Tag: health
Weight-loss drug Saxenda effective for kids as young as 6, study shows
A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6 when...
First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo -- Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday,...
Selena Gomez Confirms She 'Can't Carry' Her Own Children: 'Had to Grieve'
Selena Gomez is optimistic about becoming a mom — even if it doesn’t happen in the way she originally expected.
“I haven’t ever said...
Workers take their quest to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos to a higher court
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Workers seeking to ban smoking in Atlantic City's casinos on Friday asked an appeals court to consider their request,...
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan...
5 takeaways from AP's report on the big backlog of uninspected drug factories
WASHINGTON -- As COVID-19 swept across the globe in early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration pulled most of its safety inspectors from...