The FDA is weighing a possible rule change that would make birth control pills available without a prescription from a doctor for the very first time. This comes as manufacturer HRA Pharma seeks approval for its over the counter drug Opill. In a document released last Friday, however, FDA officials raised concerns about patients with a history of breast cancer who should not take the drug and those who reported taking it improperly. The agency is expected to make a decision by this summer.
BAD CYBER HABITS
A new report from cyber threat intelligence firm SpyCloud found unsafe internet habits from employees of Fortune 1000 companies. The report identified 2 billion "cookies" — the saved data in your browser that helps keep track of your online activity — on the dark web. It also found that 62 percent of employees who had been exposed used the same passwords after getting hacked. Finally, the report found that telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon were uniquely vulnerable to hacking, data breaches, and leaked passwords.
A Navy plane flying in rainy weather overshot a runway Monday at a military base in Hawaii and splashed into Kaneohe Bay, but all nine aboard were uninjured, authorities said.
Senior Hamas officials said Tuesday that an agreement could be reached soon in which the militant group would release hostages and Israel would free Palestinian prisoners.
The United Auto Workers union has overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with Ford and Stellantis, a pact that, along with similar deals with General Motors, will raise pay across the industry.
A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson faces up to life in prison in Texas when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her.
Jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges Thursday in the trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.
