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A McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger and fries are shown in this photograph, in New York’s Times Square, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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October 30, 2024 at 5:27 p.m.

The number of people sickened by the outbreak in Colorado rose from 26 to 29, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Laurie Margolies demonstrates the Koios DS Smart Ultrasound software, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. The breast imaging AI is used to get a second opinion on mammography ultrasounds. “I will tell patients, ‘I looked at it, and the computer looked at it, and we both agree,’” Margolies said. “Hearing me say that we both agree, I think that gives the patient an even greater level of confidence.” (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

June 8, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that...

Sharday Miller, walks away holding extra bandages she received after having her skin treated at the Kensington Hospital wound care outreach van parked in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Xylazine, a powerful animal sedative that’s moving through the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis, causing gruesome skin wounds and scrambling longstanding methods for treating addiction and reversing overdoses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Xylazine-laced fentanyl is causing wounds and scrambling efforts to stop overdoses

June 23, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.

A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis. It's called xylazine. It's not intended for human use and can cause...

FILE: A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022. U.S. health officials are proposing a simplified approach to COVID-19 vaccinations, which would allow most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus. The new system unveiled Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 would make COVID-19 inoculations more like the annual flu shot. Americans would no longer have to keep track of how many shots they’ve received or how many months it’s been since their last booster. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

January 23, 2023 at 6:04 p.m.

U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach so that most adults and...

FILE – This 2018 photo provided by Amylyx shows the company’s co-founders Joshua Cohen, left, and Justin Klee in Cambridge, Mass. on Sept. 2, 2022. A closely watched experimental drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease is getting an unusual second look from U.S. regulators on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, amid intense pressure to approve the treatment for patients with the fatal illness. Patients and their families have rallied behind the drug from Amylyx Pharma, launching an aggressive lobbying campaign and enlisting members of Congress to push the Food and Drug Administration to grant approval. (Amylyx via AP, File)

FDA panel backs much-debated ALS drug in rare, 2nd review

September 7, 2022 at 5:20 p.m.

A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig's disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously...

FILE – Packaging for an electronic cigarette and menthol pods from Juul Labs is displayed on Feb. 25, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. In a deal announced Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states鈥� teen vaping probe

September 6, 2022 at 7:06 p.m.

Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have...

U.S. will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses

August 9, 2022 at 4:20 p.m.

U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a plan to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the...

U.S. rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign

July 29, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.

U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall...

Over-the-counter birth control? Drugmaker seeks FDA approval.

July 11, 2022 at 5:25 a.m.

For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S.

FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge

June 23, 2022 at 3:58 p.m.

U.S. health regulators on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market, the latest blow to the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in...

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