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/ 6 years agoMore People in the US Dying from Antibiotic-Resistant Infections than Previously Estimated
On average, someone in the United States gets an antibiotic-resistant infection every 11 seconds and every 15 minutes someone dies.
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/ 6 years agoCigarette Smoking Among U.S. Adults Hits All-Time Low
The study found that an estimated 49.1 million (19.7%) U.S. adults currently used a tobacco product in 2018...and e-cigarette use is...
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/ 6 years agoVA equips 200,000 Veterans with lifesaving naloxone
More veterans have naloxone thanks to a program within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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/ 6 years agoDEA Issues Warning over Counterfeit Prescription Pills from Mexico
Based on a sampling of tablets seized nationwide between January and March 2019, DEA found that 27 percent contained potentially lethal...
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/ 6 years agoNestlé Cookie Dough Products Recalled Due to Potential Plastic Contamination
All of the impacted products were sold across the United States.
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/ 6 years agoSelect Anxiety Med Recalled Over Possible ‘Foreign Substance’
The drug is a generic form of the anti-anxiety medication 'Xanax'
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/ 6 years agoVA, DOD to fund up to $50 million in new research on traumatic brain injury
The five-year effort will receive $25 million in funding from DOD and up to $25 million from VA, depending on availability...
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/ 6 years agoCDC: Vaping Deaths, Injuries Tick Up Again
The related deaths and injuries have both tikced up in the past week, the former increasing by just one. This week’s...
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/ 6 years agoFDA grants first-ever modified risk orders to eight smokeless tobacco products
In an effort to help prevent youth access and exposure, the agency has also placed stringent advertising and promotion restrictions on...
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/ 6 years agoMobile Medicare Counseling Unit to Tour Georgia
Check out the calendar -- one of the stops may be near you!