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$158,000 price tag for new ALS drug reignites anger at Big Pharma

health Eshrag: A new ALS drug treatment is reawakening frustration with Big Pharma after its drugmaker priced it at $158,000…

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CDC investigating multistate outbreak of norovirus stemming from raw Texas oysters

health Eshrag: Eight states are among those impacted by an outbreak of norovirus linked to raw oysters from Texas, according…

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Detransitioning becomes growing choice among young people after gender-affirming surgery

health Eshrag: Luka “Bunny” Hein was in her early teens when confusion about her true gender developed.  Doctors provided what…

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CDC says respiratory viruses may continue to spread for weeks, ‘possibly even months’: report

health Eshrag: As respiratory viruses continue to spread, the “tripledemic” is causing infections to spike across the country and putting…

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Grant Wahl’s sudden death from an aortic aneurysm: What to know about the condition

health Eshrag: Well-respected sports journalist Grant Wahl died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at age 49 on Dec. 10 while…

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Two-thirds of U.S. adults do not plan on getting COVID boosters

health Eshrag: Around two-thirds of adults in the United States are not planning to get the updated COVID-19 booster shots…

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British health officials recommend everyone over the age of 55 be screened for lung cancer

health Eshrag: Health officials in the United Kingdom are recommending that citizens older than 55 who have smoked a cigarette,…

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Howie Mandel weighs in on mental health: ‘Stigma still lives strongly today’

health Eshrag: Ahead of National OCD Awareness Month in October, comedian and mental health advocate Howie Mandel — and a…

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Doctor burnout reached ‘highest level on record’ during COVID, experts want action

health Eshrag: Physician burnout spiked during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic after a six-year decline that ended…

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Much-debated drug from Amylyx for Lou Gehrig’s disease wins FDA approval

health Eshrag: A much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease won U.S. approval on Thursday from the Food and Drug Administration.…

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