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A new drug candidate able to fight off 300-plus types of drug-resistant bacteria in the laboratory may be used one day to treat stubborn infections in humans, researchers said Wednesday....Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized an alternative dosing regimen of the monkeypox vaccine that will increase the total number of doses available five-fold amid a nationwide shortage of the medicine....Read More

A new study reports a 37% drop in poisoning reports for dangerous, illegal synthetic cannabinoids in states that have legalized cannabis, as compared to states with restrictive drug policies....Read More

Using simulation of the stomach, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that changes in body posture may have a significant effect on the emptying rate of a pill’s active ingredient into the duodenum....Read More

Tinnitus — persistent ringing in the ears that’s a potential side effect of COVID-19 vaccination for some people — affects more than 740 million adults globally, a new study says....Read More

BioNTech and Pfizer announced trials this month for their adapted COVID-19 vaccines, to fight faster-spreading Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.4/5, which could be ready for fall boosters as early as October....Read More

A new study found botanical supplements of mucuna pruriens, a tropical legume, contained high levels of levodopa that could harm health — and “unpredictably complicate” management of Parkinson’s disease....Read More

With U.S. drug overdose deaths continuing a dramatic rise, a new study warns that fully 90% of people with opioid use disorder fail to get life-saving medication....Read More

It took as long as two years, but nearly 9 out of 10 people who reported a lost sense of smell or taste from mild cases of COVID-19, pre-Omicron, completely recovered, a new study says....Read More

Health officials in California are investigating an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has killed one person and sickened at least 11 others, official said....Read More