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A new Covid variant has taken over, and experts predict a small summer wave
The KP.2 variant now represents 28% of Covid infections in the U.S., up from just 6% in mid-April, according to data released Friday by the CDC.
4 min read - HealthReuters
Roughly 1 in 8 US adults have taken GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, poll shows
The data also showed that 6% of those polled said they were currently using a GLP-1 drug, such as Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic or weight-loss treatment Wegovy, or Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound. The poll highlights the growing popularity of the medicines, even as Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk race to increase supply of the treatments, which have faced intermittent shortages over the past year.
1 min read - LifestyleNBC News
'Brown Girl Therapy' founder tackles South Asian mental health stigma in new book
"Brown Girl Therapy" founder Sahaj Kohli has published her first book, “But What Will People Say?”, delving deeper into mental health stigma among the South Asian diaspora.
3 min read - USAssociated Press
A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline
A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. An Ascension spokesperson said it detected “unusual activity” Wednesday on its computer network systems. Officials refused to say whether the non-profit Catholic health system, based in St. Louis, was the victim of a ransomware attack or whether it had paid a ransom, and
4 min read - HealthABC News
Calls to poison centers for fentanyl exposure in kids increased nearly 54-fold since 2016
Calls to poison centers for illicit fentanyl exposures in kids under 6 years old increased from 10 cases in 2016 to 539 in 2023, according to a press release from America's Poison Centers. The figures come on the heels of a new study showing that over 321,000 children lost a parent due to drug overdose from 2011-2021. "It is imperative that the community provides resources to end the fentanyl epidemic and that people who use illicit drugs secure them from children by using opaque child-resista
2 min read - WorldCBS News
Deaf girl's parents amazed as gene therapy lets her hear for first time
The parents of a U.K. toddler say it's "absolutely mind-blowing" to see their daughter, enrolled in a gene therapy trial, hear for the first time.
3 min read - HealthVerywell Health
What Are the Side Effects of Statins?
Though statins generally have a good safety profile, they can cause side effects in some people. Learn more about what to expect when taking statins and how to manage their side effects.
5 min read - EntertainmentBusiness Insider
Oprah Winfrey apologizes for being 'major contributor' to shaming diet culture and the 'wagon of fat' moment
The 70-year-old media mogul reflected on the role she played in perpetuating unsustainable weight-loss methods during a WeightWatchers live stream.
3 min read - USUSA TODAY
These mothers lost children to opioid overdoses. On Mother's Day, they offer new approach.
Families seek new solutions as the U.S. experienced more than 100,000 overdose deaths for a second consecutive year.
7 min read - HealthUSA TODAY
Your doctor (and ChatGPT) will see you now. A peek into AI-assisted medical visits.
Doctors are experimenting with artificial intelligence in medical practices, hoping it will help with burnout and make patients feel heard.
9 min read - USNBC News
An asylum-seeker who died in ICE custody was sick for months. Advocates fear other ill people are not getting proper care.
A man who died earlier this year in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody had been sick for months, his condition seeming to worsen as he was held at a troubled detention center in Louisiana, advocates say and ICE records show.
9 min read - HealthNBC News
Farmers will now get paid to test their dairy cows for bird flu
Federal health authorities on Friday pledged nearly $200 million in an attempt to control the spread of bird flu among dairy cows.
4 min read - HealthNBC News
Lesbian and bisexual women die earlier than straight women, decadeslong study finds
Lesbian and bisexual women die earlier than heterosexual women, according to a study published last month in JAMA.
5 min read - HealthThe Conversation
California banned sales of flavored e-cigarettes in 2022 − but a study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids
The study suggests that online sales to kids went unchanged in the months after the law went into effect.
4 min read - HealthThe Conversation
Winter brings more than just ugly sweaters – here’s how the season can affect your mind and behavior
Some of winter’s effects have been tied to cultural norms and practices, while others likely reflect our bodies’ innate biological responses to shorter days and colder weather.
5 min read - CelebrityAssociated Press
Teen and Miss USA quit their crowns, citing mental health and personal values
The resignations leave the longstanding pageant group without its top two titleholders for the first time in 72 years, shining a spotlight on its practices. The resignations have drawn calls for more transparency into Miss USA and its parent organization, both of which have faced controversy and scrutiny in the past. Voigt, crowned in September 2023, was the first Venezuelan American to win her title.
2 min read - CelebrityGood Morning America
Woman to celebrate Mother's Day for 1st time after welcoming baby via surrogacy
A former Broadway performer-turned-nonprofit founder and yoga teacher is getting ready to celebrate her first Mother's Day after surviving an uncertain breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and embarking on a surrogacy journey. Sarrah Strimel Bentley, who first shared her breast cancer and fertility journey on "Good Morning America" and "GMA3" in October, said she is "incredibly grateful" to fulfill her longtime dream of becoming a mom. "And so I just prayed and I put all of my faith that thi
2 min read - HealthYahoo Life
Bird flu: The latest on U.S. spread, the safety of milk and new federal funding to prevent outbreaks
Everything you need to know about the spread of avian influenza, aka bird flu, in the U.S. and new federal funding.
