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Mpox outbreak reported in Cleveland area after 11 cases reported: What is the disease?
Officials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio have announced an mpox outbreak after 11 cases have been reported.
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Natural milk bests plant-based drinks in new poll. But which is healthier?
Whole milk and 2% cow’s milk emerged as the top choices of milk, beating out plant-based milk.
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Weight loss drugs like Wegovy have taken the country by storm. But who can afford them?
Patients struggle to afford popular weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy as employers limit Insurance coverage due to cost, use.
9 min read - BusinessReuters
FDA sends warning to Cardinal Health for marketing unapproved devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during its inspection determined that Cardinal was an importer of syringes sold under the Monoject brand. The agency, in its letter sent to Cardinal on Wednesday, said the company was marketing kits which include certain piston syringes made by China's Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production Co Ltd and neither had approval for commercial marketing nor as an investigational device.
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The latest on bird flu: How it's spread, what it means for milk and eggs and more
Everything need to know about the spread of avian influenza, aka bird flu, in the U.S.
7 min read - HealthVerywell Health
Will a higher BMI protect you after 65?
A soon-to-be presented observational study found that a higher BMI may indicate a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular-related causes. Does that mean that weighing more is okay in later life? Not so fast, say endocrinologists.
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King says she’s using weight loss medication to help treat her binge eating disorder. Experts explain how it works.
The 80-year-old revealed in a recent podcast that she received her first few doses of the medication.
7 min read - BusinessReuters
Health conglomerate Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach
The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan confirmed that 13.4 million residents had their information taken in a data breach, as per a legally required notice filed with the U.S. government on April 12 and reported on Thursday. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, which operates as Kaiser Permanente, is one of the leading U.S. health care providers. Kaiser Permanente said it is not aware of any misuse of any member's or patient's personal information.
1 min read - LifestyleVerywell Mind
Navigating the Impact of Infertility on Relationships
Be kind to yourself
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Gilead posts quarterly loss on acquisition charge, revenue rises 5%
(Reuters) -Gilead Sciences reported a first-quarter loss on Thursday after taking a $3.9 billion charge for its recent acquisition of liver drug developer CymaBay Therapeutics, while revenue rose 5% on higher HIV, oncology and liver disease treatment sales. For full-year 2024, Gilead said it still expects product sales of $27.1 billion to $27.5 billion, but lowered its earnings outlook to include the recent charge as well as incremental expenses related to the CymaBay deal. Wall Street analyst
2 min read - HealthUSA TODAY
What age are women having babies? What the falling fertility rate tells us.
Women aged 30 to 34 had the highest birth rate of any age group in 2023, a spot previously held by younger women, researchers said.
4 min read - HealthThe Conversation
How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served on Trump's COVID task force, is getting deja vu.
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Why Idaho's hospitals are having pregnant patients airlifted out of state
Doctors in Idaho say the state's abortion ban is forcing patients to endure long and potentially risky transfers to other states.
5 min read - HealthVerywell Health
Are There Natural Remedies for ADHD?
Options include herbal medicines and lifestyle modifications
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Here’s Why You Should Be Doing Toe Yoga
Toe yoga is different stretches and exercises to strengthen the toes, feet, and muscles around them. Learn more about the benefits of toe yoga and how to do it safely, according to experts.
7 min read - WorldReuters
West Africa's Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch malaria vaccination
Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes on Thursday under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children's lives per year across the continent. The three West African countries are the latest to participate after successful rollouts of routine malaria immunization for children in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said in a statement. The World Health Organization-approved vacc
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Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's mother said she had high-functioning depression. Here's what that means.
High-functioning depression is a nonclinical term used to describe depression among people who maintain happy-looking, productive lives.
4 min read - USAssociated Press
New York City to require warning labels for sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants
New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops, under a law set to go into effect later this year. The rule requires food businesses with 15 storefronts or more to post a warning icon — a black and white spoon loaded with sugar — next to menu items containing at least 50 grams of added sugar. The city's health department posted its proposed rule language last week and set a public hearing for late May. City officials an
2 min read - HealthVerywell Health
Why GLP-1 Drugs May Improve Sleep Apnea
Eli Lilly reported its phase 3 clinical trial data that showed showed significant reduction in sleep apnea symptoms in people who take Zepbound or Mounjaro.
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Are Weight Loss Drugs Safe During Pregnancy?
GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic aren't recommended during pregnancy. Here's why and what to do if you discover you're pregnant while taking them.
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Lactic Acidosis: What You Need to Know
Lactic acidosis occurs when there’s too much lactic acid in the body. The condition can be a medical emergency. Here’s what causes it and how to treat it.
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What Are the Short-Term Effects of Alcohol?
Drinking any amount of alcohol comes with many short and long-term effects on the body. Learn more about the immediate dangers and health effects of alcohol.
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Symptoms That May Signal Early Colon Cancer
Not Everyone Is Symptomatic in the Beginning
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How Does Psoriasis Affect Pregnancy?
Experiencing psoriasis during pregnancy is unlikely to pose a risk for your fetus, but it can affect each person differently. Here’s what you need to know.
7 min read - HealthVerywell Health
What Are the Side Effects of Birth Control?
Learn more about the various types of birth control and their side effects.
8 min read - HealthReuters
AbbVie's skin disease drug found to be more effective than Regeneron's Dupixent in study
Rinvoq helped 19.9% of patients simultaneously achieve near-complete skin clearance with a no-to-little itch after 16 weeks of treatment, compared with 8.9% of patients treated with Dupixent, the study showed. The study is the first head-to-head trial in adults and adolescents with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis and had shown an inadequate response to systemic therapy, AbbVie said.
