Oysters recalled after norovirus outbreak sickens at least 211 people
[ad_1] Over 200 people have been sickened by a norovirus outbreak linked to raw oysters from Texas, causing the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to issue a recall and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to open an investigation into the mollusks. The CDC on Thursday announced that it is working in partnership with the More...
Top Justice Department official calls on social media companies to do more as teens die from fentanyl
[ad_1] Landen Hausman, a high school sophomore, died in January after buying fentanyl-laced Percocet through a dealer on social media. His family found him collapsed on the bathroom floor and tried to revive More...
China accepts “no way to keep track” of COVID cases amid shift from eradication strategy to “treatment”
[ad_1] Beijing — A week after China’s health authorities sparked chaos and confusion by announcing sweeping changes to the country’s draconian COVID-19 control measures, the government’s coronavirus More...
New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes
[ad_1] A competitor smokes a cigarette on a break during the 2018 Methven Rodeo on October 21, 2018 in Methven, New Zealand. Kai Schwoerer/Getty More...
Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach hospitalized in critical condition
[ad_1] Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, according to an announcement by the school. One day earlier, the university said in a statement that Leach More...
Elon Musk targets Dr. Anthony Fauci in viral tweet, drawing backlash
[ad_1] As Dr. Anthony Fauci prepares to step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year, the leading immunologist faced derision on social media over More...
The unsavory stigma surrounding MSG
[ad_1] Americans LOVE Chinese food; at one point on election night in 2020, Google searches to find some outnumbered searches for who had won the Presidency. But you’ll still see signs around reading “No More...
Hospital financial decisions play a role in the critical shortage of pediatric beds for RSV patients: “It really has to do with dollars”
[ad_1] The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children’s wards, which More...
China’s strict zero-COVID policy may be gone, but it has been replaced by chaos, confusion and risk.
[ad_1] Beijing — China may be pivoting away from its strict zero-COVID measures, but you’d never know it in Beijing. Everyone in the capital is confused. The city of more than 21 million people doesn’t More...
Paxlovid, a drug to treat COVID-19, has been free so far. Next year, patients will have to pay the cost.
[ad_1] Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and More...
