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In a move that has caused controversy among eye experts, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put under the lens the popular eye surgery known as LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis). The agency […]

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A recent study from the Oregon Health and Science University found that reports of marijuana use among children and teenagers to poison centers increased by 245% between 2000 and 2020, ABC News reports. More than […]

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Despite warnings of a possible winter Covid-19 surge and the fact that flu season started early this year and is tracking to be a difficult one, interest in getting the yearly shot and bivalent boosters […]

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The United States is seeing a surge in hospitalizations for respiratory viruses, with children under five at the most risk. It comes as simultaneous shortages of antivirals and antibiotics have swept the nation. Hospitalizations for respiratory […]

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Attorney General of Missouri Eric Schmitt stated on Friday that during his seven-hour deposition with Dr. Anthony Fauci, new information came to light indicating that Fauci backed mask regulations two months after telling a friend […]

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A Kansas judge blocked a state law that banned doctors from prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine. Kansas has been a battleground state for abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this […]

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In a decision that was reportedly taken following pressure from Washington, the World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to redesignate monkeypox as MPOX to avoid stigmatization. Citing anonymous sources, Politico says that the renaming of […]

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Anti-abortion organizations filed a lawsuit on Friday requesting a court to invalidate the United States Food and Drug Administration’s clearance of the drug mifepristone for medicated abortion, which may restrict access to medication abortion across […]

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According to new projections released by the Commonwealth Fund, nearly 51,000 pediatric hospitalizations could be potentially averted over the coming months with a robust COVID-19 booster campaign among children. These projections come at a time […]

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After the early flu season has begun to put strong pressure on local emergency departments, patient care in California has started to sometimes spill into parking lots. Unsure if the season is peaking early or […]

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Voters in South Dakota, which up until now was one of 12 states that had opted not to expand Medicaid, voted 56% to 44% to broaden Medicaid to roughly 42,500 low-income residents starting in mid-2023, […]

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A new frontline of the abortion battle in the United States has emerged in New Mexico. Two conservative towns are set to outlaw the medical procedure despite abortion remaining legal in the state.  Clovis and Hobbs […]

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In an effort to persuade Americans to get the most recent booster injections during the continuing epidemic, President Joe Biden is scheduled to receive an updated COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday. A few months ago […]

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The US Food and Drug Administration authorized for a booster dose on Wednesday Novavax COVID-19 vaccine which, unlike the currently available bivalent mRNA vaccines on the market, only targets the original strain of the virus. […]

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As health experts from around the world gathered for the World Health Summit in Berlin, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday joined the call to help end polio, and said it will invest […]

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that they are looking into an E. coli outbreak that has spread to multiple states and may […]

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On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States calculated that the Omicron BA.4.6 subvariant of coronavirus accounted for roughly 14% of the circulating coronavirus variations in the country, Reuters […]

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Individuals who received a single dose of the monkeypox two-dose vaccine – Jynneos’ vaccine designed to prevent smallpox- were 14 times less likely to be infected than unvaccinated people at risk for monkeypox, early data […]

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As part of the efforts to promote healthier eating in the US, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed on Wednesday new rules that food products must follow so they can have the world […]

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Pfizer and its partner BioNTech submitted on Monday a request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking emergency use authorization (EUA) of its bivalent COVID-19 booster shot for children between the ages of […]

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