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FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. According to research published Sunday, April 7, 2024, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the FDA, meant to give patients early access to promising drugs, do not demonstrate such benefits within five years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

Researchers have found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not deliver on their early promise.

FILE - The U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba is seen on Jan. 4, 2023. An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome,” researchers reported Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)

New study finds no brain injuries among ‘Havana syndrome’ patients

FILE - This image provided by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shows the drug Relyvrio. The maker of a much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease said Friday, March 8, 2024 its therapy failed to help patients in a large follow-up study, but stopped short of committing to follow through on a prior pledge to pull the drug from the U.S. market. (Amylyx Pharmaceuticals via AP)

Maker of much-debated ALS drug says it may stop selling it after study showed it didn’t work

FILE - Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022, after the Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year's presidential election, a new survey out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF finds. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds

CORRECTS NAME TO GABE AYALA FROM LIAM LAZO - Gabe Ayala boards a diesel school bus near his home, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Virginia Beach, Va. Diesel exhaust from school buses affects one-third of U.S. students, their parents and educators each day. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Tired of diesel fumes, these moms are pushing for electric school buses

Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role

Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy -- when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why. (Jan. 4)(AP Video/Shelby Lum)

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First lady Jill Biden addresses a gathering during a discussion on women's health research, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

Jill Biden announces $100 million for ‘life-changing’ research and development into women’s health

Jill Biden has announced $100 million in public funding to boost research and development into women’s health.

FILE - In this file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, staff members work in an inflatable COVID-19 testing lab provided by Chinese biotech company BGI Genomics, a subsidiary of BGI Group, in Beijing, June 23, 2020. Members of Congress are raising alarms about what they see as America's failure to compete with China in biotechnology, with risks to U.S. national security and commercial interests. But as the countries' rivalry expands into the biotech industry, some say that shutting out Chinese companies would only hurt the U.S. (Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua via AP, File)

US rivalry with China expands to biotech. Lawmakers see a failure to compete and want to act

U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America’s failure to compete with China in biotechnology.

FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies

A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions. The U.S.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Pentagon press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Defense Secretary Austin is hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized again following symptoms pointing to an “emergent bladder issue.”

FILE - Britain's King Charles III speaks during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The palace’s disclosure that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer shattered centuries of British history and tradition in which the secrecy of the monarch’s health has reigned. Following close behind the shock and well wishes for the 75-year-old monarch came widespread surprise that the palace had announced anything at all. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

By disclosing his cancer, Charles breaks centuries of royal tradition. But he shares only so much

The palace’s disclosure that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer shattered centuries of British history and tradition.

Sioux Falls Police Lt. Andrew Siebenborn salutes a passing law enforcement procession carrying the remains of Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Prorok on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Prorok was killed on Friday, Feb. 2, after being struck by a car while putting out spikes during a police chase following an attempted traffic stop. (Dominik Dausch /The Argus Leader via AP)

South Dakota man charged with murder for allegedly running down chief deputy during police chase

South Dakota prosecutors have charged a Sioux Falls man with murder in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase.

FILE - Scott Hamilton arrives at the ESPY Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. Scott Hamilton can scarcely believe that it has been four decades since he stood atop the Olympic podium in Sarajevo. To commemorate the anniversary of that night at Zetra Olympic Hall, the American figure skating icon is planning to reunite with the rest of the podium — Canadian silver medalist Brian Orser and bronze medalist Josef Sabovcik of Czechoslovakia — for a series of events to raise funds for his foundation and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Scott Hamilton will celebrate 40th anniversary of Olympic gold with event for cancer research

Scott Hamilton will commemorate the 40th anniversary of his figure skating gold medal at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics next month when he reunites with the other members of the podium for an event to raise money for cancer research.

This photo provided by Sholto David shows David at his home in Pontypridd, Wales, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. David is a scientist-sleuth who detects image manipulation in published scientific papers. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced it is requesting six retractions and 31 corrections of scientific papers after he flagged problems in a recent blog post. (Sholto David via AP)

Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research

Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research.

