Jasmine Laws

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Jasmine Laws

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stepped up warnings about tianeptine, an unapproved antidepressant increasingly sold in gas stations and convenience stores under names like "Zaza," "Tianna," and "Neptune's Fix."The substance, dubbed "gas station heroin" for its opioid-like effects, is illegal and not approved for medical use in the U.S., although it is legally marketed in some countries as an antidepressant.

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Jasmine Laws

Low-income Pennsylvanians could lose access to weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy under proposed Medicaid changes this year. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's office has said it is looking to change eligibility for weight loss drugs in the state as part of a search for savings in its 2025-26 budget plans. Newsweek contacted Shapiro's press office for comment outside of regular working hours via email.

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Jasmine Laws

President Donald Trump's clamp-down on federal science funding has handed Big Pharma an existential headache: the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has terminated more than 2,100 research grants and contracts, according to NIH scientists, totaling around $12 billion in early-stage studies that drugmakers often rely on to seed the next generation of therapies. In an open letter sent June 9 to NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

2 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Jasmine Laws

Minnesota's Medicaid Director has warned that the state could lose $500 million in federal funding a year if President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is passed in Congress. John Connolly said in a media briefing yesterday, as shared with Newsweek by the Department of Human Services, "the bill currently on the table is inefficient, ineffective, and fundamentally unfair."Newsweek has contacted the White House via email for comment.

2 weeks ago | newsweek.pl | Jasmine Laws

Według Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) z powodu wirusa COVID-19 zmarło ponad milion Amerykanów, a kolejne kilka milionów zmagało się z infekcją tygodniami, a nawet miesiącami. U niektórych z nich rozwinął się także długi COVID — zespół objawów trwających trzy miesiące lub dłużej po pojawieniu się początkowych oznak infekcji. Jak mówią lekarze, stan ten może skutkować wieloma powikłaniami.