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The American Cancer Society’s annual trend report is out with some mixed results. Cancer deaths are down but cases among certain groups are up. Jamil Rivers, a South Jersey mother of two, was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer when she was 39. “When I heard those words, cancer was devastating because my youngest was in
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More than a dozen cats have been killed or sickened by bird flu that is spreading in raw food products, the Food and Drug Administration says, prompting a federal probe into how the virus got into the pet food supply chain. “The FDA is aware of reports of death or illness associated with uncooked food
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What happened when a town removed fluoride from its water – CBS News Watch CBS News On Thursday, the Senate will hold a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Servies. His nomination has raised alarms with health officials because of Kennedy’s skepticism of vaccines
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What caused first severe bird flu case in U.S.? Breaking down what caused the first severe bird flu case in U.S. 01:20 Bird flu was detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak started in 2022, officials announced on Friday. The positive case of the H5N1 strain
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Medicare announced Friday that it has selected 15 drugs, including the hugely popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy, used for diabetes and weight loss, as well as some blockbuster cancer medications and other drugs, for its second round of price talks. Together with the first 10 drugs that the Biden administration targeted for its Medicare Drug
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New report reveals rising cancer rates among women – CBS News Watch CBS News The American Cancer Society finds cancer rates are increasing in women, surpassing men in some cases. Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News medical contributor, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss these troubling trends and their implications. View CBS News In Be the first
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Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3, after the agency said it was revoking the additive’s authorization over concerns it was causing cancer in rats. While the agency says that studies show the way Red
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About 328,000 smoke alarms sold nationwide and online by the Home Shopping Network — or as it now calls itself, HSN — are being recalled because the products can malfunction and fail to alert users of a fire, posing the risk of smoke inhalation or death, a federal safety agency said on Thursday. Three61, the
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A year after the American Academy of Pediatrics flagged what it described as “questionable marketing practices” by makers of formulas for older infants and toddlers, Abbott Laboratories is being sued over how it pitches such products. Abbott, a health care products conglomerate based in Illinois, is misleading parents and other caregivers about the nutritional value
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The Food and Drug Administration is moving to cut out addictive nicotine from cigarettes, according to a long-awaited proposed regulation released Wednesday. The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, or quit altogether while
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