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Mississippi football head coach airlifted to hospital

Mississippi State coach Mike Leach, 61, was hospitalized Sunday after what the university called “a personal health issue” that happened at his home in Starkville. Leach was initially treated at a local hospital before being airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, which is about 125 miles… Read More

New study suggests breakthrough for less invasive cancer surgery

Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests. In recent years, more patients with multiple tumors have been identified, a result of more sensitive imaging techniques that can reveal tiny, once-hidden cancers. That… Read More

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. Today, it’s a barren Arctic desert, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the… Read More

Speedier drug approvals hit slowdown as FDA faces scrutiny

Expedited drug approvals slowed this year as the Food and Drug Administration’s controversial accelerated pathway came under new scrutiny from Congress, government watchdogs and some of the agency’s own leaders. With less than a month remaining in the year, the FDA’s drug center has granted 10 accelerated approvals — fewer… Read More

Flu season worsens as hospitalization rate matches its 2017 peak

The U.S. flu season keeps getting worse. Health officials said Friday that 7.5% of outpatient medical visits last week were due to flu-like illnesses. That’s as high as the peak of the 2017-18 flu season and higher than any season since. Does your WATER FILTER do this? [Sponsored] The annual… Read More

China eases controls but gives no end date for ‘zero-COVID’

China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when they might end a “zero-COVID” strategy that confines millions of people to their homes and set off protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to… Read More

Paul Pelosi seen in public for the first time since attack [Pic]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended the Kennedy Center Honors event in Washington, D.C. this weekend, with her husband Paul. Paul Pelosi, 82, took a hammer to the skull during a home invasion in October. On Sunday, he appeared in public for the first time since the attack. He wore a… Read More

FDA’s new change allows for cheaper, more accessible hearing aids

It’s now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter, or OTC, hearing aids started hitting the market in October at prices that can be thousands of dollars lower than prescription… Read More

UN officials are ‘pleased’ to see China backtrack from zero-COVID

A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.” At a press briefing on Friday, WHO emergencies director Dr. Michael… Read More