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North Carolina doctor who successfully challenged state abortion ban sues over pill restrictions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina OB-GYN who successfully challenged the state’s 20-week abortion law is now suing the state over its abortion pills laws.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Do detox diets actually work?

There's very little evidence that detox diets remove harmful substances from your body

Salon · Jan 25, 2023

What is ‘Ozempic face’? Doctors warn about facial ageing side effect of diabetes medications

“Weight loss may turn back your biological age, but it tends to turn your facial clock forward,” one dermatologist says

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission – an immunologist discusses why new approaches are necessary

By almost any measure, the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been a global success.

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2023

The FDA proposes new targets to limit lead in baby food

Toxic metal can be harmful to developing brains. New lead targets are part of a broad FDA imitative to reduce children's exposure to the lowest levels possible.

WEKU · Jan 25, 2023

Vital medical tests evade regulation

Money and lobbying help shield lab-developed tests, including prenatal screenings, from heightened federal scrutiny

Salon · Jan 25, 2023

Commentary: Too soon to celebrate new Alzheimer’s drug

A treatment that improves Alzheimer’s disease would be a great advance, but Leqembi (lecanemab), which recently received accelerated approval from the FDA, is not that drug. Yes, lecanemab slows decline to an extent detectable on a test, but not to an extent that a relative or caretaker would notice. This…

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest

An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale,” with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Coronavirus: US proposes annual COVID shots

COVID vaccinations are likely to become an annual shot in the US. The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday have proposed to make COVID jabs like an annual flu shot. This, reports say, is a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts and will help in a better vaccination coverage…

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2023

FDA lays out annual COVID shot plan similar to flu

Americans will get a clearer idea of how often they’ll roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 shots when advisers to U.S. regulators meet Thursday to discuss an immunization schedule that looks more like the one used for flu.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023