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[ad_1] Millions more Americans are now eligible for obesity drugs. But the injections remain maddeningly hard to find. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. March 12,...
[ad_1] The team gathered at 4th and Crocker streets and headed south, into the blue-tented netherworld of social collapse, armed with life-saving drug-overdose kits and injectable,...
[ad_1] No medication in the history of modern weight loss has inspired as much awe as the latest class of obesity drugs. Wegovy and Zepbound are...
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week announced the voluntary recall of a medicine used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy...
[ad_1] Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions...
[ad_1] Some of those taking Ozempic or Wegovy are learning that too much of a good thing is never good. Semaglutide, the medication prescribed under the...
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy...
[ad_1] Matthew Perry died from acute effects of ketamine, a drug sometimes used to treat depression, officials said. The ketamine caused cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,...
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Friday they have raided and closed 31 pharmacies in Baja California’s coastal city of Ensenada, after they were detected...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family...
[ad_1] Vermont child care provider accused of sedating an infant guilty of manslaughter ByThe Associated Press December 2, 2023, 11:40 AM RUTLAND, Vt. — A child...
[ad_1] A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available....
[ad_1] CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more...
[ad_1] CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more...
[ad_1] The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the...
[ad_1] FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Most of...
[ad_1] CHICAGO — Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing...
[ad_1] TALLINN, Estonia — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many...
[ad_1] DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of...