The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for pancreatic cancer that, in clinical trials, nearly doubled the overall survival time for patients. The drug, daraxonrasib, sold under the brand name Rasonque and manufactured by Revolution Medicines, appears to be a breakthrough in treating one of the world’s deadliest cancers. A late-stage clinical…
Todd McKinnon, chief executive officer of Okta Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview, in London, UK, on Friday, April 11, 2025. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Okta shares surged 20% in extended trading after the identity software provider surpassed Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates. Here’s how the company did compared to LSEG…
Few things unsettle a parent quite like hearing “I hate school” for the first time, especially when it comes out of nowhere from a kid who used to bound out the door every morning. The instinct is often to either brush it off as normal grumbling or panic and assume the worst, but child psychologists…
One of the two people who recently died of measles in Pennsylvania was an infant, the state health department said Wednesday. The department announced Tuesday that two unvaccinated residents had died of measles, the first measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year and the first in Pennsylvania in 35 years. On Wednesday, the department said…
Four missing people have been found dead on South Korean holiday island Jeju, as local police face mounting public criticism for allegedly mishandling missing persons cases. Reports emerged last week that authorities were launching a belated search for a woman reported missing months ago. This sparked criticism of the police for failing to search for…
A deadly flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 150 people, with hundreds still missing. The missing include more than 100 from India, 54 from the US, and 33 from the UK, as well as more than 100 from Nepal itself, according to Nepal’s tourist board. The BBC Nepali’s Shreejana Shrestha is…
George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike, speaks to the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., Oct. 23, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters CrowdStrike popped more than 11% in extended trading after the cybersecurity company topped Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates and boosted guidance as artificial intelligence threats mount. Earnings per…
June 17 started like any other workday. Sani Krishna had to reach her office by 10 AM. She booked a bike taxi on Rapido, a platform she trusted, one that markets itself heavily on the promise of women’s safety. She had enough time. She was not rushing. She even told the rider, “We have time….
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump, at least temporarily, to move forward with his effort to exert federal control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections. The decision by Boston-based U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to lift an injunction that applied nationwide follows a Supreme Court decision favoring Trump…
Governments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms. Source link