Medications
COVID meds like Paxlovid will soon have big price tags
Americans have been getting COVID treatments such as Paxlovid for free, but that's about to end.
Oct 30, 2023
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Health
FDA is thinking about a ban on hair-straightening chemicals. Stylists say Black women have moved on
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on certain hair-straightening chemicals that have been used by Black women for years and that research shows may increase the risk of uterine cancer.
Oct 19, 2023
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Health
California governor rejects bill to provide free condoms to high schoolers
A California bill would have made free condoms available for high schoolers, but it was vetoed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom because of cost.
Oct 10, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cambodia records second bird flu death in a week, third this year, after no cases since 2014
A 2-year-old girl is the second person in Cambodia to die of bird flu this week, and the third this year, the country's Health Ministry has announced.
Oct 10, 2023
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Medical research
Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming years
A $40 million investment will help several African manufacturers produce new messenger RNA vaccines on the continent where people were last in line to receive jabs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...
Oct 9, 2023
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Health
You could be flossing all wrong, if you're even flossing at all
Flossing is the healthy habit most of us love to hate. In survey after survey, Americans report dismal rates for consistent daily flossing—and they also admit lying to their dentists about it. But dentists already know ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Health
Botulism outbreak tied to sardines served in Bordeaux leaves 1 person dead and several hospitalized
Matt Jackson was riding an electric bike through Bordeaux wine country when he started feeling strange. Nine days later, he's on a breathing machine in a French intensive care unit, unable to open his eyes, communicating ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China to drop COVID test requirement for foreign travelers
Starting Wed., Aug. 30, travelers to China will no longer need a negative COVID test to enter that country, officials announced Monday.
Aug 28, 2023
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Medications
After U.S. warns of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, Mexico shuts down 23 pharmacies
Following a four-day raid, Mexico has closed 23 pharmacies in Caribbean resorts of Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum for irregular pill sales.
Aug 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface
The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses.
Aug 8, 2023
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