Consumer News Stories
- Over the next decade, the International Energy Agency expects renewable energy to account for 80% of the world's power consumption.
- With COVID-19 and the upcoming presidential election dominating the news, people may not have been paying attention to marijuana. But, there have been new developments.
- Some health professionals have asked this question for years: Is sitting the new smoking?
- Pharmacies are gearing up for a busy flu vaccine season - and preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine that they hope will come sooner than later.
- Sepsis is a serious condition that can result from an infection, but, what causes it and can how can it be treated?
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture is allowing summer meal program operators to continue serving free meals to children for this whole school year.
- Hotels and other industries related to travel and leisure have been hard hit by the pandemic. AI and apps may be coming to the rescue.
- The FDA warns women 20 weeks pregnant or further along should not take NSAIDs as they may cause pregnancy-related complications.
- Despite persistent and ongoing dexamethasone shortages, President Trump received the drug while undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Will you be able to if you need it?
- President Trump's call to pursue herd immunity is similar to his past pronouncements to end the pandemic: They lack little support within the scientific community.
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC received a warning letter from the FDA regarding a misleading ad on Google for Contrave, a weight loss drug.
- New data on whether the coronavirus can survive on money, cell phones and other nonporous surfaces showed that the hotter it is, the quicker the virus died.