FILE - A long-tailed macaque kept for use in clinical research sits in a cage, May 23, 2020, in Saraburi Province, north of Bangkok. Some residents and an animal rights group on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, protested plans to build a $400 million facility in the southwest Georgia town of Bainbridge to breed long-tailed macaques for medical research. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest

Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia.

FILE - This image provided by Novo Nordisk on Friday, June 4, 2021 shows a package of injection pens for the company's semaglutide medication, named Wegovy. People taking the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions, according to research, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, published Friday, Jan. 5, 2023. It comes as European and U.S. regulators look into anecdotal reports that people taking the drug, semaglutide, had thoughts of self-harm. (Novo Nordisk via AP, file)

People taking Wegovy and Ozempic have lower risk of suicidal thoughts vs. older drugs, study finds

A new federal study finds that people taking popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions.

This family photo shows Hayden Fell, of Bel Air, Md. At 17-months-old, Hayden had become one of several hundred seemingly healthy U.S. toddlers and preschoolers a year who suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why. But Hayden’s crib cam was recording all night _ and offered a clue. (Family Photo via AP)

Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role

Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy _ when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why.

FILE - Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, are shown, Sept. 22, 2010, at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, according to new research published Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in JAMA Internal Medicine, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions

New research shows thousands of women in the U.S. have stocked up on abortion pills just in case they need them.

FILE - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, during a tour of the CHI Health convention center where various Berkshire Hathaway companies display their products, before presiding over the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, May 4, 2019. Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023

Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004.

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. Annual mammograms are now recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries including the United States. Now a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good. The findings were being discussed Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, UK study suggests

A large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good as annual mammograms for certain breast cancer survivors.

President Joe Biden, accompanied by from left, first lady Jill Biden, Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young, White House Gender Policy Council director Jen Klein, and Women's Alzheimer's Movement founder Maria Shriver, signs a presidential memorandum that will establish the first-ever White House Initiative on Women's Health Research in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jill Biden will lead new initiative to boost federal government research into women’s health

The White House says Jill Biden will be in charge of a new initiative to boost federal government research into women’s health.

FILE - Tablets of ibuprofen are arranged for a photograph in New York on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. In 2023, more than 40% of American adults are considered obese, but the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies. That’s because they are not required to be included in drug studies. Even a drug as common as ibuprofen, sold as Advil, may not relieve pain in people at higher weights when taken as directed, research shows. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Drugs aren’t required to be tested in people who are obese. Here’s why that’s a problem

More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies.

FILE - A selection of vintage clocks are displayed at the Electric Time Company, March 9, 2023, in Medfield, Mass. Next week across most of the U.S., the sun will set well before many folks step foot out of the office. Cue running errands or taking evening walks in utter darkness. Come Nov. 5, daylight saving time is out and standard time is in, and will last until March 10. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)

How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health

Brunch dates and flag football games might be a little easier to get to this Sunday, when phones grace early-risers with an extra hour of rest before alarm clocks go off.

FILE - American Airlines planes sit stored at Pittsburgh International Airport on March 31, 2020, in Imperial, Pa. A jury is deciding that a clothing company should pay more than $1 million to four American Airlines flight attendants who blame chemicals used in the production of their uniforms for causing ailments including rashes and breathing difficulty. Lawyers for the crew members say they represent more than 400 other flight attendants who are making the same claims. Some flight attendants say they had reactions to new uniforms that American gave them in 2016. They sued Twin Hill Acquisition Company and its Tailored Brands division. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Flight attendants who blamed uniforms for their health issues win a lawsuit against clothing company

A jury is deciding that a clothing company should pay more than $1 million to four American Airlines flight attendants who blame chemicals used in the production of their uniforms for causing ailments including rashes and breathing difficulty.

