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Two North Carolina universities are conducting clinical trials involving a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug for Alzheimer’s.

Both Wake Forest and Duke University are holding the trails.

The FDAs approval of a chikungunya vaccine brings hope to regions facing the highest risk of the mosquito-borne virus that has affected over 110 countries.

As a new generation of weight-loss medications has created additional options to treat obesity, insurance coverage barriers limit broad accessibility of these medications. In response, physicians and medical students voted to adopt policy for the American Medical Association (AMA) supporting health insurance coverage parity for evidence-based treatment of obesity, including FDA-approved medications without exclusions or additional carve-outs. The AMA regards obesity as a disease that pose...

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized Zepbound, which is manufactured by Eli Lilly, approval to be prescribed as a weight-management treatment, paving the way for more people to gain access to the medication.

FDA approved the first drug to treat RSV in babies and toddlers this year, but demand has been higher than expected, causing the CDC to pause orders.

Stephen Smith, MD, and Ryan Roeder, PhD, collaborated to create a newly FDA approved spine implant, NBC affiliate WNDU reported Oct. 12.

Akili, a digital health company that is laying off 40% of its workforce, is switching business models from prescriptions to over-the-counter sales. Its one FDA-

Pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest five year survival rates - roughly 12%, according to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

The Biden administration formally asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review and overturn a ruling from a federal appeals court that would limit the availability of the common abortion pill mifepristone. DOJ’s request followed a separate one made Friday by Danco Laboratories, the manufacturer of the brand name Mifeprex. In its filing, the company…