Merck’s cholesterol pill gets US FDA approval
Reuters — On Thursday, Merck announced that the U.S. FDA has granted approval for its cholesterol medication, marking the first instance of such a drug...
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Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Reuters — The U.S. health secretary is poised to allocate billions in an effort to investigate a potential connection between vaccines and autism, influenced by...
So you think you caught cyclospora, the diarrhea-causing parasite. Here’s what to do next
you’d go to get tested,” Chin-Hong said. Even watery diarrhea that persists longer than three days can warrant evaluation, he added. “Generally, when we think...
Trump’s funding cuts created ‘the perfect storm’ that slowed the government’s cyclosporiasis response
causes a lot of challenges to do an investigation when you’ve lost your people, you’ve lost a lot of your funding, you’re operating in uncertainty,”...
Taylor Farms lettuce remains the focus of cyclosporiasis investigation, despite false positive test
Investigators from health agencies looking into a significant cyclospora-related diarrhea outbreak have found “very strong” indications that shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms is the...