Measles Outbreaks Grow in South Carolina and Southwest, Officials Warn

Health officials are struggling to contain two growing measles outbreaks in the U.S., as new cases continue to climb weeks after holiday travel and gatherings helped the virus spread.

In South Carolina, officials confirmed 124 new measles cases since Friday, pushing the state’s total to 434 cases as of Tuesday. 

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Obamacare Enrollment Drops After Premium Subsidies Expire

Fewer Americans are signing up for Obamacare this year after extra financial help that lowered monthly premiums expired, new counts show.

As of early January, 22.8 million people had enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans for coverage starting Jan. 1. That’s down from 24.2 million people who were enrolled by the end of la...

FDA Moves To Remove Suicide Warnings From GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

Federal health regulators say popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound do not increase the risk of suicidal thoughts, and they have asked drugmakers to remove those warnings from medication labels.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday that its latest safety review found no link between GLP-1 weight loss drugs ...

Burn Pits Loaded Veterans' Lungs With Carbon, Study Says

Exposure to open-air burn pits during post-9/11 military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan likely caused lung damage in some U.S. veterans, a new study says.

Veterans with deployment-related lung disease had higher levels of carbon-based particles in their lungs compared to healthy controls, researchers recently wrote in the journal Sc...