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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 antiviral medication Paxlovid will more than double as the United States transitions out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, drugmaker Pfizer said Wednesday. The list price, before insurance, will be $1,390 for a five-day course, Pfizer said in a statement. That’s 2.6

By Brenda Goodman and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As of Thursday, only about 3% of the US population — about 10 million Americans — have gotten an updated Covid-19 vaccine since their approval in mid-September, according to the latest numbers from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The slow penetration of the

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Fake versions of the popular diabetes medicine Ozempic have been found at wholesalers in the European Union and United Kingdom, the European Medicines Agency warned Wednesday, prompting an alert to patients to check their medicines carefully. There’s no evidence fake Ozempic pens have been dispensed to patients from legal

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Older people who followed a lower-calorie Mediterranean diet and minimally exercised up to six days a week gained muscle and lost a significant amount of body fat by the end of a year and kept much of it off for three years, according to a new study. “This study

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — It’s fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and the weather is getting cooler. Many people have cold-like symptoms, and some may have tested positive for Covid-19, influenza or the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). With winter on the way and viral infections increasing, a lot of people may wonder how long they will be contagious

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — People often say “time is money,” but talk to any neurologist and they’ll tell you time is brain. Because when it comes to strokes, every minute counts. “The brain is very sensitive to injury,” said Dr. Eliza Miller, a neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The human brain

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — There’s a chill is in the air, and you all know what that means — it’s time for cold and flu season, when it seems everyone you know is suddenly sneezing, sniffling or worse. It’s almost as if those pesky cold and flu germs whirl in with the first

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid is likely to rise next year for most patients as the United States continues to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, sparking concerns among doctors that it will become less accessible. Just as with Covid-19 vaccines this season,

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has taken a “momentous” step toward banning menthol in cigarettes and banning flavored cigars, sending final rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, a key regulatory step. Public health experts say a menthol cigarette and flavored cigar ban could save hundreds of

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Do you know what to look for to detect breast cancer early? If your list begins and ends with a lump, you are missing some important signs. But according to a new survey, you would be far from alone. While 93% of adults in the United States recognize a

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Sobriety from alcohol can be good for your health and your wallet — and that phase of life when you realize those memes about hangovers at 21 versus hangovers in your late 20s or 30s actually are true. For some people, including me, going alcohol-free is also the solution

By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — Doctors, researchers and laypeople have come a long way in the understanding of concussions. Once comic fodder depicted as cartoon characters seeing stars, the condition is finally getting the attention it deserves, with strict concussion protocols in place in amateur and professional organized sports. According to the US Centers

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — More young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer at a higher rate than men, and scientists are struggling to understand why, new research shows. Awareness of the disease’s effects on women is lacking, experts say, and the US government spends significantly less on its research than

By Jacqueline Howard and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is planning to propose a ban on certain hair-straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing products, that have been linked to health risks, according to an entry in the Unified Agenda, which lists actions that administrative agencies plan to

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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — In the future, some Covid-19 vaccines may not be jabs in the arm. They could be a nasal spray or even a patch on the skin. Those are just two examples of the kind of next-generation vaccine technology that federal health officials are hoping to help advance. The US

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Nicole Leonard, WHYY (KFF Health News) — Last month, drugstores and pharmacies nationwide began stocking and selling the country’s first over-the-counter version of naloxone, a medication that can stop a potentially fatal overdose from opioids. It’s sold as a nasal spray under the brand name Narcan. Coming off a year