Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for patients of color WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their products work for patients of color, under a new federal proposal…
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents with commercial insurance received gender-affirming medications during a recent five-year period As U.S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving gender-affirming medications, leaving room for exaggerated and false claims. Now, a medical journal has published the most…
NEW YORK (AP) — An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swept onto Capitol Hill late Monday as the anti-vaccine health guru from the famous political family reintroduced himself to senators, this time as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s Health and Human Services Department. It was a soft-opening debut for Kennedy, whose wide-ranging views — yes to raw milk, no to fluoride,…
While people around much of the world generally have been living longer, they’ve also been living more years burdened by disease or disability. Global life expectancy in recent decades increased by 6.5 years, hitting an average of 72.5 among 183 members of the World Health Organization in 2019, according to a recent study published in…
McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma, according to court papers filed in Virginia BOSTON (AP) — McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work to help…
An increase in hypothermia deaths is linked to a rise in homelessness, especially in California, which has the nation’s largest homeless population, experts say. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A growing number of people – many of them older and homeless – are freezing to death during winter. Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying…
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Texas Attorney…
