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Parents are stressed out, which can deteriorate their mental health and well-being — which in turn can negatively affect children, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an advisory Wednesday. Murthy — who in the past has issued advisories related to gun violence, social media use and a youth mental health crisis tied to an “epidemic of
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Eli Lilly offers discounted Zepbound vials at half the usual monthly cost – CBS News Watch CBS News Eli Lilly says it will sell one-dose vials of Zepbound for roughly half the usual monthly list price. The weight loss drug, also known as Mounjaro, can cost more than $1,000 for one month’s supply. CBS News
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Idaho camp supports kids with cancer – CBS News Watch CBS News Camp Rainbow Gold in Idaho is a nonprofit that supports kids who have been diagnosed with cancer. Recently, local builders came together to construct new cabins so the camp doesn’t have to turn kids away. View CBS News In Be the first to
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A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” from the industry, newly released court filings show. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the draft regulation in January 2014. The rule
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A Chicago countertop manufacturer failed to protect its workers from silica exposure, leaving a father and son in need of lung transplants, federal labor officials said. Florenza Marble & Granite exposed employees to silica levels up to six times greater than permissible, leaving a 31-year worker, his 59-year-old father and a co-worker with silicosis, an
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Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Tuesday it will sell single-use vials of its weight-loss drug Zepbound at a fraction of the price of its pens, amid skyrocketing demand among Americans for anti-obesity medications. In doing so, the company aims to expand its supply of the drug, and compete with digital health companies that sell compounded versions
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How to protect student athletes amid dangerous heat across the country – CBS News Watch CBS News Intense heat is creating dangerous conditions for student athletes across the country. “CBS Mornings” spoke to one school in New Jersey using a device that measures “wet bulb globe temperature.” The number shows how much heat stress an
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Although the dangers of so-called forever chemicals are well-documented, these harmful substances have been detected in a range of personal care products used by consumers on a daily basis. For example, flossing your teeth is good oral hygiene, but some flosses are coated in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals, which
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Americans are more at risk from the deadly effects of heat than ever before, a new study found. Researchers from the Journal of the American Medical Association say there were 21,518 deaths from 1999-2023 where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, a possible underestimation, they say. In total, heat-related
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Dr. Anthony Fauci recovering after weeklong hospitalization for West Nile virus – CBS News Watch CBS News Dr. Anthony Fauci is recovering at home after spending nearly a week in the hospital with West Nile virus. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook spoke with him over the weekend and shares how he is
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