All Types of Hormonal Birth Control Share a Slightly Increased Risk of Breast Cancer, Study Says March 22, 2023 For people who want to prevent pregnancy, birth-control drugs come with an obvious reward. They also come with some small risks—including, for some forms,… Continue Reading
More Than Half of the World Will Be Obese By 2035, Report Says March 22, 2023 Obesity has often been thought of as a problem of the developed world, with wealthy countries eating themselves into a state of ill-health with… Continue Reading
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