — The case involves almost everything a victim of sexual harassment would be desperate to avoid. Dozens of emails and multiple requests for follow-up interviews about a traumatizing episode. Bickering over legal fees. Documents with dense legalese and no conclusive answers about the o Cambodia's Hun Sen, Asia's longest serving leader, says he'll step down and his son will take over 07/26/2023 11:51pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday he will step down in August and hand the position to his oldest son, though Asia’s longest-serving leader is expected to continue to wield significant power. The widely anticipated move comes after the autocratic Hun Sen Md. congressmen file bill honoring Henrietta Lacks, whose ‘immortal’ HeLa cells have led to medical breakthroughs 07/26/2023 11:26pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Three Maryland lawmakers want to posthumously recognize Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cancer cells have been used for decades in rese Senate GOP leader McConnell briefly leaves news conference after freezing up midsentence 07/26/2023 09:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell briefly left his own press conference Wednesday after stopping his remarks midsentence and staring off into space for several seconds. McConnell approached the podium for his weekly press conference and began speaking about the annual def How to Budget for a New Baby 07/26/2023 08:00pm • The cost of raising a child is high, especially in today's inflationary environment. Budgeting for this expenditure can be a daunting prospect, but doing so is crucial to maintaining your financial security throughout the process. "Your first step is fighting that initial urge to start buying cute b WNBA's Riquna Williams out of Aces activities after felony domestic violence arrest in Las Vegas 07/26/2023 07:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Riquna Williams, a veteran WNBA player and member of last year's championship-winning Las Vegas Aces, has been barred from the team after her arrest on felony domestic violence charges involving a person authorities identified as her wife. A judge on Wednesday allowed Williams, 33 A new millipede species is crawling under LA. It's blind, glassy and has 486 legs 07/26/2023 03:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area — near a freeway, a Starbucks and an Nigerian doctors walk off the job again. Overstretched and underpaid, many have left for overseas 07/26/2023 02:18pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday launched their second strike this year to protest unpaid salaries and demand improvements in pay and working conditions. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors declared a “total and indefinite strike" followin Michigan 'Hockey Doc' to stand trial on sexual assault charges connected to youth hockey physicals 07/26/2023 01:52pm • FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts o On their own front line, Ukrainian surgeons treat waves of soldiers since the counteroffensive began 07/26/2023 09:27am • DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The horrors of war arrive through the night at a hospital in eastern Ukraine, a procession of stretchers bearing limp bodies whisked from the front line. The soldiers come with bandaged limbs soaked in blood, faces blackened with shrapnel fragments and stunned eyes fixed on Doctor Reddy's: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 07/26/2023 08:55am • HYDERABAD, India (AP) — HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (RDY) on Wednesday reported net income of $170.7 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hyderabad, India-based company said it had net income of $1.03. The pharmaceutical posted revenue of $820. Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August 07/26/2023 08:46am • LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service will go on strike for a further four days in August as their pay dispute with the government shows few, if any, signs of resolution, their union said Wednesday. Fresh from a five-day walkout that was described as