US drug overdose deaths decreased in 2023 for the first time in five years
After a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths ...
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US government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle
Newly announced financial incentives to farms to help stem the spread of bird flu in ...
Three people shot at Super Bowl parade grapple with bullets left in their bodies
James Lemons, 39, wants the bullet removed from his thigh so he can go back ...
First living recipient of pig kidney dies months after transplant
A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a ...
What the results of Wegovy’s longest clinical trial yet show about weight loss, side effects and heart protection
New analyses of the longest clinical trial yet of the weight-loss drug Wegovy are shedding ...
In effort to prevent rabies, CDC launches new rules for bringing dogs into the US
The United States has new rules for how dogs are brought into the country, and ...
1 in 8 adults in the US has taken Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug, KFF survey finds
About 1 in 8 adults in the United States has used a GLP-1 drug like ...
FDA considers updating blood donation guidelines to keep nation’s supply safe from malaria
The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use ...
Experimental gene therapy restores some vision in patients with inherited blindness
For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central ...
‘Ozempic babies’: What the science says on whether GLP-1s lead to surprise pregnancies, and their safety if they do
Catera Bentley stared at the positive pregnancy test and couldn’t believe her eyes. She took ...
