Posted inHealth Wegovy and Ozempic top list of 15 drugs up for next price negotiations Posted by Samara January 17, 2025 Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic top the list of 15 drugs selected…
Posted inalcohol cancer cardiovascular disease More cancer, less death? New alcohol-risk reviews offer conflicting takeaways Posted by Samara January 17, 2025 For cardiovascular disease mortality, meta-analyses of four studies found an 18 percent lower risk of…
Posted indrug pricing eli lilly GLP-1 Maker of weight-loss drugs to ask Trump to pause price negotiations: Report Posted by Samara January 14, 2025 Popular prescriptions For now, Medicare does not cover drugs prescribed specifically for weight loss, but…
Posted inE. coli fda food safety Biofilms, unwashed hands: FDA found violations at McDonald’s ex-onion supplier Posted by Samara January 13, 2025 Perhaps most concerning, FDA inspectors noted that employees were never seen washing their hands. Instead,…
Posted inCalifornia emergency Health Public health emergency declared amid LA’s devastating wildfires Posted by Samara January 10, 2025 The US health department on Friday declared a public health emergency for California in response…
Posted inArgyria Health NEJM Man turns irreversibly gray from an unidentified silver exposure Posted by Samara January 10, 2025 When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong was admitted to a hospital for a condition…
Posted inAI Computer science Health It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs Posted by Samara January 8, 2025 The resulting models were far more likely to produce misinformation on these topics. But the…
Posted inCDC china ECDC China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears Posted by Samara January 8, 2025 There's a good chance you've seen headlines about HMPV recently, with some touting "what you…
Posted inbird flu birds cattle As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low Posted by Samara January 7, 2025 The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US seems more fraught than ever this week…
Posted influoride Health National Academies Controversial fluoride analysis published after years of failed reviews Posted by Samara January 7, 2025 "Taking these many important concerns together, readers are advised to be very cautious in drawing…