U.S. regulators approve new gene therapy to restore hearing in children born with a rare condition. The treatment marks a significant medical development for patients with hereditary deafness.

U.S. nursing homes fabricate schizophrenia diagnoses to conceal antipsychotic use on dementia patients, watchdog finds. The drugs increase risks of falls, strokes and death.

U.S. nursing homes are fabricating schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, according to a government watchdog report. The drugs increase the risk of falls, strokes and death.

Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse reveals stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis, says experimental drug shrank tumors by 76%

Former Republican U.S. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic pancreatic cancer in December and was told he had three or four months to live. He credits a clinical trial with shrinking his tumors by 76%.

US reverses policy, allows Maduro to use Venezuelan funds for legal defense in NY drug case

US officials reversed their position and will now allow Nicolás Maduro and his wife to pay lawyers with Venezuelan funds in their drug-trafficking case in New York.

US consumer spending growth slows to +0.8%, lowest since 2020, nearing 2001 recession levels.

US consumer momentum weakens as PCE growth slows to +0.8%, the lowest since 2020, with spending trends approaching levels seen during the 2001 recession.