Health
The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter... Read More
The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about 60 pounds on average, when combined with intensive diet and exercise, a new study... Read More
Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including... Read More
Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including a large number of Black women who face disparities in breast cancer death rates — to try to find out.... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it has reached an agreement with Pfizer... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it has reached an agreement with Pfizer to ensure continued patient access to the antiviral Paxlovid as it prepares to transition the COVID treatment to the commercial... Read More
Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure... Read More
Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure while dealing with losses and opioid-related lawsuits. The drugstore chain said late Sunday it also has obtained $3.45 billion in... Read More
Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing... Read More
Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing shortages have reached a tentative agreement with the company. The three-day strike last week involving 75,000 workers in multiple states officially ended... Read More
WASHINGTON —Walking through the streets of Washington, D.C., you’ll notice pumpkins, spider webs and skeletons: it’s officially spooky season. Halloween... Read More
WASHINGTON —Walking through the streets of Washington, D.C., you’ll notice pumpkins, spider webs and skeletons: it’s officially spooky season. Halloween may call to mind dressing up in a costume and eating and drinking sweet treats. If you’re trying to live... Read More
WASHINGTON — The air is getting cooler, pumpkins are on doorsteps and plastic skeletons are posing in yards. Halloween is... Read More
WASHINGTON — The air is getting cooler, pumpkins are on doorsteps and plastic skeletons are posing in yards. Halloween is coming to Washington, D.C. There are many upcoming events for people of all ages to enjoy. Planning ahead and taking... Read More
WASHINGTON — In today’s world, we’re busier and more worried than ever. Work is demanding, new health crises are arising... Read More
WASHINGTON — In today’s world, we’re busier and more worried than ever. Work is demanding, new health crises are arising and we have a constant influx of information about everything on our phones. Our brains are overloaded and we never... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in... Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday would require the Government Accountability Office to investigate the... Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday would require the Government Accountability Office to investigate the methods used to sell fentanyl online and assess federal law enforcement efforts to prevent it. The bill, the Targeting Online... Read More
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that all 10 drug companies whose products were selected for price negotiations with... Read More
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that all 10 drug companies whose products were selected for price negotiations with Medicare have agreed to participate in those talks. The companies, which include Bristol Myers Squibb, the maker of Eliquis, Boehringer... Read More
WASHINGTON — Public health officials in 18 states are investigating multiple outbreaks of Salmonella linked to small turtles. To date... Read More
WASHINGTON — Public health officials in 18 states are investigating multiple outbreaks of Salmonella linked to small turtles. To date there have been 59 cases of Salmonella — 33 of them new since August — resulting in 23 hospitalizations. According... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday amended its emergency use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, approving... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday amended its emergency use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, approving an updated version of the vaccine for use by previously vaccinated individuals aged 12 and older. Of course, those who... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has granted de novo marketing authorization for the Invitae Common Hereditary Cancers Panel,... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has granted de novo marketing authorization for the Invitae Common Hereditary Cancers Panel, an in vitro diagnostic test that can help detect hundreds of genetic variants associated with an elevated risk of developing... Read More
With the cooler weather rolling in, cold and flu season is upon us. If you’ve ever reached for some vitamin... Read More
With the cooler weather rolling in, cold and flu season is upon us. If you’ve ever reached for some vitamin C after coughing and sneezing, you may have wished you had thought about boosting your immune system sooner. Here we’ll... Read More
When you’re in an outdoor exercise routine, the changing seasons can dampen your plans. Do you enjoy long walks, runs... Read More
When you’re in an outdoor exercise routine, the changing seasons can dampen your plans. Do you enjoy long walks, runs or bike rides along the mall while soaking up vitamin D from the sun? Did you love swimming laps at... Read More
WASHINGTON — With uncertainty continuing to swirl around Capitol Hill, conversations have begun to focus not on if there will... Read More
WASHINGTON — With uncertainty continuing to swirl around Capitol Hill, conversations have begun to focus not on if there will be a partial shutdown of the federal government come midnight on Saturday, but on how that almost inevitable shutdown will... Read More
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new public relations campaign aimed at resetting public... Read More
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new public relations campaign aimed at resetting public expectations around the influenza vaccine and clearing up long-standing misapprehensions about the shot. The new campaign, called “Wild to Mild,”... Read More
ATLANTA — Nearly 7% of Americans participating in a new survey said they’ve had long COVID in the past year,... Read More
ATLANTA — Nearly 7% of Americans participating in a new survey said they’ve had long COVID in the past year, and 3.4% said they had it “currently,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health... Read More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a new implantable device to help in the... Read More
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a new implantable device to help in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider approval of an experimental treatment for Lou... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease, the culmination of a yearslong lobbying effort by patients with the fatal neurodegenerative disease. Those advocates still face one giant... Read More
Neanderthals live on within us. These ancient human cousins, and others called Denisovans, once lived alongside our early Homo sapiens ancestors.... Read More
Neanderthals live on within us. These ancient human cousins, and others called Denisovans, once lived alongside our early Homo sapiens ancestors. They mingled and had children. So some of who they were never went away — it's in our genes. And... Read More
Maternal health care in rural America is in crisis. Declining birth rates and shrinking populations have played a role, but this crisis... Read More
Maternal health care in rural America is in crisis. Declining birth rates and shrinking populations have played a role, but this crisis is more acute now than ever because of widespread hospital closures in rural areas. On top of that, the dozens of maternity... Read More
WASHINGTON — Beginning Monday, Americans will once again be able to order free coronavirus tests from the U.S. government, the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Beginning Monday, Americans will once again be able to order free coronavirus tests from the U.S. government, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday afternoon. The Biden administration said it is reviving a program it... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations on Tuesday released the Strategy for Combating Illicit Opioids, an... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations on Tuesday released the Strategy for Combating Illicit Opioids, an intelligence-driven approach to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations and keeping dangerous substances, like illicit fentanyl driving the overdose epidemic,... Read More
WASHINGTON — A common decongestant ingredient used in many popular over-the-counter medications simply doesn’t work, an advisory panel to the... Read More
WASHINGTON — A common decongestant ingredient used in many popular over-the-counter medications simply doesn’t work, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday, potentially setting the stage for a sweeping removal of many cold and flu remedies... Read More
WASHINGTON — The nation’s poverty rate increased dramatically last year as inflation drove up the cost of living and federal... Read More
WASHINGTON — The nation’s poverty rate increased dramatically last year as inflation drove up the cost of living and federal aid programs created to help families weather the coronavirus pandemic were allowed to expire, the Census Bureau said on Tuesday.... Read More
WASHINGTON — People living in areas with high levels of particulate air pollution are likely to experience an increased incidence... Read More
WASHINGTON — People living in areas with high levels of particulate air pollution are likely to experience an increased incidence of breast cancer, according to a new study conducted by National Institutes of Health researchers. Their work, published in the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines to provide the public... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines to provide the public with additional protection against the virus ahead of a potential winter bump in cases. One thing the FDA did not... Read More
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $279 million to 49 states, the District of Columbia and... Read More
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $279 million to 49 states, the District of Columbia and 40 local health departments to help stem the tide of overdoses within their communities. The agency announced the awards on... Read More