By Brenda Goodman, CNN When the US public health emergency ends May 11, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have to change some of the ways it tracks Covid-19 in the United States, but the agency says it won’t lose its sightlines on the infection as it continues to be part of
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that a medication developed to treat diabetes, tirzepatide, also had a substantial effect on reducing weight. Among the more than 900 adults with obesity and diabetes in a study, tirzepatide not only controlled their blood sugar but also helped those on the higher
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday. WHO’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee discussed the pandemic on Thursday at its 15th meeting on Covid-19, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concurred that the public health emergency of international
Continue ReadingCNN By Katia Hetter, CNN The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that a medication developed to treat diabetes, tirzepatide, also had a substantial effect on reducing weight. Among the more than 900 adults with obesity and diabetes in a study, tirzepatide not only controlled their blood sugar but also helped those on the
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The United States is facing what some experts are calling “a new era for bird flu.” Since January 2022, the country has been battling the biggest outbreak yet of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife. The virus is a major threat to commercial and backyard flocks, and it has started to
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN Novo Nordisk, maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, said it would limit supply of starter doses as demand outpaces the company’s manufacturing capacity. The supply interruptions aren’t expected to affect higher doses of the medicine for people who already take the drug, the company said in a statement posted Thursday on
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the third leading cause of death in the first two years of the pandemic, but there were about half as many
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the third leading cause of death in the first two years of the pandemic, but there were about half as many deaths
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN For three years now, the expansion of telehealth has made care more accessible for many people, especially those in rural areas. Patients have been able to receive prescriptions from providers without seeing them in person. But that may change come May 11 when the federal government is set to end the
Continue ReadingCNN, WCVB By Nadia Kounang and Amanda Sealy, CNN A team of doctors in Boston successfully performed a novel fetal surgery to treat a rare brain condition known as vein of Galen malformation. Although in utero surgery — performed before a baby is born — has been used for other conditions, this ultrasound-guided procedure was
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang and Amanda Sealy, CNN A team of doctors in Boston successfully performed a novel fetal surgery to treat a rare brain condition known as vein of Galen malformation. Although in utero surgery — performed before a baby is born — has been used for other conditions, this ultrasound-guided procedure was among the
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Colorful labels and cartoons on packaging might be a good indicator that a snack isn’t the most nutritious, according to a new study. Products with marketing that appealed to children were higher in sugars and lower in all other nutrients, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN After a 60-year scientific quest, the world has its first vaccine to protect against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV — and more are on the way. On Wednesday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Arexvy, made by GSK, which is designed to be given as a single shot to adults
Continue ReadingCNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN An experimental Alzheimer’s medication slowed declines in patients’ ability to think clearly and perform daily tasks by more than a third in a large clinical trial, drugmaker Eli Lilly said Wednesday. Based on the results, in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, Lilly said it plans to file for approval
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN An experimental Alzheimer’s medication slowed declines in patients’ ability to think clearly and perform daily tasks by more than a third in a large clinical trial, drugmaker Eli Lilly said Wednesday. Based on the results, in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, Lilly said it plans to file for approval from
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN If your parents or grandparents ask you how to post on Instagram or how to send a birthday message to a Facebook friend, a new study suggests you might want to help them — not just to be nice but because getting them online may help their brain health, too. A
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Drug overdose deaths in the US rose to record levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details the deadly rise of fentanyl. Typically, the CDC reports overdose data by broader drug categories. Fentanyl, for example, is grouped with other synthetic
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Cohen, Carma Hassan and Amanda Musa, CNN A Florida woman, unable to get an abortion in her state, carried to term a baby who had no kidneys. Deborah Dorbert’s son Milo died in her arms on March 3, shortly after he was born, just as her doctors had predicted he would. “He
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, Carma Hassan and Amanda Musa, CNN A Florida woman, unable to get an abortion in her state, carried to term a baby who had no kidneys. Deborah Dorbert’s son Milo died in her arms on March 3, shortly after he was born, just as her doctors had predicted he would. “He gasped
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force is proposing that all women at average risk of breast cancer start screening at age 40 to reduce their risk of dying from the disease, according to a new draft recommendation statement. It’s an update to the 2016 recommendation, in which the task force
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