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Medicare Seniors Can Get GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs for $50 a Month
For the first time, Medicare will cover GLP-1s for obesity-related weight loss without any other medical conditions, dramatically expanding access...
French Biotech Abivax Soars 34% After New Drug Data Eases Cancer Fears
Shares of French biotech company Abivax soared Tuesday after it released fresh data on its lead drug for bowel disease,...
New Orleans Man Becomes First in Region Functionally Cured of Sickle Cell Disease
A young south-eastern Louisiana man recently became the first person in his region to be functionally cured of sickle cell...
Men Can Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age, Study Finds — and the Health Cost Is Finally Known
The human Y chromosome is shrinking. In the next 5 million years or so, some geneticists think the sex-determining chromosome...
Trust in CDC Plunges Under Trump as Partisan Divide on Health Agencies Widens
A year into the second Trump administration, trust in federal health institutions has collapsed. The decline is not uniform. It...
Ukraine’s War Is Causing a Premature Birth Crisis, UN Data Shows
Ukraine is seeing a rising number of premature births, emergency cesarean sections, and other pregnancy complications. Some areas near the...
Ebola Outbreak in Congo and Uganda: 20,000 Cases Possible as Border Closure Ruins Traders
The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is threatening to spiral out of control. The border is closed. Traders are watching...
The Dark Side of the New Pancreatic Cancer Pill: False Hope Exposed
A new medical study published on Sunday is being praised by doctors as a major breakthrough for advanced pancreatic cancer....
WHO Confirms 101 Ebola Cases In DRC, Warns Situation May Escalate
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has expressed concern over the escalating Ebola outbreak in...
Detroit-Bound Flight Diverted to Canada Over Ebola Travel Error
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada on Wednesday after a passenger from the Democratic Republic...
Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Pill Available by Telehealth
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill Mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the...
Ebola Outbreak Kills 65 in Eastern DR Congo
A new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has struck the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, killing at...
Hantavirus Exposure Triggers Isolation Of US Passenger On Remote Pitcairn Island
A passenger who had been exposed to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship is currently in quarantine on Pitcairn...
Fly By Jing Recalls Noodles Nationwide Over Peanut Contamination
Los Angeles-based Fly By Jing has voluntarily initiated a nationwide recall for select lots of its Creamy Sesame Noodles due...
Hantavirus Outbreak Spreads As US, French Passengers Test Positive
Health officials have confirmed that two passengers evacuated from the cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested...
