• Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Authority Over Power Plant Emissions

    (HealthDay News) – In a ruling that will curb efforts to fight climate change, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. The 6-3 decision comes...

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  • FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target Omicron Subvariants

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has asked vaccine makers to update their COVID-19 booster shots to target the Omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5. The two highly contagious subvariants now account...

    • Posted June 30, 2022
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  • Fauci Has ‘Rebound’ COVID After Paxlovid, But Says Drug Kept Him Out of the Hospital

    After being infected with COVID-19 earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci experienced a rebound after taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid, but he maintained on Wednesday that the drug kept him out of the hospital. “Paxlovid did what...

    • Posted June 30, 2022
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  • Harnessing a Virus to Fight a Killer Brain Tumor in Kids

    A therapy that uses a virus to kill tumor cells can be safely given to children with a rare, incurable form of brain cancer, an early study has found. The study — published June 30 in the...

    • Posted June 30, 2022
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  • Cancer Survivors Face Higher Heart Risks Later

    If you survive cancer, you’re more apt to have heart trouble later on, a new study shows. Researchers found that compared to others, cancer survivors had a 42% greater risk of heart disease, most likely due to...

    • Posted June 30, 2022
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  • Will You Be Depositing at the ‘Stool Bank’ Someday?

    Banking samples of your own poop in your youth and then transplanting them back when you’re old might be a key to healthy aging, scientists suggest. Stool samples frozen and stored when a person is vital and...

    • Posted June 30, 2022
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  • AHA News: 8 Days After Giving Birth, 29-Year-Old Had a Stroke

    THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Noelia Gutierrez appreciated her mother traveling from New York to Florida to help with the arrival of her third child. One day, Gutierrez decided to have a fun...

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  • U.S. Orders 105 Million More Pfizer Shots for Fall Booster Campaign

    Anticipating a surge in booster shots this fall, the U.S. government said Wednesday that it is buying an added 105 million more doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The $3.2 billion deal comes at a time when the...

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  • Brain Changes Link Menopause With Higher Alzheimer’s Risk

    Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men, and a new study shows that certain brain changes known to increase this risk may accrue during menopause. Women who have gone through menopause have more white...

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  • Health Highlights: June 30, 2022​

    Brain changes link menopause with higher Alzheimer’s risk. Women who’ve gone through menopause have more white matter hyperintensities — tiny dementia-linked lesions seen on scans — in their brains than premenopausal women or men of the same...

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