The decline, which bests even the city’s ambitious goal, is attributed to an unprecedented, all-hands-on-deck approach that began in 2008.

An international push to get drug companies to share patient-level data from their clinical trials got a shot in the arm Monday.

Crude oil prices were down nearly $2 a barrel at one point in trading Wednesday, the continuation of a trend that should result in gasoline prices hovering around $3 a gallon for the rest of the year, an oil industry analyst says.