THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- Should Fluffy and Fido go vegan? A new study says yes — for the environment. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that livestock are responsible for 14.5% of the greenhouse gas emissions....
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- Candy Dynamics Inc. said Thursday it is recalling 70 million of its candies because they can pose a choking hazard. The recall is for its “Slime Licker Sour Rolling Liquid Candies.” Consumers should...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- While many have raved about the powers of popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, new research confirms the medications can trigger some nasty gastrointestinal side effects. Known as GLP-1 agonists, they may...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- Wallet-friendly cards showing proof of COVID vaccinations served a purpose early in the pandemic, but they’re on their way out. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing the cards,...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- U.S. cancer centers continue to have shortages of commonly used chemotherapy drugs, a new survey shows, though the medications are not as scarce as they were last June. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- A nasal spray containing a ketamine derivative appears to beat one of the standard drugs used for people with difficult-to-treat depression, a new clinical trial has found. The trial, of nearly 700 people with...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- Moderna Inc. announced Wednesday that it has seen positive early results with a new vaccine that would guard against four strains of flu plus COVID-19. In interim findings from a Phase 1/2 trial, the vaccine showed both a...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- In the United States, "conversion therapy” for LGBTQ people has been widely condemned by major medical associations. Not only that, nearly half of the country has now banned the practice for minors. But a new review of 16...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- While HDL cholesterol is considered the "good" kind for heart and brain health, too much or too little of it may up a person's risk of dementia, new research suggests. “This study is especially informative because of the...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- America's kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns. That's the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among U.S. children and...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- More than 80% of eligible Americans did not get a COVID-19 booster shot last fall. Now, a new study reveals the reasons for the hesitation. Nearly 40% of survey participants said a prior COVID-19 infection factored into...
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- Rates of diabetes in younger adults are rising globally — and it could be shortening life spans. A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes at age 30 can cut life expectancy by up to 14 years, according to findings from a new study....
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 -- People recovering from wounds or severe burns might one day be treated with fully functional “bioprinted” skin created in a lab, a new study suggests. Researchers say they “printed” skin samples containing all six...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 -- Federal regulators on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to an updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, giving Americans a more traditional alternative to two recently revamped mRNA vaccines. Adolescents and adults who have previously...