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What to know about hair loss on weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy

What to know about hair loss on weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy

What to know about hair loss on weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy A few months into GLP-1 treatment, many patients encounter an unexpected and distressing side effect: significant hair loss. While alarming, medical experts say this shedding is typically temporary and linked to rapid weight loss rather

Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up

Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up

Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona, the debate shifted from standard wage disputes to a more fundamental question of patient safety: the nurse-to-patient ratio. The New York State Nurses Association’s approach has become

Canadians are choosing when to die, often with a smile

Canadians are choosing when to die, often with a smile

Jacques Poissant's suffering stopped the day he asked his daughter if it would be "cowardly to ask to be helped to die". The retired Canadian insurance adviser was 93, and "was wasting away" after a long battle with prostate cancer. "He no longer

15 states sue Trump administration over child vaccine policy

15 states sue Trump administration over child vaccine policy

Fifteen Democratic-run US states announced Tuesday they are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its reduction in the number of recommended pediatric vaccines, which they criticize as contrary to science. The reform, announced in January by the US Department of Health and Human Services led by long-

WATCH: Democrats sue feds over childhood vaccine overhaul

Editor's note: This story was updated Tuesday night to add a comment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (The Center Square) – The attorneys general of California and Arizona on Tuesday announced Democrats' multi-state lawsuit to block the Trump administration's overhaul

CMS proposes 0.09% Medicare Advantage advanced rate, raising alarms

(The Center Square) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 0.09% advance rate for Medicare Advantage plans in 2027, a figure analysts say falls well short of expectations and projected medical cost inflation. The proposal follows roughly a 5% rate increase for 2026 and trails analyst

Parents blame hospital for daughter’s botched meningitis treatment

Parents blame hospital for daughter’s botched meningitis treatment

By James Connolly The heartbroken parents of a 2-year-old girl who died after contracting meningitis say they "weren't listened to" as her condition spiraled. Leila Normington, from Wetherby, Yorks., died just hours after being transferred to a hospice following what a report described as