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First on CNN: Updated Covid shot should be ready by ‘latter part of September,’ HHS secretary says in letter to manufacturers

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — US health officials are moving forward with plans to sunset the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution program next month and move the vaccines to the commercial market this fall, and they are laying out their expectations to manufacturers about what that transition should look like. On Thursday morning, US

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Kids’ developmental disability diagnoses became more common during pandemic, but autism rates held steady, CDC report says

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic than they were in the year before, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of intellectual disability and autism diagnoses held relatively steady, but the overall change

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European regulators probe risks of suicidal thoughts in users of popular weight-loss medications

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee is looking into the risk of suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm in patients who used popular medicines for weight loss, like Ozempic, the regulator told CNN Monday. The review comes after three case reports raised by the Icelandic Medicines Agency, the regulator

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