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Medical influencer Attia resigns post at CBS News after name included in multiple Epstein files

NEW YORK (AP) - Dr. Peter Attia, a medical influencer whose emails with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in the latest U.S. Justice Department release of files, has resigned a post with CBS News. Attia, podcast host and author of "Outlive: The ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: North Chicago manufacturing expansion announced

(The Center Square) - State officials have announced that AbbVie will build two new pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facilities at its North Chicago location and create 300 new full-time jobs. ...
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Italian region resists US pressure to curb use of Cuban doctors

By Crispian Balmer ROME, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Cuban doctors are essential to keeping local hospitals running in Italy's southern Calabria region, its governor told a senior U.S. diplomat on Monday, rebuffing Washington's effort to halt the recruitment of medics from the Caribbean island. ...
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Gossamer Bio’s experimental lung condition drug fails in late-stage trial

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Gossamer Bio's experimental drug has missed the main goal of a late-stage study in patients with a serious lung and heart condition, the drug developer said on Monday. The drug, seralutinib, is being developed for pulmonary arterial hypertension, in which high ...
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Gilead to acquire cancer therapy developer Arcellx for up to $7.8 billion

By Christy Santhosh Feb 23 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences will pay as much as $7.8 billion to acquire partner Arcellx in its largest deal since 2020, the biopharma company said on Monday, as it looks to strengthen its lineup of cancer treatments. The company, with a ...
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Women suffer heart attacks too. Understanding risks, symptoms and how to save yourself

Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she'd have a heart attack. The possibility "just wasn't registering with me," said the 64-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, who suffered two of them 13 years apart. She's far from ...
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Lilly to launch multi-dose weight-loss drug device in US

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly said on Monday it received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval to launch a four-dose KwikPen for its weight-loss drug Zepbound, delivering a full month of the treatment in a single device. Rival Novo Nordisk's Wegovy has been ...
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WATCH: Illinois diversity leaders dodge questions as they slip farther from goals

(The Center Square) -- Illinois' highly paid diversity commissioners dodged in-person questions from The Center Square last week about their decisions that have, in effect, made it more difficult for minority-owned businesses to get state contract money, contrary to their mandate from lawmakers. ...
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Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxins

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration's latest effort to boost the fossil fuel industry by paring back clean air and water rules. Toxic emissions from coal- ...
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Measles cases in South Carolina rise by 11 to 973

By Siddhi Mahatole Feb 20 (Reuters) - Measles cases in South Carolina surged to 973 on Friday, state health data showed, including 11 additional infections since Tuesday. Officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake. The outbreak, which began in October, ...
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US sugar industry weighs impact from new dietary guidelines regulation

By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. sugar industry could be impacted by regulatory changes as the federal government prepares to implement stricter dietary guidelines that could further reduce domestic demand for the sweetener, a top industry executive said on ...
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A long-acting HIV drug arrives in Zimbabwe for some at highest risk

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. They came for injections of a new HIV prevention drug launched in the country on Thursday, one that only ...
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