Nine research grants announced Thursday are for work on CBD, the trendy ingredient showing up in cosmetics and foods, and hundreds of less familiar chemicals. THC research was excluded.
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Number of abortions in U.S. falls to lowest since 1973
A new report shows that abortions are decreasing in both Republican-controlled states seeking to restrict abortion access and in Democratic-run states protecting abortion rights.
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Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New York
The state became the first to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes over concerns of surging use among young people and severe breathing illnesses linked to vaping.
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Maine health authorities find EEE virus in mosquitoes in York County
The potentially deadly virus is found in a single mosquito pool in Lebanon.
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‘Like a sunburn on your lungs’: How does the climate crisis impact health?
Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat – but the impact is already felt across every specialty of medicine.
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States split by party on accepting Purdue Pharma settlement
Republican state attorneys general chiefly support a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with the OxyContin maker, while their Democratic counterparts mostly oppose it.
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Mint, menthol: Vape industry has dug heels in on flavor bans
Altria, one of the world’s largest tobacco producers and Juul’s biggest investor, has spent more than $70,000 in Maine alone on a social media and email campaign to defeat a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
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Scientists rethink Alzheimer’s, diversifying the drug search
Scientists explore novel ways to attack Alzheimer’s in the wake of a string of disappointing drug failures.
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Juul warned over claims e-cigarette safer than smoking
The FDA warns the vaping giant to stop making unproven claims for its products.
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Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected
Attempts to reach a nationwide settlement over the opioid crisis with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have stalled.