Category: cancer

Procter and Gamble Voluntarily Recalls 32 Aerosol Hair Products Due to Cancer-Causing Chemical

Procter & Gamble issued a voluntary recall of more than 30 dry aerosol hair products on Dec. 17, after benzene, a chemical linked to cancer, was detected in them. The recall includes 32 products from brands such as Pantene, Herbal Essences, Aussie, and Waterless, which are produced and distributed nationwide in the United States. A…


Supreme Court Could Decide Fate of Monsanto/Bayer RoundUp Cancer Suits

On Dec. 13, the Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to offer the United States’ views on “Monsanto vs. Hardeman”—the latest move in what could be a landmark case for multibillion-dollar litigation linking the pesticide RoundUp to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, if the Supreme Court agrees to review the case. After a call for the views of…


Novartis Options BeiGene Anti-Cancer Therapy in $1 Billion Deal

ZURICH—Novartis has signed an option, collaboration, and license agreement with BeiGene Ltd for anti-cancer therapy ociperlimab (BGB-A1217) to expand its activities in immuno-oncology, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday. Under terms of the agreement, Novartis will make an upfront payment to BeiGene of $300 million and pay a fee of up to $700 million if…


Chinese Couple Arrested Over Scheme to Smuggle US Cancer Vaccine Data to China

A Chinese scientist in California had been secretly passing confidential mRNA cancer vaccine research to her husband to benefit his lab in China, a federal agent alleged in a recently filed criminal complaint. For about five years, Chen Lianchun, who resides in San Diego, had been sending documents from her employer that were marked confidential…



Nick Cannon’s 5-Month-Old Son Zen Has Died of Cancer, TV Presenter Says

American TV presenter Nick Cannon delivered an emotional statement on Tuesday revealing that his youngest child has died at just 5 months old. Cannon, 41, shared the heartbreaking news in front of a shocked live audience on his program, “The Nick Cannon Show,” which was published on YouTube. The comedian told viewers that his son, Zen,…


Tens of Thousands of ‘Missing’ Cancer Patients During Pandemic: Report

Hundreds of thousands fewer referrals for suspected cancer were made by GPs in England during the course of the pandemic, according to a new analysis. This has led to tens of thousands fewer people than expected being diagnosed with cancer, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. It also warned that in less than three years…


Procter and Gamble Voluntarily Recalls Select Deodorant Sprays Due to Cancer-Causing Chemical

Procter and Gamble is voluntarily recalling select lots of its Old Spice and Secret aerosol spray antiperspirant and Old Spice Below Deck aerosol spray products due to the presence of a cancer-causing chemical. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said 18 products are being recalled with expiry dates through September 2023. The products were sold…


Mortality Rate Among European Cancer Patients Who Contracted COVID-19 Has Declined Since First Pandemic: Report

The mortality rate among European cancer patients who contracted COVID-19 is lower now than it was earlier in the pandemic, according to new research published Nov.24. Researchers in London, England, studied 2,634 patients in six European countries with solid cancer (abnormal cellular growths in “solid” organs such as the breast or prostate) or hematologic cancer (which begins…


Chinese-Owned Steel Mill Coats Serbian Town in Red Dust; Cancers Increase

BELGRADE—A few hundred meters from the huge furnaces of the Chinese-owned Smedrevo steel mill in central Serbia, the village of Radinac is covered in thick red dust. Cancer rates have quadrupled in under a decade, and residents want the plant to clean up or be shut down. Zoran, 70, a throat cancer patient who speaks…