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WHO ending hydroxycholorquine trial for COVID

The World Health Organization says it is ending a trial into whether anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helps patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

US death toll hits 11; California declares state of emergency

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California as federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home where most of the victims were stricken.

Researchers find drug can curb dementia’s delusions

If regulators agree, the drug could become the first treatment specifically for dementia-related psychosis and the first new medicine for Alzheimer’s in nearly two decades.

France drafts law to extend IVF to lesbians, single women

While the French government says it is responding to changes in society, its bill is sure to generate debate when it comes up next month in parliament.

More than 12M pounds of raw beef recalled

An Arizona company is expanding the scope of its recall of raw beef that could be contaminated with salmonella, federal officials said Tuesday.

Nevada among states showing teens are waiting to have sex

New CDC report based on annual survey shows the percentage of students who acknowledged sexual intercourse declined to 41 percent in 2015 from 47 percent in 2005.

 
Drug given to Paddock calms some, provokes others, experts say

Diazepam, the anti-anxiety medicine prescribed for Las Vegas gunman less than four months before the mass shooting, has a deserved reputation as a Jekyll-and-Hyde drug, calming some and causing others to become more aggressive.

Man behind ALS ice bucket challenge back in hospital

The man who inspired people around the world to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig’s disease research is back in the hospital and is keeping his sense of humor.