A single cigarette slashes 20 minutes off your life expectancy, UK research suggests
If you’re thinking about making a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, it might help to know that new research says it could extend your …
Bird poop may be the key to stopping the next flu pandemic. Here’s why.
First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to …
US FDA proposes standardized testing to detect asbestos in talc products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, …
Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds
A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe case of H5N1 bird flu show the virus …
Whooping cough cases in the US are the highest they’ve been in a decade
Whooping cough has been surging in the United States for months and the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests …
‘An insatiable itch’: Why some people are turning to weight-loss medications to help quiet food noise
Savannah Mendoza used to spend most of her paychecks on food delivery apps and at fast food drive-thrus, trying to satisfy a compulsive craving. After …
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic
Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at …
There’s still no generic Ozempic, but a lower-priced daily injected GLP-1 is coming
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a generic version of the daily injectable GLP-1 medicine liraglutide for people with type 2 diabetes, …
Some patients want to take a holiday pause on diabetes or weight-loss drugs. Here’s what doctors say they need to know
Around the holidays, when many people are baking cookies for Santa, enjoying cocktail parties or having festive family feasts, some adults who use popular medications …
US life expectancy has rebounded closer to pre-pandemic levels
Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 …