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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer’s newest drug on the migraine market, Zavzpret (zavegepant) — the first and only migraine treatment of its kind to be offered in nasal spray. The drug has shown in clinical trial…

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed its first-ever rule to reduce the prevalence of PFAS chemicals in drinking water Tuesday, taking the first step to require cities to test for the so-called “forever chemicals.” “Today, I am thrilled to announce that…

This is a MedPage Today story. Men who played elite soccer were more likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases — notably, dementia — as they aged, a study in Sweden showed. The risk of neurodegenerative disease was 46% higher among soccer…

School-aged children faced significant learning loss during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows. The finding shows that, even though we have developed new tools, like effective vaccines, to protect us from COVID-19, long-term ramifications persist. Children lost…

On the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, public health experts can point to clear instances where the United States succeeded in beating back the virus and others where it didn’t. Even as the virus continues to…

The US military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for engineers to develop new, innovative materials to construct hypersonic vehicles that don’t heat up while traveling more than five times the speed of sound. In a press release…

The World Health Organization said Wednesday China is “heavily underreporting” the number of COVID-19 deaths as a wave of infections sweeps the country. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has not posted a daily briefing on COVID-19 to…

KELT-9b doesn’t cease to amaze scientists as it continues to reveal more and more mysteries. Like any other tidally-locked planets it has a hotspot, which should have been at the substellar point, directly facing the star the planet orbits. However,…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday it will expand wastewater testing for polio to select communities across the U.S. after a person tested positive for the disease in New York this summer. The initiative will start in…

Canada is lifting all of its COVID-19-related entry restrictions, effective Saturday, government officials announced. Travelers, regardless if they’re Canadian citizens or not, will no longer have to submit public health information through an application the government launched for travelers before…