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Single-pill combination medications may simplify treatment for adults with high blood pressure
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: Taking one pill that combines two or more blood pressure medications may help adults with high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) lower their blood pressure level faster and more effectively than taking multiple medications separately,…
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New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed
Chris Mooney is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a CNN Climate contributor. He is currently a professor of practice in the Environmental Institute at the University of Virginia. Planet-warming pollution rates exploded after the end of World War II. James Watt’s steam engine launched the Industrial Revolution in 1769. Before that, for thousands of years, humans were clearing forested land…
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US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights | US news
For decades, libraries served as a safe haven for many queer and marginalized youths in eastern Texas, says former county library director Rhea Young. Unlike the school cafeteria, the library was a space where they could explore and find acceptance in who they wanted to be. “There were books where they can find characters like them, and realize it’s okay…
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‘AQI’, ‘AQI’ chants greet CM Rekha Gupta at Messi event in smog-hit Delhi
New Delhi: Amid alarming pollution levels blanketing Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was greeted with chants of ‘AQI’, ‘AQI’ from a section of the crowd when she took the stage to welcome football icon Lionel Messi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday. A sharp drop in visibility and haze-obscured skyline marked another low for Delhi on Monday as the…
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Amphastar Announces FDA Approval for Teriparatide Injection
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMPH) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has approved the Company’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for teriparatide injection, USP 560 mcg/2.24mL (250 mcg/mL) single-patient-use prefilled pen. The FDA determined that Amphastar’s teriparatide is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to Eli Lilly’s FORTEO®. “We…
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For Good and the Producer Roundtable
“There’s a red flashing light. That’s never a good sign,” assesses Marc Platt. It was, indeed, not a good sign. But if your camera equipment is going to unexpectedly fail on a Thursday afternoon in the middle of busy awards season just as you are about to start a roundtable conversation about the joys and difficulties of filmmaking, you would…
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20 of the world’s best soups
If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book “Soup: A Global History.” “Every culture has some kind of soup,” she said. “It’s got very ancient roots.” Early people simmered it in…
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Understanding women’s health care disparities – the Southerner Online
Historically, females were excluded from clinical studies, resulting in a health care system that adversely affects women. Congress required women’s inclusion in clinical studies and research in 1993 through the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act. Since then, women have continued to face difficulties in medicine due to a lack of data. “The fact that women’s health care has received…
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America’s Drone Delusion | Foreign Affairs
After nearly four years of fighting, few aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine have gained as much attention among Western militaries as the rapid expansion of drone warfare. Since 2023, both sides have deployed millions of cheap quadcopter-type drones across the battlefield. In some parts of the front, these small drones now account for up to 70 percent of battlefield…
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As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit
Charlotte, North Carolina — In the week since a Nativity scene was installed outside of the Missiongathering Church here in Charlotte, Pastor Andrew Shipley said he’s often found himself doing a double take. Not to reflect on the kneeling statues of Mary and Joseph as they gaze upon baby Jesus – instead, it’s the figures looming over the Holy Family…
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