Lacks died shortly after her diagnosis. It was not illegal to take patient samples without permission at the time, and Johns Hopkins maintains it never sold or profited from HeLa cells.

She died soon after in a segregated ward at Johns ... but the drugmakers are accused of profiting off of HeLa-derived products long after their origins became well known. Johns Hopkins has said ...

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MENOMONIE — A Wisconsin community is mourning the loss of four of its own who died in a single-engine plane crash Saturday in Coles County, leaving behind six children. Ross Nelson, 46 ...

Singer died at the scene. The Toyota’s driver, 38-year-old Jeffrey Michael Stein of Elgin, suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital. The highway was closed for approximately six ...

Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What happened next offers a masterclass in international science-diplomacy.