Sick With Something That Isn’t COVID-19 or the Flu? Here’s What It Might Be March 21, 2023 Flu season is wrapping up, and weekly COVID-19 diagnoses are declining. But if you’re currently sick with a respiratory illness, you’re not alone. Data… Continue Reading
‘Ted Lasso’ Cast Visits White House to Promote Mental Health Care March 21, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make… Continue Reading
Deadly Fungal Infections in U.S. Hospitals Are Up 95% March 21, 2023 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking the rise of a deadly, treatment-resistant fungus that’s causing outbreaks in a growing… Continue Reading
A Pentagon Study Finds Higher Cancer Rates in Military Pilots and Ground Crews March 21, 2023 WASHINGTON — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews… Continue Reading
Sanofi Is Now the Third Insulin Producer to Slash Prices March 18, 2023 Sanofi will cut the U.S. list price of two of its insulins, making it the third major producer of the diabetes medicine to recently… Continue Reading
Scientists Found New Chinese Data Hinting at the Origin of COVID-19. Then It Was Deleted March 18, 2023 In another twist to the ongoing search for where COVID-19 originated, an international group of researchers stumbled upon new genetic material that had been… Continue Reading
Researchers Are Getting Closer to Learning How to Treat and Prevent Long COVID March 17, 2023 Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of people around the world suffering from long-term complications of the virus, there is still no… Continue Reading
Paxlovid Moves Closer to Full FDA Approval March 17, 2023 WASHINGTON — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval… Continue Reading
Every Day as a Doctor I Ask Myself If a Puppy Would Do More for Patients Than I Can March 17, 2023 I became a doctor because I wanted to help people. Like “supporting the community” and “doing what’s right,” the idea of “helping people” can… Continue Reading
U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Soared 40% During the Pandemic March 17, 2023 The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already far higher than peer countries, soared during the pandemic. More than 1,200 women in the U.S. died of… Continue Reading