Nobody wants to get sick, but knowing you’ll soon be battling a virus could, at the very least, help you prepare for what’s coming. Such knowledge could be particularly useful when it comes to COVID-19. Granted, the symptoms of the latest Omicron variants don’t tend to be severe, but testing positive means isolating for several … Read more
About 8% of children in the U.S. have a food allergy, roughly double the percentage who did in 2007. It’s not entirely clear why more kids are being diagnosed with food allergies, both in the U.S. and across the world—but as these potentially life-threatening conditions grow more common, lots of researchers are studying how to … Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact … Read more
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University recently published an article in JAMA that highlights rising concern around the effects of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTC) on health care. Their work shows that DTC advertising might have direct harm on patients. They studied drug characteristics and total advertising expenditures for the 150 top-selling branded prescription drugs in the United … Read more
The FDA move came as a top Biden official called fentanyl overdose deaths ‘the single greatest challenge we face as a country.’ View original article Contributor: David Ovalle
Alejandro Mayorkas told a Senate panel that the Biden administration was working with Mexico to “bring the fight to the cartels.” View original article Contributor: Nick Miroff
A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella
The FDA move came as a top Biden official called fentanyl overdose deaths ‘the single greatest challenge we face as a country.’ View original article Contributor: David Ovalle
Alejandro Mayorkas told a Senate panel that the Biden administration was working with Mexico to “bring the fight to the cartels.” View original article Contributor: Nick Miroff
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A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella