Consumer health company Haleon is voluntarily recalling select lots of Robitussin honey cough syrups due to microbial contamination.
Why it matters: The recalled products "could potentially result in severe or life-threatening adverse events" if used by immunocompromised individuals, according to the recall notice posted on the Food & Drug Administration website.
Got an upcoming doctor's appointment? Perhaps a prescription to refill or a dental cleaning? Odds are your phone has been pinging away with incessant reminders about it.
Why it matters: It's not just you. There's a growing flood of emails, texts, phone calls and other prods to patients that — beyond just potentially becoming another digital annoyance — may make them tune out the important stuff.
Why it matters: Experts say there are no proven benefits of using "anti-aging" products at a young age, and that these products can actually introduce skin problems.
New York City declared Wednesday that it's the first city to issue an advisory officially designating social media as an environmental toxin.
Driving the news: In response to the danger social media poses to the mental health of young people, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued an advisory identifying unrestricted access to and use of social media as a public health hazard.
A record 21.3 million people signed up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces this year, with the largest enrollment increases tallied in red states.
Why it matters: The 30.7% annual increase in ACA sign-ups comes as former President Trump's renewed calls for repeal have again raised doubts about the law's future.
More than 64,500 pregnancies have resulted from rape in the 14 states that banned abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned, with the vast majority occurring in states that don't make exceptions for rape, researchers estimated today in a leading medical journal.
The big picture: The projection in JAMA Internal Medicine aims to shed light on the frequency of these pregnancies at a time when exceptions for rape loom large in abortion debates.
Republican-controlled states are making a fresh push to tie employment to Medicaid eligibility ahead of a presidential election that could usher in a new administration receptive to the idea.
Why it matters: Rules requiring some low-income adults to work, attend school or volunteer as a condition of coverage could force more people off the Medicaid rolls at a time when millions have been dropped from the program following the expiration of pandemic-era coverage protections.
Nearly 80% of health care providers say it's important for their hospital to minimize its environmental impact, according to a large new Commonwealth Fund survey of clinicians.
Why it matters: Health care accounts for 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with hospitals responsible for the largest portion of those emissions.
Most patients on a new class of anti-obesity medications kept at least some of the weight off up to a year after they stopped taking the medication, according to new data from Epic Research.
Why it matters: This appears to contradict previous studies that have indicated patients on drugs known as GLP-1 agonists need to stay on themto keep the weight off.
The surge of health care dealmaking continued Tuesday as Sanofi announced it would buy the San Diego-based biotech Inhibrx and spin off most of its assets into a new company in a transaction worth as much as $2.2 billion.
Why it matters: Stabilizing interest rates, patent cliffs and the need to replenish pipelines have created an environment for more drugmaker consolidation.
The Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday that a lower court's decision to curtail the widely used abortion pill mifepristone would have "disruptive consequences" for women and the FDA if it's allowed to stand.
The big picture: The Supreme Court has agreed to review the New Orleans-based federal appeals court's ruling — setting the stage for another significant abortion case following its June 2022 decision to end federal abortion protections and overturn Roe v. Wade.
