EPA bans last form of asbestos used in United States
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it is taking a “historic” step by banning ongoing ...
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CDC urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the US and globally
US health officials are warning doctors about the dramatic rise in measles cases around the ...
US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion
Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect ...
Online orders to begin for first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US, drugmaker says
The rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the ...
FDA approves first drug for common form of liver inflammation
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medication for a common form of liver ...
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78
Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron ...
Deep brain stimulation didn’t work for a young OCD patient until new brain maps changed everything
Five years ago, in a wheelchair, Julia Hum was admitted to a state mental hospital ...
This risk assessment tool helped Olivia Munn discover her breast cancer
A tool that’s available as an online calculator played a key role in actress Olivia ...
Living drugs that reprogram patients’ immune cells show early promise against hard-to-treat brain tumors
For decades, a diagnosis of glioblastoma – an aggressive, hard-to-treat cancer in the brain – ...
Doctors identify source of man’s migraines: tapeworm larvae, likely from undercooked bacon, in his brain
A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his ...