1 min read - BusinessReuters
Regeneron to collaborate on gene editing therapies with Doudna-founded Mammoth
Mammoth's CRISPR-based gene editing platform and Regeneron's delivery technologies will be used to create disease-modifying medicines that can be delivered to tissues beyond the liver. CRISPR, discovered by Jennifer Doudna and CRISPR Therapeutics co-founder Emmanuelle Charpentier, uses molecular "scissors" to trim faulty parts of genes that can then be disabled or replaced with new strands of normal DNA.
1 min read - BusinessReuters
Bristol Myers posts quarterly loss, lays out $1.5 billion cost-saving plan
(Reuters) -Bristol Myers Squibb reported a first-quarter loss on Thursday as charges related to its acquisitions of Karuna Therapeutics, RayzeBio and Mirati Therapeutics offset a small increase in revenue, sending shares down nearly 8%. For the full year 2024, Bristol slashed its adjusted profit forecast to between 40 cents and 70 cents per share due to deal expenses. Analysts had adjusted their full-year earnings estimates in anticipation of the cut and now expect the company to earn 66 cents
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What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?
Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. A little over a year ago, the 58-year-old Manhattan resident went on a new weight loss drug called Wegovy.
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Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there's barely any sex ed. Experts say it's a problem
Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. The health worker also asked what they knew about HPV, the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and the cause of nearly all cervical cancer. The women, ages 16 to 33 — two of whom had traveled to Putucual by boat and bus — only one had l
7 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. Take Funmilayo Kotun, a 66-year-old resident of Makoko, an informal neighborhood in Nigeria’s Lagos city. Its ponds of dirty water provide favorable breeding conditions for malaria-spreading mosquitoes.
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Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is common in Kenya, and it is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment.
3 min read - USAssociated Press
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. births were slipping for more than a decade before COVID-19 hit, then dropped 4% from 2019 to 2020.
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US births retreat after pandemic-era growth
The number of births in the United States fell by 2% in 2023 from the previous year, driven in part by a marked birth rate decline among older teenagers and women aged 20-24, according to a report from the CDC released on Thursday. The number of births in the U.S. fell to 3,591,328 in 2023 from 3,667,758 the year prior, according to provisional National Centers for Health Statistics (NCHS) data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate in 2022 was flat with the
2 min read - BusinessABC News
Teen births in US fall to record low, as overall total drops by 2%: CDC
The overall number of births in the United States dropped in 2023 as teenage births reached a record low, according to new provisional federal data published early Thursday. In 2023, there were 3.59 million births recorded, a 2% decline from the 3.66 million recorded in 2022, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
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Mother describes leaving Idaho for an abortion as Supreme Court considers its ban
The Supreme Court will weigh whether Idaho's abortion ban conflicts with a federal law that requires hospitals to provide patients treatment in emergencies.
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How one state is trying to make weight loss drugs cheaper
Weight loss drugs aren't covered by insurance for North Carolina's state employees. The state is negotiating with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to try to lower the costs.
6 min read - USAssociated Press
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible to receive a new organ. Officials at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center have said they are investigating after finding that a doctor had made “inappropriate changes” in the national database for people awaiting liver transplants. Susie Garcia's so
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Victoria Monét speaks out about gaining weight amid PCOS battle
Singer Victoria Monét is opening up about the changes to her body that she says are due to polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS. In text shared above the photo, Monét wrote that she had "gained a lot of weight," adding, in part, "PCOS has me really messed up." Monét, 34, is not alone in battling the condition.
3 min read - HealthVerywell Health
17 Healthy High-Fiber Snacks
High-fiber snacks can be part of a healthy eating plan. Enjoy these 17 snacks to get the benefits of fiber.
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More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren't more people getting help?
It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. Researchers analyzed prescriptions filled by U.S. pharmacies for the treatment drug buprenorphine. The number of prescribers rose last year after doctors no longer needed to get a special waiver to prescribe the drug, while the number of patients filling prescriptions barely budged.
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Christina Applegate says she got sapovirus after eating a contaminated salad. Here's what that is — and how to avoid it.
Sapovirus, similar to norovirus, causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and can be pretty harrowing, according to Christina Applegate.
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Bird flu outbreak is driving up egg prices — again
Egg prices are jumping as an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza forces producers to slaughter millions of infected birds.
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USDA announces changes coming to school meals: What to know
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a series of changes to nutrition standards for school meals, including one that is a historic first. Here are three things to know about the changes coming to breakfast and lunch meals served at school. The biggest change announced by the USDA is that, for the first time, there will be limits on added sugars in school meals.
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Hemlock Poisoning: What to Know
Poison hemlock is a highly toxic plant that can cause hemlock poisoning when you touch or ingest it. Find out what it looks like and what to do if you’re poisoned.
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Spring cleaning for clean breathing: How you can improve indoor air quality in your home
A routine tuneup found biological growth in my home's HVAC unit. Here what I did to get rid of it, plus expert tips for improving indoor air quality.
6 min read - HealthVerywell Health
Constant Runny Nose? It Might Not Be Allergies
If you have a constant runny nose, it might not be allergies. Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a persistent inflammatory condition that causes the sinuses to swell for more than three months.
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NYC Reports Increases in Leptospirosis, an Infection Spread via Rat Urine
Leptospirosis cases have been rising in New York City. Here's how to protect yourself.
3 min read - HealthThe Conversation
Getting a good night’s rest is vital for neurodiverse children – pediatric sleep experts explain why
Sleep habits can be improved by making shifts in both daytime and evening routines.
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