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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new weight-loss drug variation is showing promise in early trials. Research from the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity at Helmholtz Munich in Germany, published in the journal Nature, tested an experimental obesity and diabetes drug called GLP-1-GIP-Lani. The drug combines GLP-1 …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prescriptions for an antiparasitic drug spiked for cancer patients after a celebrity endorsed the medication during a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Ivermectin–benzimidazole, a combination of antiparasitic medications, was touted as an off-label cancer treatment during actor Mel Gibson’s January 2025 …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A case of clade I mpox — a more virulent version of the virus that causes monkeypox, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — has been confirmed in the U.S., as global health officials also monitor newly reported …

16 Americans quarantining for hantavirus in Nebraska still asymptomatic Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, family and emergency medicine physician, discusses the 16 Americans quarantined in Nebraska for hantavirus, with one previously infected patient detailing his mild symptoms. The World Health Organization confirms 11 hantavirus cases, but Dr. Nesheiwat explains that person-to-person transmission …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Amid the current hantavirus outbreak that started on the MV Hondius cruise ship as it sailed across the Atlantic, health experts are now examining whether Americans may be encountering the virus in everyday places without realizing it. The rare Andes strain, which …

FDA’s hormone therapy warning rollback sparks estrogen patch shortage The FDA’s decision to rollback ‘black box warnings’ on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in November 2025 has created an estrogen patch shortage. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat explains HRT’s crucial benefits for millions of menopausal women and concerns about access to vital medication …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of the passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship posted video showing his quarantine room at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha as officials monitor a hantavirus outbreak tied to the voyage. Jake Rosmarin, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has green-lit the first-ever non-antipsychotic drug treatment for agitation in Alzheimer’s disease patients. The drug, Auvelity, was originally FDA-approved in 2022 for treating adults with major depressive disorder. Most recently, its use has been expanded for …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A major Cochrane review recently cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of amyloid-targeting Alzheimer’s drugs, although some experts and drugmakers have disputed the researchers’ conclusions. These types of monoclonal antibodies are designed to reduce or remove amyloid-beta, a naturally occurring protein …

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday that “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of …