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Medicine & healthcare

Former professor and podcast host Bret Weinstein appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast over the weekend, claiming, while discussing COVID vaccines, that Pfizer committed fraud by testing one product but delivering another to the public with different manufacturing processes and components.

Weinstein Alleges Pfizer COVID Vaccine Differs From Tested Version

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FDA Removes Black Box Warnings From Menopause Hormone Therapy

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Trump Announces Cost Cuts to Weight Loss Drugs

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Study Claims Low Evidence for Alleged Acetaminophen-Autism Link

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Kimberly-Clark to Acquire Kenvue for $48.7B

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Pharmaceuticals

A study of over 17,604 people aged 45 and over has found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic, reduced the risk of major cardiac events by 20% regardless of whether participants lose weight or the amount of weight they lose during treatment.

Study: Ozempic Cuts Heart Disease Risk by 20% Regardless of Weight Loss

Pharma Owner Arrested Over Toxic Cough Syrup Linked to 20 Kids' Deaths

Study: Ketamine Has No Clear Benefit for Chronic Pain

Trump Announces 100% Tariffs on Pharma Imports

EU Regulator Backs Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection

Healthcare

Researchers from UCLA and Harvard analyzed inhaler emissions data from 2014 to 2024, finding that inhalers generated 24.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent over the decade, equivalent to annual emissions of 530,000 cars.

Study: Asthma Inhalers Emit CO2 Equal to 530K Cars Annually

Heat Wave Grips Half of US, Affecting 200 Million

Study: 7K Steps A Day Cuts Death Risk by Nearly Half

Poll: Weight-Loss Drug Demand Could Outstrip Supply

Nationwide 'Good Trouble' Protests Honor John Lewis Legacy

Vaccination

Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Florida analyzed medical records of approximately 1,000 advanced cancer patients and found that those who received Pfizer or Moderna mRNA COVID vaccines within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived substantially longer than unvaccinated patients.

Study: COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Survival

NHS Approves First HIV Prevention Jab in England and Wales

CDC: COVID-19 Vaccine Decisions Will Be Made on Individual Basis

Bangladesh Launches Typhoid Vaccination for 50M Children

Minnesota Breaks From Federal COVID Vaccine Guidelines

Surgery and surgeons

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets." It directs the Attorney General to reverse judicial precedents that limit local governments' ability to remove homeless people from streets and encampments.

Trump Signs Order to Remove Homeless From Streets

Alabama Woman Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney

First-Ever Voice Box Transplant Lets Cancer Patient Speak Again

New York Hospital Performs First Fully Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

First Genetically Altered Pig Kidney Transplant Recipient Dies