Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that
Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for ...
Public Health Can’t Stop Making the Same Nutrition Mistake
The government is changing what foods can be branded as “healthy.” It expects basically no one to listen.
Philly’s new drug rehabilitation center will open this month as part of Mayor Parker’s Kensington plan
A new city-operated rehabilitation facility for people in recovery from drug addiction will begin accepting patients this ...
New FDA rules to reduce racial bias in some common devices measuring oxygen in blood
At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their ...
Overdose deaths in Ontario increasingly involve more than one drug, new report says
An increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario involves the use of more than one drug, with the combination of opioids ...
San Francisco Gets a New Mayor and an Emergency Plan for the Fentanyl Scourge
Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, became the city’s 46th mayor on Wednesday and laid out a path to restoring ...
Two men and a woman have been charged with cartel-related kidnapping in St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Three people have been charged in connection with a kidnapping in St. Paul on Tuesday. Erilng Soren Holdahl ...
A bird’s-eye view of Ozempic
It is a fair bet to guess that many people taking drugs such as Ozempic are just tired of being fat. The hitch with Ozempic, ...
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How Much Longer Do We Have to Wait for a Norovirus Vaccine?
Despite millions of cases of norovirus in the U.S. each year—and a current surge in outbreaks—there is still no vaccine for ...
USTR warns of risks from online pharmacies in its ‘notorious markets’ report
US government report on “notorious markets” known for counterfeiting and other violations of intellectual property says that ...
Why concertgoers in Malaysian state might have to undergo urine tests
Selangor state in Malaysia has proposed urine testing concertgoers after four people died and three others were hospitalised ...
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Search warrant executed for drug trafficking investigation
On January 2, officers from the Antigonish-Guysborough SCEU, with assistance from the Pictou County Integrated SCEU and the Antigonish County District RCMP, executed a search warrant at a residence on ...