CNN – Vitamin D and calcium are essential for overall health, but don’t reduce the risk of falls or fractures in generally healthy older adults, according to a new draft recommendation from…
The Pure Liberation of a Personal Urination Device
THE NEW YORK TIMES – The device appeared on the front porch for my birthday: seven inches of sturdy pink plastic shaped like a deep-bowled spoon. “Happy Peeing!” my friend — who,…
Trump: RFK Jr. Is Not Going To Take Away Polio Vaccines
DailyWire.com – President-elect Donald Trump said during a press conference on Monday that his nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will not take away vaccines like…
Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids
THE NEW YORK TIMES – In 2017, the drug industry middleman Express Scripts announced that it was taking decisive steps to curb abuse of the prescription painkillers that had fueled America’s overdose…
Thousands of boxes of Costco cold and flu medicine recalled
NEW YORK POST – An off-brand version of Dayquil and Nyquil has been recalled due to substandard quality. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled 8,640 boxes of Kirkland…
A Centenarian Thrives Living Alone, Active and Engaged
KFF HEALTH NEWS – “The future is here,” the email announced. Hilda Jaffe, then 88, was letting her children know she planned to sell the family home in Verona, New Jersey. She’d…
Conan O’Brien’s Parents Die 3 Days Apart
THE NEW YORK TIMES – The parents of Conan O’Brien, the longtime late-night television host and a star in the comedy world, died this week within days of one another. Thomas Francis…
Youngkin to propose statewide ban on ‘sanctuary cities’ in Virginia
Just the News – Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to introduce a budget proposal on Thursday that would include a ban on “sanctuary cities,” and state funding for cities that…
House Republicans launch investigation into CVS Caremark for potential antitrust violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, sent a letter to CVS Health President and…
The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The drug potassium chloride has been on the market for decades, widely prescribed to help the nerves and muscles — including the…