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The European Commission approves the use of Lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody medication that targets amyloid beta peptides, to treat the early stages of Alzheimer's disease via intravenous therapy. This is the first drug to be approved to treat the disease in Europe, and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States in 2023.
2025-04-15

The United States Office of Management and Budget rescinds a memo from Monday that would have paused federal financial assistance programs implicated by select executive orders of President Donald Trump, following a temporary block of the order on Tuesday by a federal judge. Following the rescission, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt states that the Trump administration will continue to pursue a freeze of federal funds.
2025-01-29

Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie is attacked at a public event in Chautauqua, New York, United States, sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. The suspect is arrested by New York State Police.
2022-08-12

The United States rejects Russia's demand that Ukraine be barred from joining NATO.
2022-01-27

U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh.
2021-06-29

The number of confirmed deaths in the United States reaches 250,000.
2020-11-18

The Mexican government approves the extradition of drug boss Joaquín Guzmán to the United States following assurances that he will not face the death penalty.
2016-05-20

Voters in the U.S. states of Mississippi, Michigan, Hawaii and Idaho vote in primary elections and caucuses.
2016-03-8

The United States announces that it will enforce sanctions on more than two dozen companies who assisted Iran with its nuclear program.
2013-12-12

A group of American scientists at Washington University announce in a study published in the journal "Neuron" that they have identified a number of genetic markers that are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
2013-04-4