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bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer announced early Thursday morning that it has selected its preferred once-daily modified release formulation of danuglipron, a move that it said was a sign...

Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 200 people have been infected with dengue in the states of New York and New Jersey so far this year, according to data from the Centers for Disease C...

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study that detected variable levels of heavy metals, including lead, in tampons currently on the market is being reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Colorado public health officials have confirmed a human case of plague in a Pueblo County resident, according to the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environ...

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases are rising in several regions of the United States as summer gets underway.For the week ending June 29, the latest date for which data is...

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the popularity of drugs used for weight loss continues to explode, a new study is shedding light on which drug is most effective for weight los...

Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) -- A new report released by Yale Law School and Yale School of Medicine criticizes the often-cited Cass Review on gender-affirming care for transgend...

In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE)(NEW YORK) -- GLP-1 medications such as Ozemp...

FDA(NEW YORK) -- A California company has recalled its mushroom-infused chocolates and sweets containing a chemical not approved for food by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Consumption of the re...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Chance Dean was alive for just 25 days.Yet his tragic story has reverberated in hospitals around the country, impacted the stock price of two multinational corporations, and igni...