All 4 sufferers who obtained pig organs to exchange their diseased organs have now died, although researchers concerned in these transplants say they may maintain making an attempt to enhance this various supply of organs. Lisa Pisano, the fourth xenotransplantation affected person and second to obtain a pig kidney, died Sunday. The opposite three sufferers
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A brand new examine has discovered that tampons include a number of metals, together with arsenic and lead. “Our findings level in the direction of the necessity for rules requiring the testing of metals in tampons by producers,” the examine says. The examine, which was printed by Atmosphere Worldwide on July 3, analyzed 30 tampons
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An individual in Pueblo County, Colorado, about 100 miles south of Denver, has been contaminated with bubonic plague, native well being officers stated Monday. Final week, state and native officers recognized the case based mostly on preliminary check outcomes. Trysten Garcia, a spokesperson for the Pueblo Division of Public Well being and Atmosphere, stated in
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Individuals misplaced considerably extra weight once they took Eli Lilly’s diabetes drug Mounjaro than Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, with roughly the identical unwanted effects, drop-out fee and profit for diabetes, in response to the primary main head-to-head examine. Each medicine are in the identical class, often known as GLP-1s, however Lilly’s drug, tirzepatide, offered beneath the
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The masks debate has taken a completely new type in 2024. Politicians in California, New York and North Carolina, who as soon as championed masks to forestall the unfold of COVID-19, are actually trying to ban them following protests towards the warfare in Gaza. Professional-Palestinian demonstrators typically put on the identical sort of medical masks
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump are, respectively, the oldest and second oldest presidents in American historical past. As each assault one another over their psychological acuity within the 2024 election, they’ve additionally fielded requires cognitive assessments due to their age. After a stumbling debate efficiency by Biden by which he appeared arduous to comply with
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A fourth individual has been contaminated with hen flu this 12 months as an outbreak amongst dairy cows continues throughout the U.S., federal well being officers introduced Wednesday. The 4 individuals who contracted the virus stay in three states. The case of a Colorado dairy employee is the state’s first this 12 months. Well being
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The KP.3 COVID-19 variant is constant to steer because the dominant variant, the latest Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) information exhibits. For a two-week interval beginning on June 23 and ending on July 6, the CDC’s Nowcast information tracker confirmed the projections of the COVID-19 variants. The KP.3 variant accounted for 36.9% of
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The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration introduced Wednesday it’s revoking the regulation authorizing the usage of brominated vegetable oil in meals, efficient Aug. 2. The ingredient was beforehand approved by the company to be used in small quantities to “maintain the citrus taste from separating and floating to the highest of some drinks,” in accordance
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The Meals and Drug Administration on Tuesday accepted the experimental Alzheimer’s drug donanemab, which slowed the early phases of the deadly mind-robbing illness in research. The approval comes lower than a month after an FDA advisory committee endorsed Eli Lilly’s drug, regardless of questions from advisory committee members concerning the potential negative effects of the
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