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For some, a COVID-19 vaccine means jumping through hoops or hitting the road
Co-owner Marc Ost at Eric’s Rx Shoppe holds a box of COVID-19 vaccines as he unpacks a shipment in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke Michelle Newmark has tried—and failed—a couple times to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. First, she was told she needed a prescription. Then she learned that her local CVS drugstore won’t have…
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Unlocking the secrets of oral bacteria to fight tooth decay
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: If Wenjun Zhang has her way, no one will ever have to brush or floss again. Zhang, a UC Berkeley professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is trying to distinguish the healthy bacteria in our mouths…
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Pharmacist warns of actions that make medicine ineffective
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Summer may not be officially over, but warmer days ahead still pose serious risks to your medications if they’re not stored properly. Critical medications like inhalers, EpiPens and insulin can become ineffective when exposed to high temperatures, potentially putting lives at risk. “If you keep things like inhalers, EpiPens or insulins on you throughout the day…
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State health care regulator attempts to rein in hospital budgets as costs balloon
The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Monday, November 23, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s independent health care regulator, the Green Mountain Care Board, is considering a set of recommendations that would place tighter guardrails on expenses run rampant across the University of Vermont Health Network. The board’s staff presented the recommendations at its Wednesday meeting, a…
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WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various types of cancer and for diabetes with associated comorbidities such as obesity. Medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemophilia and blood-related disorders are among the other additions. WHO EML and EMLc include medicines…
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Clean air, natural spaces, healthy diets and strong social bonds linked to lower inflammation in childhood
Credit: Environment International (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109668 The environment we grow up in plays a critical role in shaping our lifelong health. The exposome refers to the totality of environmental exposures from conception onward, including factors such as air pollution, nutrition, stress, and social context. While many studies have explored how individual environmental factors affect children’s health, few have examined their…
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Social isolation drives reward-seeking behavior in teens
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A study has found that adolescents become highly motivated to seek rewards after just a few hours of social isolation. This may be beneficial in driving them towards social interaction, but when opportunities for connection are…
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Teen invents life-saving bleeding control gel for medics
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! What if stopping life-threatening bleeding could be as simple as injecting a gel? That’s the promise of TRAUMAGEL, a groundbreaking, plant-based bleeding control gel now being used by first responders across the country, including a metro Atlanta fire department that recently used it to save one of their own. Developed by Cresilon…
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Federal Threats to Maternal and Infant Health Highlighted in Health Affairs – Center For Children and Families
A recent article in Health Affairs Forefront argues that threats to policies, programs, and data systems will substantially set back progress made over the past few years in addressing the maternal and infant mortality. As a group of experts who previously served as federally-appointed members of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant…
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India issues drug safety alert on two commonly prescribed medicines
NEW DELHI: India’s drug safety authority has raised fresh concerns over two commonly prescribed medicines, warning doctors and patients to watch for potentially serious side effects. The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, has issued safety alerts on Tranexamic Acid and Metoclopramide, according to the IPC’s drug safety alert report seen…
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