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The weight loss medication semaglutide has exploded in popularity, showing up everywhere from Oscars punchlines to the SNL cold open — but doctors worry that the hype could have health consequences as misinformation runs rampant. Semaglutide was FDA-approved for weight loss in 2021 under the brand name Wegovy, manufactured by Novo Nordisk. The same medication is soldContinue reading “Doctors share their biggest concerns about Ozempic, from muscle loss to hollowed faces”

Public health departments across the United States have expressed concern about the spread of a potentially deadly fungus after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported cases have spiked. Candida auris, or C. auris, is increasing at an “alarming” rate with cases doubling in 2021, the CDC said. Now, with infections reported around the country, health officialsContinue reading “Public health departments across US concerned about spread of potentially deadly fungus”

United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition care, a move LGBTQ advocates say could harm the physical and emotional health of transgender people within the church. The 14-page doctrinal note, titled “Moral Limits to the Technological Manipulation of the Human Body,” sets forth guidelines forContinue reading “U.S. bishops’ new guidelines aim to limit trans health care”

Ailing “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina is set to be released after the government said Friday it had commuted a 25-year jail sentence against the outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame. The government of Qatar announced that Rusesabagina — whose case has been a cause of concern for the West and rights campaigners — would flyContinue reading “‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina to be released from prison”

Helena Horton Environment reporter Fri, 24 March 2023 at 6:12 pm GMT Pets could be subjected to gene editing under a new government act, the RSPCA has warned. The animal charity has said that the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act applies to all vertebrate animals, not only farmed animals, and that it could lead toContinue reading “Pets could be gene-edited under new English law, says RSPCA”

Tom Pilgrim, PA Fri, 24 March 2023 at 6:10 pm GMT Afghan refugees claim they “remain trapped in remote hotels” after losing a High Court challenge over the Government’s decision to move them hundreds of miles across England to new temporary accommodation. Three families said in their legal action against the Home Office, that movingContinue reading “Afghan families say they are ‘trapped’ in hotels after losing High Court case”

Media scion Rupert Murdoch and his children are the basis of the fictional Roy family on the HBO hit series Succession. Here’s everything to know about billionaire media mogul’s family An elderly media tycoon with several grown children in consideration to be his successor: What sounds like the plot of Succession is actually the reality for Rupert Murdoch and hisContinue reading “The Murdoch Family: All About the Real-Life People Who Inspired ‘Succession’”

Martin Pengelly in New York Fri, 24 March 2023 at 6:17 pm GMT Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric over his expected indictment in New York could “get someone killed”, the Democratic leader in the US House warned. “The twice-impeached former president’s rhetoric is reckless, reprehensible and irresponsible,” Hakeem Jeffries, from New York, told reporters at theContinue reading “‘Reckless’ Trump rhetoric could get someone killed, top Democrat warns”

A federal judge in Washington DC has rejected former president Donald Trump’s attempt to keep his ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and a large group of other former top White House and Trump administration officials from having to give evidence before the grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. District Judge Beryl Howell,Continue reading “Mark Meadows and other ex-Trump aides ordered to give evidence in Jan 6 probe”

An American base in eastern Syria was targeted by missiles on Friday, a day after the US launched air strikes against Iran-backed militia bases in retaliation for a deadly drone attack. An American base at Al-Omar oil field was targeted by a salvo of missiles on Friday morning, Reuters reported, hours after the Pentagon announcedContinue reading “Iran-backed militants target US base in Syria after air strikes”