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Earbud use may be leading some people down a path of . (NPR)

Cancer victims , accusing it of committing fraud by using a shell company's bankruptcy to resolve lawsuits. (Reuters)

Nine people were killed and at least 54 injured, including a presidential candidate, after a at a campaign rally in Mexico. (CNN)

The scientist at the center of the had his federal funding suspended. (The Hill)

Princess of Wales has no set plans to return to public engagements amidst her cancer battle. (BBC)

Nearly to the Supreme Court urging them to protect emergency abortion, according to the Committee to Protect Health Care.

announced plans to lay off 174 employees, mainly impacting administrative and non-direct patient care roles. (Becker's Hospital Review)

The Biden administration to vacate a decision that 21 pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies must face a lawsuit claiming they helped fund terrorism. (Reuters)

Self-reported daily cannabis use exceeded in the U.S. for the first time in 2022, survey data showed. (Addiction)

The FDA updated for devices implanted in soft tissue like breast tissue. So far, there have been 71 injuries but no deaths.

The agency also announced that of buprenorphine hydrochloride injection and labetalol hydrochloride injection because of possible incomplete crimp seals.

The who received Neuralink's investigational brain implant said he has "few regrets" despite some flaws with the study. (New York Times)

North Carolina's House hit pause on a bill that would ban the at protests. (AP)

Otsuka Pharmaceutical will throw in the towel on its investigational AVP-786 after it failed in a late-stage study.

Compared with no cannabis use, using cannabis was linked with an in adolescence, but not in young adulthood. (Psychological Medicine)

Lawyers for UnitedHealth Group argued its lawsuit alleging its algorithm-based technology because patients didn't finish appealing denials. (STAT)

An essay published in The Lancet detailed the in the current anti-abortion landscape.

Of 362 young people seeking mental health help in England, half met criteria for . (PLOS One)

Olympic gymnastic , 56, said her doctors still don't know what illness she has. (NBC News)