“While it is extremely important that serious efforts are taken to bring the outbreak in domestic and wild birds under control, the reality of the situation is serious enough that we must be taking more steps to prepare for a possible human outbreak of this virus,” Mr. Krellenstein said in an interview, adding, “We should…
Inside a dark room at Bács-Kiskun County Hospital outside Budapest, Dr. Éva Ambrózay, a radiologist with more than two decades of experience, peered at a computer monitor showing a patient’s mammogram. Two radiologists had previously said the X-ray did not show any signs that the patient had breast cancer. But Dr. Ambrózay was looking closely…
Patients in the Abbott study have now been followed for at least one year. The clip did not extend life but, said Dr. David Adams, cardiac surgeon in chief at Mount Sinai Health System and co-principal investigator for the study, “we would never see a mortality difference — one year was not enough time.” “This…
North Carolina’s political showdown over abortion is personified by two leaders: its Democratic governor, Mr. Cooper, and Tim Moore, the Republican speaker of the State House of Representatives. Mr. Cooper, a former attorney general, wants to preserve the state’s current law. He has ordered additional protections, including preventing the extradition of anyone involved in carrying…
After just a bit more than a year and a half, 819, or 11.7 percent, of patients in the bempedoic acid group had one of the heart-related complications. In the placebo group, 927 patients, or 13.3 percent, had such an event. Participants did not have muscle aches or an increased risk of diabetes, the most…
Federal health officials are reminding parents of infants to properly sterilize breast pump equipment after a baby died last year from a rare bacterial infection.
A few weeks after Republican attorneys general in 21 states sent letters threatening legal action against retail pharmacy chains if they dispensed the abortion pill mifepristone, Walgreens said it would not distribute the pill in those states. In January, after the Food and Drug Administration said it would allow retail pharmacies to become certified to…
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