(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A new special of the TV show "South Park" will take on the rising use of weight-loss drugs. (People) Nearly 900,000 Yogi Echinacea Immune Support teabags are being...

(MedPage Today) -- Metformin started for pre-diabetes also appeared to reduce patients' risk of developing gout, researchers found. Among 1,154 people with elevated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) just short of the threshold for type 2 diabetes who began...

(MedPage Today) -- Three out of five nurses said they don't trust their employer to place patient safety as the most important factor when using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, according to a survey from National Nurses United (NNU), the largest...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has granted accelerated approval to tarlatamab (Imdelltra) as a third-line option for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Approval...

(MedPage Today) -- While the CDC's recently launched wastewater dashboard reports levels of influenza A, a team in Texas is getting far more granular in its wastewater monitoring. The team at the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI...

(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has good news for meat eaters: cooking ground beef at the currently recommended temperatures would likely kill any avian flu virus if it should ever get into the meat supply. "The USDA...