Health
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Trump administration decides Medicaid will not cover weight loss drugs to treat obesity
The decision will not impact Medicare's existing coverage for drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, which can be used for weight loss, when prescribed to treat diabetes.
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With testosterone levels in US men still in decline, researchers looks for cause, Big Pharma profits
Annual prescription testosterone sales in the United States are now at least $2 billion.
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Washington, DC, reports first confirmed case of the measles
The development comes as the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico surpasses 300 confirmed cases, and at least 40 hospitalizations. One child has died from the contagious disease.
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Gender transition procedures for minors receive increased scrutiny from emboldened GOP
House Energy and Commerce Committee dubbed the HHS a “global outlier” for its promotion of puberty blockers and reconstructive surgeries for kids.
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CDC says virus found in bird flu patient in Louisiana may cause disease to be transmitted to humans
“The changes observed were likely generated by replication of this virus in the patient with advanced disease rather than primarily transmitted at the time of infection,” the CDC stated.
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Child who allegedly got brain injury in car chase of would-be Trump assassin Routh awake, in rehab
Six-year-old Mia Rosalie Monreal was in the car with her mother Norka Pardo, her brother, and Pardo's boyfriend during the accident, which allegedly occurred during Florida law enforcement’s apprehension and arrest of Routh.
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FDA approves new medication for type 2 diabetes
Patients who have a family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome Type 2 are not encouraged to use the drug because of possible complications.
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Biden administration withdraws proposed rules to expand access to birth control
“Ensuring access to contraception at no cost is a national public health imperative,” HHS said in a statement.
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Former President Clinton admitted to Washington D.C. hospital for flu-like symptoms
The former president was admitted for testing and observation after he developed a fever. He is in good spirits and his hoping to return home by Christmas.
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Medical group removes DEI information following report from 'Do No Harm'
The report details how the AAMC used its prestige and influence to promote DEI initiatives and other leftist policies in the medical world.
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Pelosi hospitalized after suffering injury on overseas congressional trip
She is continuing work and the scope of her injury remains unclear.
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Detransitioner sues doctor who hid taxpayer-funded study results, 'Despicable, failed experiment'
UCLA student says sexual abuse, PTSD were ignored and she was "fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging" treatment at age 12. Switzerland's highest court upholds criminal penalties on parents who resisted affirmation.
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Senate Republicans plan to launch inquiry into unpublished NIH study on puberty blockers
The House has probed the NIH for this study in the past.