Pet Care

Breaking News: NY Senate Passes Bill to End Retail Pet Sales

Today, on National No Pet Store Puppies Day, New York State moved one step closer to shutting down the puppy mill pipeline for good: The State Senate has just passed S. 4234-A, the New York Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill. This bill, introduced and championed by New York State Senator Michael Gianaris, would prohibit the sale […]

Pet Care

Judge Upholds Maryland Pet Sales Ban

On Friday, a federal judge upheld Maryland’s statewide retail pet sales ban after four pet stores and a Missouri-based breeder and broker challenged the law. Maryland is the second state to protect animals and consumers by barring pet stores from selling dogs and cats. This past August, pet stores tried to prevent the law from […]

Health News

Merck reports surging sales of vaccines and key cancer drug

Surging sales of vaccines and the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda led to a quadrupling of profit at Merck during the first quarter as it blew past Wall Street expectations. Sales of Keytruda jump 55% to $2.27 billion, about one-quarter of its total revenue. During the quarter, the injected biologic drug racked up U.S. approvals as […]

Health News

US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes

U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and online. The new guidelines, first proposed in November, are the latest government effort to reverse what health officials call an epidemic of underage vaping. E-cigarettes […]