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The FDA said Monday it is still focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite, despite a faulty test result.
Read full article →The FDA says lettuce distributed by Taylor Fresh Foods and Taylor Farms de Mexico is still linked to the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis. But the source may be difficult to definitively trace.
Read full article →The FDA says the test identifying cyclospora in Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce was a "false positive." But the lettuce is still linked epidemiologically to cases of the illness in a multistate outbreak.
Read full article →Medicare proposes to reduce payments to hospitals for certain drugs and imaging services.
Read full article →A former doctor accused of sexual assault but on the run for 20 years appears to have been living a secret life as a biotech executive.
Read full article →Some former employees say telehealth company LifeMD has sought to maximize the volume of GLP-1 prescriptions at the expense of patient safety
Read full article →Lax clinical oversight for online GLP-1 prescriptions, proposed financial help for people who want to quit smoking, and more health news
Read full article →Bristol Myers Squibb is the third drugmaker in nine months to announce it is building the largest AI supercomputer in the life sciences industry.
Read full article →Congo's health ministry said the deaths were recorded out of the 2,344 cases confirmed as of Saturday. Thirty-seven new deaths were recorded in the previous 24 hours in one of the highest totals.
Read full article →A clinical psychologist shares effective strategies to quickly de-escalate stress and anxiety. That includes dunking your head into a bowl of ice water to trigger your mammalian dive reflex.
Read full article →Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now, changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.
Read full article →“Pandemics should be viewed and combated as threats to national security,” write David Blumenthal and James A. Morone.
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