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Month: May 2023

As FDA advisers consider OTC birth-control pill, agency scientists worry it won’t work due to women’s weight and likelihood of following label

By Elizabeth Cohen and Amanda Sealy, CNN When Caitlyn Pace moved from the United States to Hong Kong three years ago to take a teaching job, she loved the food, the sights and the birth control. She was was pleasantly surprised to find that in Hong Kong, she could get oral contraceptives at her neighborhood

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Bacterial infection linked to recent baby formula shortage may join federal disease watchlist

By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN US health officials may soon ask states to notify them of any cases of infants with serious infections caused by Cronobacter sakazakii, bacteria that can contaminate infant formula. Cronobacter infections typically strike infants who are less than 2 months old, and they can be fatal or permanently disabling.

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Imágenes gráficas del tiroteo en un centro comercial de Texas se difundieron en Twitter, reavivando el debate sobre si se deben compartir imágenes violentas

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A las pocas horas del tiroteo masivo de este sábado en un centro comercial en Allen, Texas, algunos usuarios de Twitter compartieron imágenes espantosas de cuerpos ensangrentados, supuestamente de la escena del crimen. Al menos una imagen parecía ser de un niño. Estas imágenes eran más difíciles de evitar en

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Manhunt underway for 2 ‘dangerous’ men who escaped from a Philadelphia correctional facility and weren’t discovered missing until nearly a day later

By Tina Burnside, Danny Freeman and Geoff Mills, CNN Philadelphia officials are offering a $20,000 reward for information about two men, including one charged in multiple homicides, who escaped a correctional facility and weren’t discovered missing until nearly a full day after they slipped through a hole in a fence. “We are adamant and working

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Biden pide un “trato justo” para los escritores y guionistas mientras continúa la huelga de trabajadores de ese sector

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, pidió este lunes a los principales estudios que lleguen a un “acuerdo justo” para los escritores en huelga que han exigido cambios en sus contratos. Biden hizo los comentarios mientras celebraba el Mes de la Herencia de los asiáticoestadounidenses, nativos hawaianos e isleños

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