Questcor Finds Profit for Acthar Drug, at $28,000 a Vial

Kevin Moloney for The New York Times Christina Culver with her son Tyler, 6, at home in Colorado Springs this month. In 2007, Tyler was hospitalized when the price of Acthar soared. THE doctor was dumbfounded: a drug that used to cost $50 was now...

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F.D.A. Approves Eliquis From Bristol and Pfizer

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eliquis, an anticlotting drug that has been highly anticipated by cardiologists and is expected to be a blockbuster for Bristol-Myers Squibb, which will make the drug, and Pfizer, which will help...

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Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Revolutionary in the Study of the Brain, Dies at 103

Fabio Campana/European Pressphoto Agency Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini in 2007. She discovered chemical tools the body uses to direct cell growth and build nerve networks. Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning neurologist who discovered critical...

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2 Oil Giants Face Trial in New Hampshire Water Pollution Suit

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Nearly a decade after it was first brought, a lawsuit accusing two oil giants of widespread groundwater contamination in New Hampshire is expected to present jurors with the most complex and time-consuming trial in the state's...

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Elwood V. Jensen, Pioneer in Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 92

Tony Jones/Cincinnati Enquirer, via Associated Press Elwood V. Jensen in 2004. Elwood V. Jensen, a medical researcher whose studies of steroid hormones led to new treatments for breast cancer that have been credited with saving or extending hundreds...

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To Save Wildlife, and Tourism, Kenyans Take Up Arms

ARCHER'S POST, Kenya — Julius Lokinyi was one of the most notorious poachers in this part of Kenya, accused of single-handedly killing as many as 100 elephants and selling the tusks by the side of the road in the dead of night, pumping vast amounts...

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Dot Earth: Peabody Coal Sales Ticker Next to 'Clean Energy' Claim

Dec. 29, 12:38 a.m. | Updated below |Electricity, including that generated by coal combustion, has been a boon for humanity. In fact, there's much truth in the headline on Indur M. Goklany's new analysis for the anti-regulatory Cato Institute: "Humanity...

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Death Valley Temperature Record Is Restored

Eric Thayer for The New York Times A 134-degree reading registered on July 10, 1913, at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, Calif., is now the official world record. FURNACE CREEK, Calif. — For Death Valley, a place that embraces its extremes, this...

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F.D.A. Approves Eliquis From Bristol and Pfizer

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eliquis, an anticlotting drug that has been highly anticipated by cardiologists and is expected to be a blockbuster for Bristol-Myers Squibb, which will make the drug, and Pfizer, which will help...

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Wind Farm Developers Race Against End of Tax Credit

WASHINGTON — Forget about parties, resolutions or watching the ball drop. To Iberdrola Renewables, New Year's Eve will mean checking on last-minute details like the data connections between 169 new wind turbines in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and...

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In Ireland, Carbon Taxes Pay Off

DUBLIN — Over the last three years, with its economy in tatters, Ireland embraced a novel strategy to help reduce its staggering deficit: charging households and businesses for the environmental damage they cause. The government imposed taxes on...

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Lisa P. Jackson of E.P.A. to Step Down

Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change and other environmental ills but ended with a series of rear-guard...

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These Were a Few of Their Favorite Things

Science Times asked five noted scientists about the toys they remember from childhood. Podcast: Science Times This week we take up a history of science toys. And if you've ever wondered what toys the reporters and editors at the Science Times...

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New Delhi Journal: Indian City Overwhelmed by Air Pollution – New Delhi Journal

The heavy smog has dissipated for the moment, but it has left behind a troubling reality for one of India's most important cities: Despite measures to improve air quality, pollution is steadily worsening here, without any simple solutions in sight. ...

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Elwood V. Jensen, Pioneer in Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 92

Elwood V. Jensen, a medical researcher whose studies of steroid hormones led to new treatments for breast cancer that have been credited with saving or extending hundreds of thousands of lives, died on Dec. 16 in Cincinnati. He was 92. The cause...

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U.S. Faces Shortage in Paying for Upkeep of Retired Chimps

Tim Mueller for The New York Times Two infant chimpanzees at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. The N.I.H. recently announced that it would move 113 chimpanzees it houses there to Chimp Haven, the national chimpanzee sanctuary. As the...

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Chicken Farms Try Oregano as Antibiotic Substitute

Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times Chickens raised for Bell & Evans, like these in Pennsylvania, eat feed laced with oregano oil. FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. — The smell of oregano wafting from Scott Sechler's office is so strong that anyone...

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