The maker of the painkiller OxyContin will stop actively marketing its opioid products to doctors.
Purdue Pharmaceuticals announced that it would cut its sales staff by more than half and would stop sending sales representatives to doctor's offices to discuss opioid products.
"We have restructured and significantly reduced our commercial operation...
Several scientists working at a nuclear weapons facility in Russia were arrested this week on the suspicion that they used one of the country’s most powerful supercomputers to mine bitcoins, the BBC reported.
The alleged infraction took place at the Federal Nuclear Center in Sarov, a top-secret area surrounded by...
In a sudden end to an increasingly bitter public skirmish over self-driving car trade secrets, Uber settled a lawsuit Friday brought by Waymo, Google's self-driving car company, giving up a stake to its rival.
As the fifth day of a trial was set to begin, Waymo announced the news in...
Researchers have developed an ultraviolet (UV) lamp that kills the influenza virus but isn’t harmful to human skin or eyes, according to a new study in Scientific Reports. They hope the technology can be commercialized and marketed to prevent the spread of seasonal flu in public places, such as...
Certain patterns of genetic activity appear to be common among five distinct psychiatric disorders - autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and alcoholism - according to a new study. The paper, appearing in the journal Science, was released Thursday.
Scientists analyzed data from 700 human brains, all donated either from patients...
As Frontier Airlines continues to expand their destinations, the company will add four nonstop flights from Trenton.
The low-fare carrier announced the nonstop flights from Trenton-Mercer Airport on Thursday, including to Charleston, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fl.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Nashville, Tenn.
Flights will begin in April and May, though tickets are...
With the threat of another government shutdown looming, the Senate was poised to pass a massive two-year budget agreement Thursday that would pave the way for more than $400 billion in increased defense and domestic spending and raise the nation's borrowing limit for a year.
The deal — negotiated by...
Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service.
There's a 50 percent chance of scattered snow showers after 1 p.m. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch is possible. It will be cloudy with a high near 23 degrees.
Tonight there's a 90 percent chance of 2 inches...
Beleaguered retailer Toys “R” Us is about to pull the trigger on the store closings it announced last month. And that means bargain hunters are about to have a field day.
The chain, which is shutting down 182 stores nationwide as a result of its bankruptcy, will begin going-out-of-business sales...
