Packaged food companies in the United States will have to follow new rules in order to call products “healthy,” according to changes finalized last week by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s an update of the agency’s definition originally devised 30 years ago. The move is aimed at helping Americans navigate food labels at the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Specialty pharmacies and online companies that have been selling off-brand copies of two blockbuster drugs for obesity and diabetes will need to phase out their versions next year under a federal decision issued last week. The Food and Drug Administration said that a nationwide shortage of Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro has [...]
People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement money is being used to stem the crisis, a new analysis found. Some advocates say that is one factor for why portions of the money are going to efforts [...]
One of the country’s largest health insurers reversed a change in policy after widespread outcry, saying it would not tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement that its decision to backpedal resulted from “significant widespread misinformation” about the [...]
The detection of bird flu virus in unpasteurized milk sold in California stores underscores what health experts say are the known and potential risks of raw milk. Raw Farm LLC, of Fresno, Calif., voluntarily recalled one lot of “cream top” whole raw milk after Santa Clara County health officials found the bird flu virus in [...]
People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV under a new rule announced this week by federal health officials. Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The new rule is expected to shorten the wait for [...]
School officials say a blood test developed at The Ohio State University College of Nursing may be able to predict the risk for preterm birth in early pregnancy, one of the leading causes of childhood death. The test was developed after a team led by Shannon Gillespie, Ph.D., assistant professor at the College of Nursing, [...]
Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting them. The 38-year-old information technology worker from New Mexico had a prescription. Her pharmacy had the drugs in stock and her health insurance covered all but $25 to $50 of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides in the military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend that the Pentagon has struggled to abate, senior defense officials said. The deaths dipped slightly the previous year. Officials said both the number of suicides and the rate per 100,000 active-duty service members went up, but that the rise was not [...]
Federal health officials last week called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick. Farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment even if they show no symptoms, [...]