Daily Archives: 10/21/2019


Drugstore Drones: UPS Will Fly CVS Prescriptions to Customers

United Parcel Service Inc’s new Flight Forward drone unit will soon start home prescription delivery from CVS Health Corp.The service, which will debut in one or two U.S. cities in the coming weeks, shows how the world’s biggest parcel delivery …


New York’s Central Park to Get First Statue Honoring Women

Women will finally join men in New York’s iconic Central Park after a city commission voted Monday to erect a monument depicting women.Central Park has 23 statues honoring men who have contributed to history but none honoring real women. There …


Drug Companies Reach $215 Million Settlement in US Opioid Case

A major pharmaceutical company and three of the biggest drug distributors in the U.S. have reached a $260 million settlement with two counties in Ohio to avoid a trial over their role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis gripping America.The …


Study Raises Fresh Dementia Concerns From Playing Pro Soccer

A study of former professional soccer players in Scotland finds that they were less likely to die of common causes such as heart disease and cancer compared with the general population but more likely to die from dementia. The results …


Drug Companies Reach Settlement as Opioid Trial Set to Begin

Four drug companies reached a last-minute legal settlement over their role in the opioid addiction epidemic, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.Drug distributors AmerisourceBergen Corp, Cardinal Health Inc and McKesson Corp and Israel-based drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will announce …


Female Boxers Fight to Survive in Ugandan Capital Slum

In African slums, boxing clubs are seen as a good way to keep young men off the streets, let them take out their frustrations through sport rather than crime, and provide a way out of poverty. In Uganda, though, one …


Ugandan Women Empowered with Boxing

In African slums, boxing clubs are seen as a good way to keep young men off the streets, let them take out their frustrations through sport rather than crime, and provide a way out of poverty. In Uganda, though, one …