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A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday Source link

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Exterior view of the entrance to Merck headquarters on February 05, 2024 in Rahway, New Jersey. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Merck on Wednesday said it has snagged the rights to an experimental weight loss pill from Chinese drugmaker Hansoh Pharma, in a deal worth up to $2 billion. The oral drug has not yet … Read more

Health-care artificial intelligence startup Suki on Wednesday announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud as part of its push to expand beyond clinical documentation.  Through the partnership, Suki is building patient summary and Q&A features using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, which allows developers to train, tune and deploy different AI models and applications.  Suki’s … Read more

Sitting alone in her car, Jen Dold was crying too hard to drive. She had just received a manila envelope with her brother’s autopsy report. There it was, one devastating word: “accident.” The papers trembled in her hands. Their mother had called 911 for help getting Dold’s 29-year-old brother, Alex, to the hospital because he … Read more

Johannesburg — For weeks it was dubbed simply “Disease X.” But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified. “The mystery has finally been solved,” Congo’s health ministry declared in a statement on Tuesday. “It’s a … Read more

2 sisters both receive heart transplants, 7 years apart 2 sisters both receive heart transplants, 7 years apart 02:18 CHICAGO (CBS) — Two sisters have grateful hearts after they both received heart transplants at the same age—seven years apart. Younger sister Meredith Everhart and older sister Abbey Cannon are now bonded by a genetic condition … Read more

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Family Handout Jessica Powell died after staff did not adequately supervise and secure her therapy room An inquest has found a woman, who died while trying to abscond from a psychiatric ward, did not intend to take her own life. Jessica Powell, from Yeovil, Somerset, became trapped in a therapy room window in an apparent … Read more

Scientists are just beginning to crack the code of living a long, healthy life. Sure, our genetics play a huge role in determining our lifespan, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that little, everyday habits can have a profound impact on how long we live. Researchers who study long-lived individuals have found that it’s not their … Read more