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A will take on the rising use of weight-loss drugs. (People)

Nearly 900,000 Yogi Echinacea Immune Support teabags are being . (CNN)

North Carolina's Senate voted to to the state's ban on wearing face masks in public; the bill now heads to the house. (WSOC)

The son of Maryland physician Maganbhai Pansuriya, MD, was without parole for the murder of his father, who was found stabbed to death and decapitated in 2022. (People)

Adverse social determinants of health -- particularly in Black Americans -- was linked with a . (Journal of the American Heart Association)

The amount of energy it takes to -- 50,000 dietary calories -- is higher than previously believed. (Science)

How a quick and coordinated response involving mass vaccination reduced the size and duration of a . (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Nadine Menendez, who along with her husband Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) has been charged in a complex bribery scheme, . (New York Times)

The U.S. Department of Justice formally released a proposal to by reclassifying cannabis from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule III drug. (NBC News)

Here is what's in Mississippi and other Southern states. (NPR)

High-ranking members of the military generally than their lower-ranking counterparts, though high-ranking Black members received care comparable to lower-ranking white members. (Science)

Meanwhile, when it comes to chronic kidney disease, women in the U.S. . (JAMA)

A Swedish study found that bariatric surgery was associated with a in women with obesity and hyperinsulinemia, and that insulin levels may aid in predicting benefit. (JAMA Surgery)

The World Health Organization updated its that pose the greatest threat to human health.

Novo Nordisk said it will (Ozempic, Wegovy) on alcohol consumption in a clinical trial. (CNN)

Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued a report that says unless prices dramatically drop, semaglutide and other weight-loss drugs could . (The Hill)

A proposed California bill to to kids under 13 failed to advance in the state assembly. (NBC News)