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Posted on October 9, 2024

A Major GLP-1 Drug Shortage Is Over. Some Patients Aren’t Celebrating

Mounjaro and Zepbound are now out of shortage. This should be good news—but because so many patients are taking compounded versions of these GLP-1 medications, it’s a complicated situation.
Posted on October 9, 2024

Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton

More than 200 health care facilities in impacted areas are moving patients and residents in what the state’s chief of emergency medical oversight calls “our largest evacuation ever.”
Posted on October 7, 2024

To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First

One woman spills the beans about giving birth to rich people's children. “They were offering Scrooge McDuck buckets of money.”
Posted on October 5, 2024

Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases

A new report estimates that 40 percent of all cancer cases are associated with factors we can change—alcohol consumption being a prominent one.
Posted on October 5, 2024

What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs

Celebrities do it (or wish they had), influencers won't stop talking about it, and clinics will all but tell you to do it now. The devil, though, is in the details.
Posted on October 4, 2024

The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

As more farm workers get sick with avian influenza, the US federal government is putting $72 million toward strengthening its vaccine stockpile.
Posted on October 4, 2024

So You Can 3D Print a Steak Now—but Why on Earth Would You?

WIRED tried 3D-printed steaks that you can’t buy anywhere yet. But reducing food to a technological problem leaves a bitter taste, and delivers all the joy of licking a catering catalog.
Posted on October 4, 2024

Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

A surveillance system proven during Covid-19 is now being used to track outbreaks of RSV.
Posted on October 4, 2024

Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take It Is Even Harder

New vaccines could help stem the spread of respiratory syncytial virus, but there are already huge inequities in access and uptake.
Posted on October 3, 2024

Inside the Anti-Vax Facebook Group Pushing a Bogus Cure for Autism

Parents of newborns are reporting symptoms including diarrhea, twitching, and “complete toddler meltdowns” after giving them Pure Body Extra detox treatment.

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