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, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in United States swine and raises concerns about bird flu’s potential to become a human threat. The infection happened at a backyard [...]
Each year, about 2.5 million people suffer from traumatic brain injuries, which often increase their risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life, according to researchers at The Ohio State University. Researchers led by those from OSU’s Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine used mouse models and human post-mortem brain tissue to study the [...]
This year’s food-borne illness outbreaks and food recalls could have some Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply. Experts say, though, it’s business as usual when it comes to the complicated task of keeping food safe. The U.S. ranks near the top for food safety out of 113 countries included [...]
TOLEDO (AP) — Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people’s faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community’s water supply 10 years ago, shutting it down for two days. Since then, Haller, a clinical researcher in the University of Toledo’s department of medicine, has set out to help provide [...]
Surgery schedules around the country may be disrupted for several more weeks while an intravenous and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage. People often plan non-emergency surgeries in the fall and early-winter months when their insurance coverage will pick up more of the bill, but they may have to wait while health-care [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The blast shook the ground and its red flash of fire covered the doorway as American special operations forces blew open a door during a recent training exercise. Moments later, in their next attempt, the boom was noticeably suppressed and the blaze a bit smaller, testament to just one of the new [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Teen smoking hit an all-time low in the United States this year, part of a big drop in the youth use of tobacco overall, according to a new federal government report. There was a 20 percent drop in the estimated number of middle and high school students who recently used at [...]