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Antibiotics don’t speed recovery from cough, study shows
It also took the same amount of time for people to get over their infection, whether or not they got an…
U.S. pharmacy database shows record-high shortages of medical drugs
A record high of 323 different meds were in short supply during the first quarter of 2024, the American Society…
Pets pass antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’ to humans
Cases of these "superbugs" being passed between sick dogs and cats and their healthy owners have been…
Nearly a quarter of Americans disenrolled from Medicaid are uninsured
More than half (54%) of currently uninsured adults cited cost as the reason keeping them from having coverage.…
Older Americans are still feeling the effects of pandemic isolation
More than half of older adults still spend more time at home and less time out socializing in public, even…
Chlamydia vaccine triggers immune response in early trial
In the new trial results, published Thursday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, the vaccine was found…
Rate of permanent sterilizations rose sharply after Roe vs. Wade overturned
The number of young adults opting to undergo a permanent sterilization procedure abruptly increased nationwide…
Young women often wait weeks to see a doctor about breast symptoms
On average, young women waited two weeks before seeing a doctor about troubling breast symptoms, researchers…
Noninvasive virtual biopsy scans skin for cancer cells
A new method for detecting skin cancer measures how light waves from a laser bounce off human tissue. It works…
Women more vulnerable to blood loss, death during bypass surgery
Women tend to be more vulnerable to blood loss during surgery -- red blood cells, specifically -- than men are,…