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The FDA’s ban on compounded semaglutide could make it more difficult for some people to obtain affordable weight loss medications. Images Provided by Bailey ...
BearFotos/ShutterstockThe success of Netflix drama Adolescence, along with concerns about misogynistic influencers such as Andrew Tate, has brought the “man...
The letter was signed by elected members of the National Academies.Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to Pres...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the humid breeze l...
It’s a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals — information that had long been treate...
Mass layoffs reportedly began Tuesday in Health and Human Services agencies as part of the department's "restructuring" to align with President Donald Trump'...
My house was dark. Tinfoil covered the windows. The only light I could tolerate came from dimmable red bulbs. Ten weeks before, I had tested positive for COV...
WASHINGTON -- There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like ...
The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow, with 22 new cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 422 in the state, acc...
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to ...
Spending time on your mobile phone at bedtime can result in poorer-quality sleep and insufficient sleep. MTStock Studio/Getty Images
A new Norwe...
Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted i...
When epidemiologist Sophia Newcomer tries to evaluate how well Montana might be able to ward off the measles outbreak spreading across the U.S., she doesn’t ...
Cutting back on calories three days a week may lead to more weight loss than daily dieting and may be more effective than other types of so-called "intermitt...
MEXICO CITY -- A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of t...
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HENRICO, Va. — Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company.
Sometimes, as the minutes tic...
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers — and are pu...
William Lindley was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at 38 years old. Image Provided by William Lindley
Colorectal cancer is on the rise in peopl...
KOFORIDUA, Ghana -- Charles Owusu Aseku has traveled across Ghana and beyond in search of care for the large growth of tissue called a keloid on his neck sin...
As measles has spread across the United States, the overwhelming majority of cases have been among unvaccinated people or those with unknown vaccination stat...
