A study published in the medical journal Science Progress examined the link between GLP-1 medications and hair loss among patients undergoing rapid weight loss, NewsNation reports. According to the research, semaglutide and tirzepatide, sold under brand names including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and...
Tuesday, Alkermes plc (ALKS) announced positive topline results from the REVITALYZ phase 3 study, evaluating the investigational use of LUMRYZ extended-release oral suspension in adults with idiopathic hypersomnia. The company stated that LUMRYZ met the primary endpoint by showing statistically significant...
All the passengers have disembarked from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius in Tenerife and many have returned to their home countries, as the World Health Organization said the operation demonstrated a "triumph of solidarity." The repatriation effort, coordinated by Spanish authorities with...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that it is keeping an eye on a norovirus outbreak on a Princess Cruises ship that left Fort Lauderdale over a week ago. The outbreak happened on the Caribbean Princess, which started its trip from Port Everglades on April 28. The ship...
The UK Government has announced that it worked with international partners to ensure the safe return of all remaining British nationals on board the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, with passengers now safely transferred to Arrowe Park Hospital in Birkenhead, England. 20 British nationals along...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced that an American passenger who was evacuated from the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship has been tested positive for the virus, and another has been diagnoed with mild symptoms. They are among 17 American passengers who were airlifted to the United States after being evacua
On Mother's Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched Moms.gov, a groundbreaking website for new and expecting mothers. This resource offers guidance and information to support the health and well-being of mothers and their families.Moms.gov also supports expecting parents who are...
Researchers at Loma Linda University Health found that eating eggs may help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in adults aged 65 and older. The researchers used data from the Adventist Health Study-2, which includes health and diet information from more than 96,000 people. For this study, they...
New research led by psychologist Frank Infurna revealed that middle age has become harder in the United States compared to other rich countries. The study, which looked at survey data from 17 countries, found that Americans born in the 1960s and early 1970s feel lonelier and more depressed than older...
A new study published in Psychiatric Quarterly suggests that the emotional echoes of childhood- both good and bad- may play a far more powerful role in shaping mental health than previously understood.
A total of 6.42 million doses of unapproved and counterfeit pharmaceuticals worth $15.5 million have been seized in a global crackdown. Operation Pangea XVIII, coordinated by Interpol across 90 countries during March 10 - 23, led to 269 arrests and the dismantling of 66 criminal groups involved in the illicit pharmaceutical trade. Law enforcement agencies worldwide launched 392 investigations an
The World Health Organization has clarified that a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean poses a low global public health risk and is "not the start of another COVID pandemic." Three people have died and several others have fallen ill aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, prompting a major international public health response involving countries across Europe, Afric
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that five children across four states have gotten sick from an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with pet veiled chameleons. A CDC investigation has found that the multistate outbreak is linked to the most common chameleon...
A Hantavirus-hit cruise ship currently in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to dock in the Spanish island of Tenerife, off West Africa, on Sunday, according to the latest updates from the Spanish Health Ministry. The World Health Organization said one of its experts, Dutch doctors, and a European disease...
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that the brain may still process language even when a person is fully unconscious under general anesthesia. "This work pushes us to rethink what it means to be conscious," said co-senior author Dr. Sameer Sheth, professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed...
May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.