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Fake Ozempic scams: What to know about phony meds and doctors
Scammers are preying on people seeking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic online. News4’s Susan Hogan tells how to avoid fake doctors and potentially dangerous medications.
Scammers are preying on people seeking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic online. News4’s Susan Hogan tells how to avoid fake doctors and potentially dangerous medications.
The solution is integrated care, but what does that mean and how do we achieve it?
Visitors to Fredericksburg’s parks this summer might notice something new: That city has become one of the few areas in Virginia to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in local parks.
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Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay. That’s why one doctor, Pedro Juan Vázquez, who is better known by his rapper stage name PJ Sin Suela, is trying to fill the gaps.
The Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair care products has been pushed back once again, and the timeline for its release remains undetermined.
At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters.
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid amid an uptick in cases across the country, and in the D.C. region. News4’s Juliana Valencia spoke to a health official in Fairfax County, Virginia, about the latest data.
Celebrities and influencers are helping promote high-tech medical scans that companies claim can help catch deadly diseases, including cancer.
Looking for devices to track health but don’t know which ones are the right one for you? News4’s Eun Yang shares some of the top products that can be used at home.
Here’s what to know about a treatment or medication expected to make a “significant” difference, and relative versus absolute risk reduction. News4’s Eun Yang spoke with psychiatrist Dr. Joshua Weiner.
Four poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, bringing the U.S. total to nine since the first human case of the current outbreak was detected in 2022.
Health officials want you to keep an eye out for symptoms of measles if you were at one of three locations in Arlington and D.C. in early July.
The 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that just over one-fifth of Hispanic adults reported having a mental illness.
Officials with health care companies in Oregon say more than 2,400 patients at hospitals in the Portland area may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV, because of a physician who may not have followed infection control practices.
John Shadock was diagnosed with a cancer so aggressive it’s been called “the terminator,” but he’s doing well five years later.
As widespread heatwaves hit cities across the U.S., the best protection against the sun and UV rays is sunscreen.