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Nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022, a record-high number: CDC
Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A total of 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. This is a 2.6% increase from 48,...
Aug 10, 2023
Amazon-owned One Medical begins opening new locations across US
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Amazon is beginning to open new locations of the primary care provider One Medical, which it acquired earlier this year, as the tech giant moves into the...
Aug 09, 2023
Red Cross implements FDA policy allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood
Elke Meitzel/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood after the American Red Cross announced Monday it would follow recent guidelines from the U.S. Food and D...
Aug 09, 2023
EG.5 now dominant COVID variant in US. Here's what to know
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new variant now makes up a plurality of COVID-19 cases in the United States, federal data shows. EG.5, an offshoot of the omicron varia...
Aug 08, 2023
Weight loss drug Wegovy found to lower risk of heart attack, stroke
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A popular drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for weight loss also has heart benefits, according to preliminary results of a new study release...
Aug 08, 2023
Five things to know about first-ever FDA-approved pill for postpartum depression
FatCamera/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new medication just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could revolutionize the treatment of postpartum depression, a condition that affects as many...
Aug 08, 2023
Two patients receive double-lung transplants due to rare 'flipped organs' condition
skaman306/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two Illinois patients have successfully undergone double-lung transplants after being born with "flipped organs." Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer, 50, and Yaha...
Aug 07, 2023
Why tracking COVID reinfections has waned even as more people became sick
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of COVID-19 reinfections have been reported across the country yet just 11 states confirmed they are actively tracking them, according to an ABC N...
Aug 06, 2023
Lawsuit filed against makers of Ozempic, Mounjaro over claims of 'gastrointestinal side effects'
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new lawsuit claims the manufacturers of drugs used for weight loss, including Ozempic and Mounjaro, do not adequately warn consumers about the risk of an alleged...
Aug 03, 2023
New RSV shot for infants approved by CDC
Bsip/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new immunization to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV was approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
Aug 03, 2023
