Grieving families want official records and popular discourse to move away from reflexive use of “overdose,” which they believe blames victims for their deaths.Read More
View More Overdose or Poisoning? A New Debate Over What to Call a Drug Death.Category: Health & Wellbeing
Arogya Doctor on Wheels programme offers doorstep medical care in J-K’s Udhampur
This initiative, aimed at geographically isolated communities, saw a large number of residents from Panchayat Chanunta and surrounding villages benefit from consultations with qualified doctors.Read…
View More Arogya Doctor on Wheels programme offers doorstep medical care in J-K’s UdhampurJool Baby Infant Swings Recalled Over Suffocation Hazard
Federal regulators said that the Jool Baby swings should not have been marketed as sleep products because they have an incline angle that is not…
View More Jool Baby Infant Swings Recalled Over Suffocation HazardKathy Goldman, Who Fought Hunger in New York City, Dies at 92
She helped introduce free breakfasts and lunches for schoolchildren and open pantries and soup kitchens for the poor.Read More
View More Kathy Goldman, Who Fought Hunger in New York City, Dies at 92Kansas City Chiefs Fans Needed Amputations After Frigid Game
A Missouri hospital said the amputations involved mostly fingers and toes after a game in January when temperatures were below zero.Read More
View More Kansas City Chiefs Fans Needed Amputations After Frigid GameA New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics
At SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving research of the potential harm of its presence in our…
View More A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of MicroplasticsScientists Studied Man Who Claimed To Have Had 217 COVID Shots. Here’s What They Found.
Researchers in Germany said they were surprised by their findings, which have been published.Read More
View More Scientists Studied Man Who Claimed To Have Had 217 COVID Shots. Here’s What They Found.Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability
A physician, scientist and academic, he brought together experts across disciplines to focus on the economic, political and social causes of poor health, not just…
View More Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater AccountabilityWith Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam United
Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse.Read More
View More With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam UnitedA.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Fails Clinical Trial and May Be Withdrawn From the Market
Leaders of the treatment’s manufacturer, Amylyx, said they would announce their plans for it within eight weeks.Read More
View More A.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Fails Clinical Trial and May Be Withdrawn From the Market