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FDA to regulate synthetic nicotine in e-cigs

U.S. regulators will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies using a now-closed loophole, including a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become teenagers’ top choice. Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. Cholesterol drug linked… Read More

New study: Most who tear Achilles tendon can skip surgery

It’s a weekend warrior’s nightmare. You’re playing hoops in the driveway and go up for a lay-up. You land and hear a pop: you’ve torn your Achilles tendon. Do you have surgery or hope it heals with just a cast and rehab? New research says both options led to similar… Read More

CDC extends travel mask requirement

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order, which was set to expire on April 18,… Read More

Children report puzzling spike in liver disease

Scientists are investigating a puzzling spike in liver disease in children across the United Kingdom, including the cause and whether there are any links between the affected youngsters. The U.K. Health Security Agency said this week that public health personnel are looking into 74 cases of hepatitis, or liver inflammation,… Read More

Congress sees bipartisan push on mental health crisis

A major effort to overhaul care for people in the United States with mental health and drug problems is gaining traction as Congress and the Biden administration work on overlapping plans to address concerns across dividing lines of politics, geography and race. Top goals include responding to the mental health… Read More

New data: 2021 was deadliest year in U.S. history amid virus, drugs

2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work on death statistics. Cholesterol drug… Read More

Philadelphia to restore indoor mask mandate amid resurgence

Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate on Monday after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, with the city’s top health official saying she wanted to forestall a potential new wave driven by an omicron subvariant. Confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen more than… Read More

Health researchers: ‘Stealth omicron’ is less severe, more contagious

What do we know about “stealth omicron” so far? It’s an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant, but it doesn’t seem to cause more severe disease. Sponsored: What eggs do to senior brains Since it was first identified in November, BA.2 has been spreading around the globe, driving new surges in parts of… Read More

Pelosi infected by COVID-19

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 82, has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted Thursday. A day earlier, Pelosi appeared at an unmasked, indoor gathering with President Joe Biden, 79, as he signed the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act. Sponsored: 100-YEAR-OLDS Rewind Aging Using THIS “The Speaker is fully… Read More

Gravely injured Ukrainian boy finds hope in Polish hospital

Unable to walk or move half his face after being injured by the same Russian shell that killed his father as they tried to flee Kyiv, a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy has found new hope in a Polish hospital. Pediatric surgeon Professor Jan Godzinski, of the T. Marciniak hospital in Wroclaw,… Read More