On Wednesday, a woman gave birth in a Lubbock, Texas, hospital in the middle of a deadly and fast-growing measles outbreak. Doctors didn’t realize until the young mother had been…
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Boy’s death raises concerns about unregulated hyperbaric oxygen therapy
The death of a 5-year-old in a hyperbaric chamber in Michigan has prompted calls for more oversight of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the largely unsupervised wellness industry before another tragedy…
FDA reportedly raids manufacturer of poppers, an increasingly popular party drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reportedly targeted a manufacturer of poppers, an inhalant drug that has gained increasingly mainstream popularity as an adjunct to clubbing and sexual activity.…
Johns Hopkins to let more than 2,000 staff go after Trump’s USAID cuts
Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal funding for thousands of international aid projects, including a program designed to…
Doctor Shares Tips For Cleaning Out Your Medicine Cabinet
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Harvard researchers sue the Trump administration for removing their work from public website
Two Harvard medical school professors claim in a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration that their research was pulled from a public government website because it referred to the LGBTQ…
With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation spreads on social media
Spending cuts, immigration and Medicaid are at the top of the Washington agenda. That climate provides fertile ground for misinformation and myths to multiply on social networks. Some of the…
Chrissy Teigen talks ‘Self-Conscious’ podcast, true crime, more
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West Texas measles outbreak spreads into Oklahoma
A third state is now part of the growing measles outbreak in the U.S. On Tuesday, health officials in Oklahoma reported two “probable” cases in the state that appear to…
How new treatment for sleep apnea can improve quality of life
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