The Food and Drug Administration says it is re-examining the safety of a medication that was approved despite concerns that not enough was known about the drug's risks.
In response to questioning at a budget hearing last week, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told members of Congress that he would "take...
Looping back near Earth for the first time since its launch one week ago, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite fired its thrusters early Wednesday to begin boosting its orbit toward the moon for a May 17 gravity assist maneuver that will help catapult the probe into its unique science...
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) quarterly profit and revenue topped Wall Street forecasts, suggesting that a slowdown in the global smartphone business might be less severe than feared after a string of weak forecasts from suppliers.
The results announced in Qualcomm’s smartphone chip business contrasted to those from major mobile...
U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state-owned oil company PDVSA, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
Chevron asked other employees to avoid the facilities of its joint venture with the OPEC nation’s...
A new treatment for non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition in older men, has been recommended for use by the NHS.
It's called prostate artery embolisation. And it blocks some of the blood supply to the prostate using tiny synthetic beads, causing the troublesome tissue to shrink...
The images below, created by a radar satellite built and operated by a private company, are a taste of a future in which anyone can purchase the ability to monitor changes on Earth from space.
ICEYE, a company in Finland, shared these exclusive radar images with Quartz to demonstrate the...
Verizon’s occasional efforts to make a big acquisition appear shut down for the moment. The wireless giant has in the past reportedly explored purchasing Charter Communications (CHTR, -2.82%) and major pieces of 21st Century Fox, but plans on going at it alone for now, Verizon CFO Matt Ellis told...
Come Wednesday morning, customers arriving at 29 airports in the U.S. and Mexico will find something missing: all check-in counters, kiosks, signs and gate areas branded as Virgin America.
These 29 airports are where Virgin America and Alaska Airlines are both still operating flights, but on Tuesday night, two years...
Could the no-calorie sweetener you rely on to replace sugar in your diet actually cause weight gain instead of the weight loss you were expecting?
The answer may be yes, according to a new study.
"Artificial sweeteners are not risk-free," said Brian Hoffmann, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering...
The inner solar system looks downright crowded in a new video showing the fruits of an asteroid-hunting spacecraft's labor.
The video plots the data gathered during the first four years of NASA's NEOWISE mission, which has spotted and characterized more than 29,000 objects since December 2013. Most of those are...
