Syphilis Is Soaring in the U.S.
Syphilis, once nearly eliminated in the United States, continues to resurge, reaching the highest rate of new infections recorded since 1950, the Centers...
Vertex Experimental Drug Cuts Off Pain at the Source, Company Says
Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston announced Tuesday that it had developed an experimental drug that relieves moderate to severe pain, blocking pain signals before...
First Bird Flu Deaths Reported In Antarctic Penguins
Why It Matters: Penguins are already under pressure.The familiar black-and-white birds are facing numerous threats, including climate change, pollution and commercial fishing. Three...
Canada Delays Plan to Offer Medically Assisted Death to the Mentally...
Canada is postponing a plan to offer people suffering from mental illnesses the option of a medically assisted death, two cabinet ministers said...
Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity...
In June 2021, the insurance plan for North Carolina state employees was paying for 2,800 people to take weight-loss drugs.Last year, it paid...
Philips Suspends Sales of CPAP and Other Breathing Devices After Recall
Philips Respironics announced on Monday that it would halt sales of all of its breathing machines in the United States after reaching a...
Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Linked to Mental Health Distress
The Findings: Drug Use as Self-MedicationThe paper found that the link between substance use and mental health existed even at low levels of...
The Man in Room 117
Sam and Olga had concluded that only involuntary treatment could break the cycle for Andrey — something open-ended, combining long-term injectable medications with...
Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82
Jon Franklin, an apostle of narrative short-story style journalism whose own work won the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded for feature writing and explanatory...
Pet Dragons Linked to Salmonella Cases That Sickened Dozens of Children
“I have college students that will come to class with their bearded dragon on their shoulder, which is probably not the most hygienic...