The Food and Drug Administration is investigating several hospitalizations and deaths potentially linked to counterfeit semaglutide drugs, such as Ozempic, according to multiple reports. At least three Americans have been hospitalized after injecting themselves with suspected counterfeit products, CBS News reported. The hospitalizations under investigation are believed to be among 42 cases reported to the …
Gun deaths and injuries doubled during pandemic, national data study finds … [+] of nine pediatric emergency departments, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. In this photo, an ambulance is seen outside Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, December 12, 2022. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency via …
A former Pennsylvania nurse accused of killing two patients with insulin doses faces additional murder charges and has confessed to trying to kill 19 more people in multiple locations, authorities said Thursday. In May, Heather Pressdee, 41, admitted to authorities that she had intended to kill three patients under her care with doses of insulin, …
Medical researchers have called for greater education about the increasing illegal supply of opioids in the United States, an animal tranquilizer, xylazine, which not only contributes to deaths but causes severe ulcers and open sores requiring amputation. The authors of a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine have warned that a lack …