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Bird flu cases rise to 31 in US, still no evidence of person-to-person spread: CDC
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The number of confirmed bird flu cases has risen in the U.S. to 31, federal health officials said on Thursday.Washington health officials reported fou...
Oct 24, 2024
Active ingredient in Ozempic, Wegovy may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease: Study
Iuliia Burmistrova/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The active ingredient found in popular medications for Type 2 diabetes and weight loss, including Ozempic and Wegovy, may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's di...
Oct 24, 2024
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may help reduce overdose risks: Study
Iuliia Burmistrova/Getty(NEW YORK) -- A new study suggests that GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic, which are used for diabetes management and weight loss, may help reduce the risk of overdose and...
Oct 17, 2024
Kellogg's faces protests over food dyes in popular breakfast cereals
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(BATTLE CREEK, Mich.) Hundreds of people gathered outside the WK Kellogg headquarters in Michigan on Tuesday calling for the company to hold up its promise to remove art...
Oct 16, 2024
Indigenous women continue to face barriers to breast cancer care, report finds
Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Nicole Hallingstad credits her cat, Rudy, with finding her breast cancer.Despite an unremarkable mammogram screening just seven months earlier, the...
Oct 14, 2024
COVID-19 infections during 1st wave linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke: Study
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- People who were diagnosed with severe COVID-19 infections from the first wave of the pandemic could face double the risk of heart attack and stroke, ...
Oct 11, 2024
St. Petersburg officials turn off water after main breaks during Milton landfall. Here are the health risks
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) -- Residents of St. Petersburg -- on Florida's central-west coast -- were temporarily left without clean drinking water after a water main ...
Oct 10, 2024
FDA authorizes 1st over-the-counter combo flu and COVID test outside of emergency use
Healgen(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first over-the-counter combination COVID-19 and flu test outside of emergency use on Monday evening.This means the Healgen R...
Oct 08, 2024
Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week abortion ban, reversing lower court ruling
Jason Marz/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Georgia state Supreme Court reinstated the state's six-week abortion ban on Monday after a lower court allowed abortions to resume in the state.The ruling goes ...
Oct 07, 2024
Doctor discusses report detailing drop in breast cancer cases, deaths
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Lisa Newman, the chief of the section of breast surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, sat down with ABC News to discu...
Oct 04, 2024