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Feds look to fight flesh-destroying drug ‘tranq’ Fox News national correspondent Alexis McAdams has the latest on the FDA restricting imports of animal tranquilizer Xylazine, also known as ‘tranq,’ in an effort to curb overdose deaths on ‘America Reports.’ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will now restrict imports of …

Nearly a quarter million Floridians are being warned to avoid washing their face with tap water after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba in February. The advice, which applies to the nearly 200,000 residents of Charlotte County, comes after a county resident died on February 20. Officials believe the …

A biopsy performed on a small lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest has been confirmed as basal cell carcinoma.  Doctors say that all cancerous tissue was removed and that no further treatment is required. What exactly is basal cell carcinoma — and what should people know about this common …

London — Major drug store chains in the United Kingdom plan to start selling the weight loss drug Wegovy, a different version of its hugely popular Ozempic brand, this year, as the company that makes both says it’s working to expand supplies of the popular semaglutide medications to Europe. Semaglutide works …

Contaminated cough and paracetamol syrups imported into Gambia almost certainly caused the deaths of 66 children due to acute kidney injury, according to an investigation led by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Gambian scientists. The links between the children’s deaths and contaminated medicines first came …

A startling new report may be putting a lot of people on notice. Without significant action to change this trajectory, more than half the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035, according to a new report. The World Obesity Federation’s 2023 atlas is predicting that 51% of the …

Kids often worry about much different things than their parents do. One of the big ones is climate change. Research shows most youth are “extremely worried” about it, leading to a phenomenon called climate anxiety. Kids and young adults who struggle with this can perceive they have no future or …

A plastic surgeon from New York took to social media to warn followers that long-distance running accelerates aging.  In a viral TikTok video, Dr. Gerald Imber said high impact nature of running could be negatively contributing to the condition of runner’s skin.  A girls cross country team running on a …

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., waits for the Senate subway in the Capitol on Feb. 2, 2023.  Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Sen. Dianne Feinstein is undergoing treatment for shingles at a San Francisco hospital. The California Democrat was diagnosed with the infection in late February and has missed …

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