Post-doctoral researcher Tofunmi Omiye, right, gestures while talking in his office with assistant professor Roxana Daneshjou at the Stanford School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. A new study led by Stanford researchers cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas, prompting concerns that the tools could worsen health disparities for Black patients. Omiye co-led the study and Daneshjou was a faculty advisor. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating racism

Hospitals and health care systems are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and analyze health records.

Employer-sponsored health coverage costs jumped this year. More hikes may be coming

A national survey of employers found that the cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation.

This undated photo provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation shows Linsey Marr, an environmental engineer and professor at Virginia Tech who studies airborne pathogens. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, that Marr is one of the 2023 class of MacArthur Fellows, often known as recipients of the "genius grant." (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation via AP Photo)

Who are the 2023 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2023 class of fellows who are often known as recipients of the “genius grant.”

FILE - Pharmacist Lena Springmann prepares a Covid-19 vaccination with Pfizer/Biontech vaccine at a vaccination center in Halle, Germany, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP, File)

Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

The UK Markey Cancer Center has been named a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. State and university leaders gathered in Lexington on Friday, Sept. 15, to celebrate the Markey Center's designation. (Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

University of Kentucky cancer center achieves highest designation from National Cancer Institute

The University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center has achieved the highest level of recognition from the National Cancer Institute.

FILE - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. On Sept. 15, 2023, The Associated Press reported on a false claim online that the U.S. accidentally sent Ukraine $6 billion in military aid. The claim misrepresents remarks by a Pentagon spokesperson. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: COVID-19 cases have spiked at various times of the year, not only near elections.

FILE - In this photo made with a long exposure, a man is silhouetted against lights reflected in the waters off Cape Neddick in Maine on Dec. 11, 2017. A study published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in the journal Nature Medicine has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval

A study has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

FILE - Rick Pitino speaks after being introduced as St. John's new men's NCAA college basketball head coach at Madison Square Garden in New York, March 21, 2023. St. John’s and Rutgers will play an exhibition game for charity in October to benefit the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund at the V Foundation. Just more than two weeks before the college basketball regular season tips off, new coach Pitino and the revamped Red Storm will host head coach Steve Pikiell and the Scarlet Knights on Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, File)

St. John’s and Rutgers to play charity exhibition game to benefit pediatric cancer research

St. John’s and Rutgers will play an exhibition game for charity in October to benefit the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund at the V Foundation.

Dan and Jennifer Gilbert sit in the audience during a press conference at the Book Tower in Detroit, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, to announce a nearly $375 million philanthropic effort to fight strokes and research cures for neurofibromatosis. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

NBA owner putting millions toward stroke care, health research in Detroit

The family foundation of NBA team owner Dan Gilbert is putting nearly $375 million toward health care and research in Detroit.

Brynn Schulte rides on a toy unicorn at her home in Cincinnati shortly before getting medication to treat her rare genetic bleeding disorder, Aug. 3, 2023. Brynn was diagnosed thanks to whole genome testing, which was recently shown to be nearly twice as good at finding genetic disorders in sick babies as more targeted tests. Her parents and doctors credit early diagnosis with saving her life. (AP Photo/Laura Ungar)

A broad genetic test saved one newborn’s life. Research suggests it could help millions of others

A recent study showed that tests for sick newborns that look at their full genetic blueprints are nearly twice as good at finding genetic problems as narrower, more commonly used tests.

FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. A team of that has spent four years studying the health effects of natural gas fracking in southwestern Pennsylvania is set to present its findings Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links between the natural gas industry and certain health problems.

Iris Sidikman, harm reduction coordinator at the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, poses for a portrait beside a syringe disposal box in the clinic parking lot on Thursday, August 4, 2023, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

West Virginia’s capital officials reject abortion provider’s proposal to start syringe service

City councilors in West Virginia’s capital city have voted against a proposal from the state’s long-time abortion provider to start a syringe service program in one of the country’s most opioid-devastated areas.