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Insmed: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Insmed Inc. (INSM) on Thursday reported a loss of $220.5 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Bridgewater, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of $1.27. The results fell short of Wall...
Use of smoke-emitting firecrackers renews air pollution debate in India's capital ahead of Diwali
NEW DELHI (AP) — As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting off firecrackers, which worsen the country’s chronic air pollution. Diwali, which will be celebrated Thursday, is marked by socializing...
In Ecuador, power-dependent patients wait in anguish as the government imposes hours-long blackouts
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The first time the electricity went off at night, Linda Vidal went into panic mode. For more than a year, the 52-year-old Ecuadorian woman suffering from Hodgkin lymphoma and a chronic respiratory disease has relied on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe...
Researchers in a lab near Lake Erie study how toxic algae can damage health
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people's faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community's water supply 10 years ago, shutting it down for two days. Since then, Haller, a clinical researcher in the University of Toledo's department of...
Whooping cough forces cancellation of game between Portland State and South Dakota
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Portland State's game against South Dakota on Saturday was canceled because of a whooping cough case, the Vikings announced. “A case of pertussis (whooping cough) got into the Viking team two days ago. Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that affects...
Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why
Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough blood to his body. He died in 2013 at the age of 49. “It was a big jolt for our...
Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking the air with smoke, Maria Salinas harvested grapes. Her saliva turned black from inhaling the toxins, until one day she had so much trouble breathing...
Noah Lyles feared bronchitis after positive COVID test, but now pushes through with new career goals
PARIS (AP) — Asthma didn't stop Noah Lyles from taking on the 200 meter at the Paris Olympics, even after testing positive for COVID-19. Despite fears of bronchitis and conflicting reports about his fever, Lyles won a bronze medal just two days after his positive test. He was...
