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The FDA has broadened the scope of Xolair, a medication used for asthma, to now include treatment for severe food allergies.
Health Care

The FDA has broadened the scope of Xolair, a medication used for asthma, to now include treatment for severe food allergies.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that a medication typically prescribed for asthma can now be utilized to assist individuals with food allergies in preventing severe reactions. The medication omalizumab, sold under the brand name Xolair, was granted approval to decrease allergic responses triggered by accidental ingestion of food. People as young

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Health workers in Brazil are searching through junkyards and on rooftops to find mosquitos in order to combat the dengue outbreak.
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Health workers in Brazil are searching through junkyards and on rooftops to find mosquitos in order to combat the dengue outbreak.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs. These were initiatives across the country aimed at controlling the increase of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne illness, during Brazil’s peak

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Fourteen states, led by the GOP, have rejected federal funding to provide meals for underprivileged children during the summer. Here's the reason why.
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Fourteen states, led by the GOP, have rejected federal funding to provide meals for underprivileged children during the summer. Here’s the reason why.

Families with children of school age who have lower incomes may receive assistance from the national government to cover their grocery expenses during the summer, except if they reside in any of the 14 states that have declined to participate in the program this year. The rejections are based on various reasons, all coming from

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A study conducted in the United States has discovered that a higher number of fatalities occur from smoking drugs rather than injecting them.
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A study conducted in the United States has discovered that a higher number of fatalities occur from smoking drugs rather than injecting them.

According to a recent study by the government, smoking has overtaken injecting as the most prevalent method of drug use in cases of overdose in the United States. The study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday is considered the largest investigation into how Americans consumed the drugs that ultimately caused

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Iowa's abortion providers have received guidance on how to handle the temporarily halted 6-week ban, in case it is ultimately upheld.
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Iowa’s abortion providers have received guidance on how to handle the temporarily halted 6-week ban, in case it is ultimately upheld.

The Iowa Supreme Court recently approved guidelines for abortion providers in response to the state’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The strict abortion law is temporarily suspended while Governor Kim Reynolds appeals the lower court’s decision to halt its main components. However, the medical board has been told to proceed with creating

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There are concerns that the proposed California measure to address homelessness may actually exacerbate the issue.
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There are concerns that the proposed California measure to address homelessness may actually exacerbate the issue.

The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is advocating for a proposition in the upcoming election to address the state’s homelessness issue. However, social service providers believe that this initiative could jeopardize programs that prevent individuals from experiencing homelessness. In 2004, a law was passed by voters to levy a tax on individuals with high incomes

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Experts are warning that there is a high probability of an increase in cyberattacks targeting hospitals, which could potentially endanger lives.
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Experts are warning that there is a high probability of an increase in cyberattacks targeting hospitals, which could potentially endanger lives.

Experts in cybersecurity are issuing a cautionary statement that medical facilities across the nation are vulnerable to cyberattacks, similar to the one currently affecting a top children’s hospital in the Midwest. They are also expressing concern about the inadequate measures taken by the government to prevent these types of breaches. In the past few years,

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The state of California might be required to cover $300 million for the COVID-19 hotel program for homeless individuals, following FEMA's limit on reimbursement.
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The state of California might be required to cover $300 million for the COVID-19 hotel program for homeless individuals, following FEMA’s limit on reimbursement.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic program to house homeless people in hotel rooms after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in October that it was limiting the number of days eligible for reimbursement. State and municipal authorities were

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