Henrietta Lacks’ cells were the first to reproduce in a laboratory, outside the human body, and have been used in ...

It’s the second settlement in lawsuits filed by the estate that accused biomedical businesses of reaping rewards from a ...

Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when ...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...

Novartis has settled a suit by Henrietta Lacks' estate alleging the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off cells were ...

On the first day of school during Black History Month, Ruth Duran assigned her sixth graders in the Bronx the story of a key figure overlooked in most history books. The civics class at P.S. 315 The ...

Publisher Knights Peak and developer Windup Games announced the Scandinavian-inspired 3D adventure puzzle game, Hela, will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via ...

For too many generations, Black communities have been subject to medical experimentations. The infamous Tuskegee syphilis study, which withheld treatment from Black men for 40 years, did not merely ...

HENRIETTA, N.Y. — Nobody was hurt in a vehicle fire at around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening in the parking lot of the Town of Henrietta campus on Calkins Road. Photo via Henrietta Fire District According to ...