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  • Donna Cooper prepares a roast beef sandwich with a recipe from the Mayo Clinic at her home in Front Royal, Va., on Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)Health

    62-year-old who lost 40 pounds in 9 months on Wegovy wants to stop the treadmill: ‘At some point you have to come off of them. I don’t want to be on them forever’

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Applesauce pouchesHealth

    The applesauce pouches that gave kids lead poisoning had a ‘high level’ of another toxic chemical, FDA says

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Melon and ham or prosciutto salad served in half of Cantaloupe melonHealth

    Salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes has killed at least 10 people in the U.S. and Canada. Here’s what you need to know

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Asian DavisHealth

    Two babies infected with rare bacteria sometimes found in powdered infant formula

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Photo of a multi generation family during Thanksgiving dinner, spending time together over eaten food and messy platesHealth

    Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs are taking food guilt off the table this Thanksgiving

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Cookies cool on a table on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in Enid, Okla. Holiday meals may be changing for millions of Americans struggling with obesity and taking a new generation of weight-loss drugs in 2023. Experts and consumers say the drugs are shifting dining habits and social norms around food-centric holidays like Thanksgiving, Passover and Christmas. (Bonnie Vculek/The Enid News & Eagle via AP, File)Health

    Obesity drugs in Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are trimming back the Thanksgiving ‘food orgy’

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Many widely prescribed drugs and over-the-counter medications work differently in people who are obese, but exactly how and at what dose often isn’t clear.Health

    Medications aren’t required to be tested in people with obesity. Here’s why that’s a problem

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Steven Gill checks onions on their way to market, during a tour July 16, 2009. Gills Onions is hosting an open house Friday, July 17, in Oxnard to show off their energy–saving efforts. (Photo by Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Health

    Salmonella outbreak that’s sickened 73 people in 22 states is linked to precut onions

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Eli LillyHealth

    New weight-loss blockbuster drug emerges from study showing Mounjaro helps people lose 25% of their body weight or 60 pounds on average

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Doctors and anesthesiaHealth

    If you take Wegovy or Ozempic, you may not want to go under anesthesia—there could be life-threatening complications

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Trays of ground beef chuck sit on a rack in the meat department at a supermarket in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The Trump administration would like to make purchases of milk and meat products as part of a $15.5 billion initial aid package to farmers rattled by the coronavirus, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHealth

    Ground beef contaminated with salmonella sickens 16 people in 4 Northeastern states, CDC says

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Lisa Marie PresleyHealth

    Here’s how 54-year-old Lisa Marie Presley died of a small bowel obstruction linked to a bariatric surgery from years ago

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. High-dose oral versions of the medication in the weight-loss drug Wegovy may work as well as injections at paring pounds and improving health, including hard-to-treat people with diabetes, according to research released Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)Health

    Daily weight-loss pills may work just as well as Wegovy shots to treat obesity, 2 new studies find

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Lab-grown meatHealth

    ‘Lab-grown’ meat gets first ever nod from US regulators: ”The most common response we get is, ‘Oh, it tastes like chicken”

    By Jonel Aleccia, Laura Ungar, and others
  • John Simon IIIHealth

    A 14-year-old who weighed 430 pounds cut 35% of his body weight through a controversial surgery but sees it as a ‘journey to wellness’

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press