F.D.A. Panel Debates ‘Black Box’ Warning for Antidepressants in Pregnancy
An agency-sponsored forum included critics of psychiatry who believe the drugs can harm a developing fetus. Other experts said antidepressants were safe and necessary.
Month: July 2025
Yellow brick road to greatness
SLOUGH, ENGLAND: A lime-green witch cloaked in black. Sparkly ruby slippers. And a yellow brick road. If this dazzling series of images does not instantly tattoo the words ‘The Wizard of Oz’ inside your brain, you missed a rite of passage in your childhood. The word ‘iconic’ is now tossed about like a football in … Read more
K-P Senate vote brings no surprises
PESHAWAR: The Senate election in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly sprang no surprise on Monday as a prior understanding between the government and the opposition parties held firm, resulting in the victory of all consensus candidates, according to unofficial results The K-P Assembly voted for 11 vacant seats in the upper house of parliament from the … Read more
5 Million Pools Are Recalled After at Least 9 Children Drown
[Children have been able to climb into the aboveground pools by using a compression strap on the outside as a foothold, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
Tesla Driver Testifies Autopilot Failed to Prevent Fatal Crash
[The driver gave testimony in a federal trial about Tesla’s role in a 2019 accident that killed a woman in Florida.
Google A.I. System Wins Gold In International Math Olympiad
OpenAI said it, too, had built a system that achieved similar results.
Linkin Park after Chester
After the death of Linkin Park’s lead vocalist, Chester Bennington in 2017, the band is finally ready to make a comeback. In conversation with The Guardian, singer-songwriter Mike Shinoda and vocalist Emily Armstrong discussed the band’s rebirth and the backlash they have dealt with. Twenty-five years since its formation, Linkin Park has become one of … Read more
Torrential rains hit G-B, Islamabad
GILGIT/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: At least three tourists lost their lives, four were injured and 15 others went missing after flash floods unleashed by relentless rainfall ravaged Gilgit-Baltistan’s Babusar area in Diamer district, media reported on Monday. Torrential downpour also battered the federal capital, triggering flash flood in a stormwater drain in the Saidpur area. The surge led … Read more
Tuesday Briefing: A Deadly Jet Crash in Bangladesh
Plus, New Zealand wines with something extra.
Sanitariums and Stigma: When TB Was Common in the U.S.
After The Times published an interview with John Green about his new book on tuberculosis, many readers wrote to share their families’ history with the disease.
