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A PacSun and GlobalData survey of over 6,000 Americans aged 11 to 24 found that medicine and healthcare careers edged out influencer work as the most desired profession, drawing 19% of responses compared to 18.8% for content creation. This reverses last year's results, when influencing led at 22.2% versus 19.4% for healthcare.
A Damn Interesting feature recounts the ordeal of pharmacist Edmund Lawall, whose Manhattan drug store became the scene of a violent 1906 confrontation involving a fleeing doctor, an armed young man, and an enraged crowd of Yiddish-speaking immigrants. The piece situates this dramatic episode within the broader, little-known history of mass adenoid and tonsil operations performed on immigrant children in early 20th-century New York.
Revolution Medicines received FDA approval this week for a pancreatic cancer pill, a milestone that comes after the company fielded acquisition interest from larger pharmaceutical firms but chose to remain independent. The decision allowed it to bring the drug through regulatory approval on its own rather than as part of a larger acquirer's pipeline.