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Dr. Gregory Yu, an emergency doctor in San Antonio, has received the same daily inquiries from his patients last week, some vaccinated against Covid-19 and some unvaccinated: asking him about ivermectin, a drug that is typically used to…

Like many people who have difficulty controlling their drinking, Andy Mathisen has tried many ways to limit.He went through an alcohol detox program, attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and tried to use willpower to keep himself from…

Gene-editing technology CRISPR reached a major milestone this past weekend, completing its first systemic delivery as a medicine to a human body.CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, effectively cuts genomes…

The U.S. government spent more than $ 18 billion last year funding drug manufacturers to produce a Covid vaccine, an effort that resulted in at least five highly effective vaccinations in record time. Now, more than $ 3 billion is pouring…

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new drug to treat a vaginal yeast infection, which is particularly common in pregnant women who take birth control pills or take antibiotics.The drug Brexafemme (Ibrexafungerp)…

Dr. Kushner is more hopeful, citing the example of statins, which lower cholesterol and became available in the late 1980s. Until then, doctors could only suggest that patients with high cholesterol cut down on eggs and red meat.Doctors…

It's what many people with HIV have been waiting for: monthly injections to keep the virus in check instead of the three drugs they now have to take every day.The Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved a combination of two monthly…