8 min read - HealthVerywell Mind
How Gut Bacteria and Depression Are Connected
Better gut health can promote better mental health.
10 min read - CelebrityAssociated Press
Prince William says Kate's 'doing well,' in rare comments since she announced her cancer diagnosis
Prince William on Friday offered a positive assessment of his wife's health, a hospital administrator said, in one of the royal's few comments about Kate's condition since she announced that she was undergoing treatment for cancer. William was on a solo tour of St. Mary’s Community Hospital on the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the Cornish coast in southwestern England. “I asked William about his wife Kate and he said, ‘she’s doing well, thanks,’" hospital administrator Tracy Smith told r
1 min read - HealthUSA TODAY
As mental health issues plague Asian American communities, some fight silence around issue
Mental health challenges continue to plague Asian Americans even after the pandemic, with Asian Americans least likely to receive mental health care.
7 min read - WorldReuters
Sixty injured in Buenos Aires train collision
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -At least 60 people were injured on Friday when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive and an empty train car in Buenos Aires, local authorities said, without giving details of how serious the injuries were. Firefighters, police and ambulances were at the scene, helping evacuate people and take the injured to hospitals. Television and drone footage showed the trains head-to-head on an overpass in the Palermo neighborhood of the Argentine capital.
1 min read - CelebrityBusiness Insider
Celebrity parents who welcomed babies via surrogates
Chrissy Teigen, Riley Keough, Rebel Wilson, and Paris Hilton are just some celebrity moms who have opened up about their surrogacy journey.
22 min read - HealthVerywell Health
Can Molasses Prevent Anemia?
A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Explains
8 min read - LifestyleVerywell Mind
How to Deal With the Puppy Blues
Why your adorable new dog is making you sad
10 min read - HealthVerywell Health
Will Beet Juice Lower High Blood Pressure?
A dietitian explains this potential benefit and more.
9 min read - HealthCBS News
Anti-abortion rights groups push abortion "reversal." States say that's fraud.
Some states are cracking down on claims by anti-abortion rights organizations that offer "abortion pill reversal" treatment.
6 min read - HealthYahoo Life
RFK Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain. Here's how it happens and why it's rare in the U.S.
Health experts explain neurocysticerosis, which is likely what the presidential candidate experienced.
5 min read - CelebrityGood Morning America
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle visit Nigeria, share mental health message with students
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are no longer working royals, having stepped away from the role four years ago, but for the next several days, the Sussexes are on a trip that looks similar to their royal tours of the past. On Friday, Harry and Meghan, who now live in California, kicked off a three-day visit to Nigeria, a country in West Africa that they are both visiting for the first time. Harry and Meghan's visit has no affiliation with Britain's royal family, and is instead
5 min read - HealthThe Conversation
How cannabis and psilocybin might help some of the 50 million Americans who are experiencing chronic pain
Cannabis and psilocybin – used under supervision – have the potential to work better than current pain treatments, but the research into both has long been hindered by federal legislation.
7 min read - HealthThe Conversation
Engineering mini human hearts to study pregnancy complications and birth defects
Human heart organoids allow researchers to study the developing heart while avoiding the ethical issues of using human embryos and the imperfections of animal models.
5 min read - HealthThe Conversation
Medicine doesn’t just have ‘conscientious objectors’ − there are ‘conscientious providers,’ too
Medical workers navigate their own moral and religious beliefs, professional standards, the law and the realities of clinical work – which can be especially complicated in abortion care.
6 min read - HealthThe Conversation
Bird flu detected in Colorado dairy cattle − a vet explains the risks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
A veterinarian and epidemiologist who studies infectious diseases in dairy cows discusses the outbreak, how cows recover and what the government is doing to keep the milk supply safe.
6 min read - HealthYahoo Life
Is it ever OK to ask if someone's on Ozempic? Here's what experts say about questions regarding weight loss drugs.
What's the etiquette for asking about weight loss in the age of Ozempic? Here's what experts — and people who have used medications to slim down — say.
5 min read - BusinessReuters
US FDA pushes decision on Moderna's RSV vaccine to end of this month
Moderna's shares fell 3% to $119.02 in early trading. The Food and Drug Administration's move prolongs the wait for Moderna's second approved product, but the company said it remains on track to be reviewed by a panel of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisers in late June. The CDC panel is expected to vote on recommendations for the vaccine's use and the intended population, and success there is necessary for commercial launch.
2 min read - CelebrityUSA TODAY
After infertility, hearing 'Happy Mother's Day' is a welcome – and bittersweet – joy
For some women, Mother's Day can be fraught or even painful. After their own difficult journeys, moms reflect on what Mother's Day now means to them.
