Author: WNKY Staff

Walking tall: 3D printing keeps man on his feet

(KPNX) Elliot Monuro has battled cancer all his life. From the age of 11, Monuro has taken medications as part of the fight against cancer. He first noticed the side effects of the medicine on his bones in his mid-twenties: intolerable pain in his ankles. Elliot was diagnosed with osteonecrosis, a disease that breaks down the bone faster than the…

Trump plan promises cheaper prescription drugs

(NBC News) The Trump administration announced Wednesday a proposal to help Americans pay less for prescription drugs by allowing imports of the same medications from Canada. “The burden now is on states, pharmacies and wholesalers to come in with plans so we can look at them and approve them to let cheaper, inexpensive drugs come into the United States from…

E-Cigarette crackdown: Juul under fire

(NBC News) Connecticut’s attorney general has launched an investigation into Juul Labs and their marketing practices. In a statement, Juul says its e-cigarettes are “designed to help adult smokers switch from combustible cigarettes to an alternative nicotine delivery” and “are not intended to be used as cessation products. “If they are making claims that Juul is a smoking cessation device,…

Bone-anza! dinosaur dig reveals prehistoric fossils

(KFYR/NBC News) Visitors are flocking to an excavation site in North Dakota, hoping to get a closer look at a dinosaur skull discovered last week. A California college student found the 65-million-year-old triceratops skull in the massive Hell’s Creek Formation. The area is known for being a treasure trove for fossils. Researchers say the skull is a significant find, but…

Rental scams on the rise

(NBC News) Some renters aren’t getting the vacation home they paid for this summer. Thousands have been scammed this year by phony rental listings. Tom Bartholomy of the Better Business Bureau says his organization is getting a flood of horror stories. “You book a home, everything looks legitimate and then you fly across the ocean and show up and not…