Month: November 2022

Deaths from contaminated cough syrups in Gambia have brought attention to loose regulations in India and a lack of testing capacity in poor importing nations. View original article Contributor: Hari Kumar, Saikou Jammeh, Mujib Mashal and Elian Peltier

Exosomes are the latest buzzword in anti-aging skincare — and for good reason. These tiny membrane-bound storage spheres are the most recent and advanced discovery in cell rejuvenation research. In … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

As flu activity ticks up in Florida and vaccination fatigue seems to have settled on a populace already faced with a big menu of shots — for COVID, monkeypox, shingles … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Before this year, polio didn’t feel like an urgent threat. The disease was eradicated in the U.S. in 1979, and thanks to a global vaccination campaign, it’s endemic (though far from widespread) in just two countries—Pakistan and Afghanistan. But the calculus changed in 2022. In July, an unvaccinated man in New York state contracted polio. … Read more

Two of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart is in discussions for a deal. Together, the developments amount to what could be the last round of … Read more

Top-selling dry shampoos including Not Your Mother’s and Church & Dwight Co.’s Batiste contain high levels of benzene, the cancer-causing chemical that led Unilever to yank its product from shelves in October, according to a new independent study. Valisure, a New Haven, Connecticut-based analytical laboratory, tested 148 batches from 34 brands of spray-on dry shampoo … Read more