Surgeon general demands warning label on social media apps
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said the threat social media poses to children requires urgent action, and he demanded Congress to put a label on …
Use of popular diabetes drug in preconception or early pregnancy may not be tied to higher birth defect risk, studies suggest
Some studies have raised concerns about a potential link between the widely used type 2 diabetes drug metformin and an increased risk of conceiving a …
Dr. Anthony Fauci says empathy motivated his medical career but an old phrase from high school kept him going
That phrase, instilled in Dr. Anthony Fauci when he was a student at the Jesuit-run Regis High School in New York City, might as well …
Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril
Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent …
‘What the hell are you waiting for?’ Senators grill FDA, DOJ about lack of action on youth vaping epidemic
Republicans and Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee showed rare agreement Wednesday as they took to task the US Food and Drug Administration and …
Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone, allowing drug to stay on the market
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone with a ruling that …
What to know about the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing mifepristone to stay on the market
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone, allowing the drug to …
CDC warns access to ADHD meds may be disrupted after arrests of health-care startup executives
People taking medications for ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, may face disruptions in accessing treatment after the arrests of two executives of a telehealth company …
FDA advisers endorse Eli Lilly’s early-stage Alzheimer’s drug donanemab
On Monday, a panel of independent advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted to endorse Eli Lilly’s drug donanemab, a monoclonal antibody designed …
Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the state’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — …