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Novo Nordisk announces $6B investment in Ozempic, Wegovy amid shortages
Negelle Morris, senior vice president of Novo Nordisk, speaks out on "Good Morning America" about drugs used for weight loss. Via GMA(NEW YORK) -- An executive for Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular d...
May 02, 2024
Florida doctor speaks on latest six-week abortion ban in the state
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, discussed counseling patients who may b...
May 02, 2024
More than 16K pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled for potential E. coli contamination
Via USDA(NEW YORK) -- A meat processor has recalled approximately 16,234 pounds of raw ground beef products processed in its Pennsylvania facility that may be contaminated with E. coli.The U.S. Depart...
May 02, 2024
US maternal mortality rates fell in 2022 after three years of increases: CDC
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increases, new federal data shows.In 2022, 817 women in th...
May 02, 2024
No avian flu virus detected in sour cream, cottage cheese, powdered infant formula: FDA
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Retail dairy samples recently tested for the avian flu virus, including cottage cheese and sour cream, did not detect any viable virus that would represent a...
May 02, 2024
Florida's strictest abortion ban takes effect, prohibiting abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Florida's law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect on Wednesday, becoming one of the most restrictive states in the country on abortion...
May 01, 2024
Survey: 3 in 4 Americans feel that mental health takes a back seat to physical health
xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Even though one in five Americans lives with a mental illness, many feel it is not adequately addressed, with a new survey from West Health and Gallup suggesting that ...
May 01, 2024
Four dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in Austin 'outbreak': Officials
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Officials in Austin, Texas, are investigating an "outbreak" of deadly drug overdoses spreading across the city.Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Servi...
Apr 30, 2024
Rural Americans are at higher risk of early death than urbanites: CDC
Terry Eggers/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Rural Americans are more likely to die early from one of the five leading causes of death than those who live in urban areas, according to new federal data.Resear...
Apr 30, 2024
COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low, the CDC says
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit their lowest level ever reported since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control a...
Apr 30, 2024
