Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work showing how reactions can favor, or exclusively produce, one of two mirror-image molecular forms. Their discoveries have helped chemists design reactions for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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Pennsylvania has reported 1,004 measles cases and 198 hospitalizations, surpassing South Carolina’s 997-case outbreak. Five people in Pennsylvania have died after contracting measles.
Russian authorities deny a lab accident and say the cause of an anti-plague researcher’s fatal pneumonia remains unknown. U.S. officials are monitoring reports of a suspected pneumonic plague case but say there is no cause for alarm.
PepsiCo has recalled about 122,000 cases of Gatorade sold in 37 states after the FDA identified undeclared Yellow No. 5 and/or Yellow No. 6 dyes. The agency classified the recall as Class II.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 medicine Nobel for work that lets scientists control nerve cells with light. The technique has transformed research into brain activity and is being explored for medical treatments.
Nearly 200 people are under observation after a Russian anti-plague institute employee died of pneumonia of unknown origin. Authorities have not confirmed reports that she had pneumonic plague.
CMS says 20.8 million Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for a one-time $90 Part B premium rebate before the November midterms. CMS and the White House have given different timetables for mailing checks.
A store clerk and his son face federal charges over an illegal kratom product as authorities investigate the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. Investigators have not determined whether kratom contributed to either death.