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The Nobel laureates behind mRNA COVID vaccines – CBS News Watch CBS News More than one million people died just in the U.S. as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in 2020. But a scientific miracle – a vaccine released later that same year – saved countless lives. Last year Katalin Karikó
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Walgreens, CVS to begin selling abortion pill mifepristone – CBS News Watch CBS News Reproductive rights advocates Friday hailed a historic decision by Walgreens and CVS to begin dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone as soon as this month. The two pharmacy chains said the prescription pill will available in states where it’s legal. Nikki Battiste
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At least 41 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. across 16 states so far this year, according to new weekly figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is up from 35 cases in 15 states reported to the CDC, as of Feb. 22. Michigan is the new
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted at COVID-19, including an official end to a pandemic-era plea for Americans to stay home for five days after testing positive. The agency cited improvements in the rates of hospitalizations and deaths inflicted by the
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Cyberattack on UnitedHealth still impacting prescription access – CBS News Watch CBS News A cyberattack on the health technology provider Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, is wreaking havoc nationwide, as some hospitals and pharmacies cannot get paid and many patients are unable to get prescriptions. Nicole Sganga has details. View CBS News
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New study links marijuana use to increased risk of heart attack and stroke – CBS News Watch CBS News A new study found marijuana use is linked to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. That includes cannabis that is smoked, vaped or eaten. Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor at
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Busting myths you may have heard about the flu and cold Busting myths you may have heard about the flu and cold 02:14 This season’s influenza vaccines have been 42% effective so far, according to a new interim estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amounting to protection against the virus that appears
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Ziyad Al-Aly is chief of research and development at VA St. Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a colloquial term that describes a state of
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Over the past two years, Madeline Beal has heard frustration and even bewilderment during public meetings about ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas that is used to sterilize half of the medical devices in the U.S. Beal, senior risk communication adviser for the Environmental Protection Agency, has fielded questions about why the agency took so long
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia actor is starring in a groundbreaking musical event that shows the challenges people in the disability community face. The show was created by people with a rare disease and will make its world debut in New York City and livestreaming on Thursday which is Rare Disease Day. “It’s definitely a
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