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September 20, 2023 at 7:47 am

FDA says it needs more research before deciding to approve nasal spray to treat dangerous allergies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, calling for more research on what would have...

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September 10, 2023 at 5:52 am

Food recalls are pretty common for things like rocks, insects and plastic

Recent food recalls have been spurred by foreign objects like rocks, insects and plastic.

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September 7, 2023 at 11:01 am

Bruce Springsteen has peptic ulcer disease. Doctors say it’s easily treated

Bruce Springsteen says he needs to postpone concerts this month because of peptic ulcer disease.

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August 29, 2023 at 9:51 am

Five people hospitalized in E. coli outbreak at the University of Arkansas

Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E.

August 13, 2023 at 1:01 am

Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia

Patients taking blockbuster drugs like Wegovy for weight loss may face potentially deadly complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs...

July 26, 2023 at 4:03 pm

Sesame is being newly added to some foods. The FDA says it doesn’t violate an allergy law

Food manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to their products and include it on their labels are not violating a new federal allergy law.

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July 25, 2023 at 3:52 pm

Salmonella in ground beef sickens 16, hospitalizing 6, in 4 states, CDC says

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ground beef contaminated with salmonella has sickened at least 16 people in four Northeastern states.

July 14, 2023 at 10:37 am

How Lisa Marie Presley’s weight-loss surgery contributed to her death

A severe complication from weight-loss surgery done years ago is the reason for Lisa Marie Presley's death in January at age 54.

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FILE – A bottle of soda is photographed in Washington Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. On Thursday, July 13, 2023, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization, deemed aspartame, the world’s most widely used artificial sweetener, to be “possibly carcinogenic” to humans. Separately, a U.N. expert group assessing the same evidence said their guidance regarding safe consumption of the sweetener remained unchanged. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) NY755 NY755

July 13, 2023 at 3:31 pm

Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it’s still considered safe

The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the artificial sweetener aspartame a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate group looking at the same...

FILE – Baby formula is displayed on the shelves of a grocery store in Carmel, Ind. on May 10, 2022. U.S. health officials will start formally tracking infections caused by the rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a nationwide shortage of infant formula in 2022. A group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agreed Thursday, June 29, 2023, to add infections caused by cronobacter to the list of serious conditions reported to the agency. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) NY402 NY402

June 29, 2023 at 12:26 pm

Deadly germ behind infant formula shortage joins CDC watchlist of bad bugs

Officials will start tracking infections caused by the rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a shortage of infant formula last year.

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