9 min read - LifestyleUSA TODAY
'It's going to be crazy': Texas woman celebrates rare birth of identical quadruplets
Jonathan Sandhu now has four times as many reasons to make nerdy dad jokes after his wife, Mercedes, gave birth to identical quadruplets.
5 min read - HealthYahoo Life
Wish you were more flexible? Experts share 7 simple tips that'll help.
Here's how you can become more flexible over time — from easy stretches you can do at home to exercises known for helping the body loosen up.
6 min read - WorldReuters
Pope takes aim at guns and condoms at pro-birth conference
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis criticised the weapons and contraceptive industries on Friday, accusing them of destroying or preventing life in his speech at a conference on the demographic crisis gripping Italy and Europe. Europe's fertility rate has been stuck around 1.5 births per woman for the past decade. Right now the investments that give the most revenue are the arms factories and contraceptives.
2 min read - BusinessReuters
Novavax shares soar on license deal with Sanofi at lofty valuation
(Reuters) -Novavax on Friday said it had struck a licensing deal worth at least $1.2 billion with Sanofi for its COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for a stake that valued the U.S. biotech firm at double its current market capitalization. The Maryland-based drugmaker's stock more than doubled in Friday trading to $8.97 following the deal as the company also removed a warning notice from February last year that raised doubts about it being in business. Sanofi will take a 4.9% stake in the U.S. drugma
3 min read - CelebrityNBC News
Miss USA's resignation letter accuses the organization of toxic work culture
The Miss USA who gave up her crown and title this week accused the pageant’s CEO of failing to take an incident of sexual harassment seriously and creating a toxic work environment, according to a copy of her resignation letter obtained Thursday by NBC News.
4 min read - USAssociated Press
No sign of widespread lead exposure from Maui wildfires, Hawaii health officials say
Lead screening conducted on west Maui residents after last summer's devastating wildfires showed no widespread exposure to the toxic metal, Hawaii health officials said Thursday. Blood samples were taken from 557 people after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century ripped through the town of Lahaina, killing 101 people. Just 27 people's screening results came out positive, and subsequent testing showed 15 of them did not have elevated blood lead levels and were determined to have ha
1 min read - USABC News
116 kids left vulnerable to measles, polio after nurse falsified vaccine records
An upstate New York nurse has been accused of falsifying vaccine records for more than 100 children across the state. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued a $55,000 penalty against Sandra Miceli, a licensed nurse practitioner and registered professional nurse at Surviving Naturally in Monroe County. Miceli is accused of falsifying immunization records for 116 school-aged children for nearly 550 different scheduled vaccinations.
3 min read - USUSA TODAY
He's been in an LA hospital for weeks and they have no idea who he is. Can you help?
The St. Francis Medical Center in California wants the public's help identifying a male patient they discovered in South L.A. nearly a month ago.
1 min read - HealthGood Morning America
Khloé Kardashian says she was a 'major emotional eater': What to know about the behavior
Khloé Kardashian is opening up about her weight journey, including how she used to turn to food to cope with her emotions. Kardashian, 39, shared in a new interview that during her years of struggling with her weight, she was a self-described emotional eater. "I used to be a major emotional eater, for sure," Kardashian said on the May 7th, episode of SHE MD, a podcast co-hosted by her own doctor, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi.
4 min read - USGood Morning America
Hospice nurse's frank conversations on dying go viral
One nurse is trying to break that stigma, taking to TikTok to talk frankly about death, from what a person feels while dying to how loved ones can best support a person in their final days. "The death rattle is the most normal thing and to be expected at the end of life, however if you're not used to hearing it, it feels like the scariest thing you've ever heard," Julie McFadden, known as @hospicenursejulie on TikTok, says in one video with nearly 2 million views. McFadden, a California-based
5 min read - HealthNBC News
Nearly half of cancer patients have medical debt, even though most are insured
Health insurance doesn’t necessarily protect patients from medical debt, a new survey from the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network found.
3 min read - LifestyleGood Morning America
Woman gives unfiltered take on what husbands should do for Mother's Day
A mom of two recently shared what she thinks many fellow moms really want for Mother's Day, and her unfiltered take has quickly gone viral. Barbosa's video clip has already been viewed over 128,000 times and has garnered more than 10,000 likes and over 6,000 shares. The 30-year-old told "Good Morning America" her post was inspired by her own experience and stories from other mom friends who said their husbands didn't realize what they really wanted to do on the annual holiday.
2 min read - TechnologyCBS News
Faulty insulin pump app led to hundreds of injuries, prompting recall
Maker of insulin pump urges customers to update an app because of glitch that causes the devices to unexpectedly shut down.
1 min read - HealthReuters
US to post influenza A wastewater data online to assist bird flu probe, official says
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to post data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard possibly as soon as Friday that could offer new clues into the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle herds. CDC wastewater team lead Amy Kirby told Reuters on Thursday that the agency has identified spikes of influenza A, of which H5N1 is a subtype, in a handful of sites and is investigating the source. Testing wastewater from sewers prov
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