Researchers at The Ohio State University are investigating West Nile virus and the transmission cycles of the insect-borne disease in an effort to determine the best way to limit its spread. Scientists hope to pin down the process by using mathematical models to analyze how factors such as temperature, light pollution and bird and mosquito [...]
People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50 percent more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the medications. Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an average of 50 pounds over 72 weeks, while those who took semaglutide, or Wegovy, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has made an effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus. Novavax earlier this week said that the Food and Drug Administration was asking the company to run a new clinical trial of its vaccine after the agency grants [...]
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things such as walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the country, which afflicts 40,000 Americans, but her case is caused by a rare genetic mutation, so medications that work for 90 [...]
Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals. Yet that delay in screening isn’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics, at least none that can be seen yet by researchers who track the data. Cancer death rates continue to decline, and there weren’t [...]
A new Ohio State University-led study examines the relationship between insomnia and heavy drinking and how stress and depression may affect either activity. The research, which functioned on the premise that perceived stress and depression are factors in the relationship between the two conditions, found the influence of either depends upon which condition — insomnia [...]
America's two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep in as little as a few hours. Amazon and Walmart are undergoing national expansions in same-day prescription deliveries. They're joining a trend that has gained momentum since the COVID-19 pandemic, with drugstore chains and companies such as Instacart and DoorDash rushing to deliver prescriptions [...]
A new report identifies ways for some communities to improve their water wastewater systems. The report was done in part by the Pacific Institute. Highlights include nature-based solutions, tailoring approaches to each community and using technology. It also advocates assistance programs to help poorer households pay their water and sewer bills. “What we hope to [...]
The next time you get a call about an upcoming medical appointment you may not be talking to a human. Hospitals are increasingly using artificial intelligence assistants to handle scheduling, preparation and patient questions about surgeries and other medical procedures. It’s the latest example of AI’s inroads into health care, where hospital executives are adopting [...]
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A National Institutes of Health study aims to find out whether ultraprocessed foods lead people to eat more. And, if so, why? Finding the answers could shed light on the fare that makes up more than 70 percent of the nation’s food supply. Ultraprocessed foods have been linked to ailments including [...]