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How Ozempic, other weight-loss drugs are 'changing medicine' 01/21/2024 09:10am • ▶ Watch Video: How Ozempic, other weight-loss drugs are "changing medicine" Forty-four-year-old LaQuita Clark says memories of being overweight – and ridiculed – go back to middle school. "I remember sitting on the school steps with a group of my friends, and just a group of other Howard University plans to close gap on number of Black pharmacists in US 01/21/2024 04:38am • Howard University is taking on the task of increasing the number of Black pharmacists at drug stores nationwide. The university believes more African American pharmacists could lead to a drop in life-threatening illnesses among Black patients, according to Dr. Tamara McCants, a clinical assistant Cancer vaccine with minimal side effects nearing Phase 3 clinical trials 01/20/2024 03:16pm • (NEW YORK) -- Dr. Thomas Wagner, founder of the biotech company Orbis Health Solutions and cancer researcher, has made it his life's mission to find a way to treat cancer without the dreaded side effects that, for some, can become worse than the cancer itself or may even lead to an earlier death. Spurs' Victor Wembanyama barred by doctors from playing back-to-backs, sits vs. Hornets 01/19/2024 06:57pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Spurs star rookie Victor Wembanyama missed his sixth game of the season when San Antonio played at the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. The 19-year-old Wembanyama suffered a sprained ankle on Dec. 23 at Dallas, and the Spurs have been cautious with him since then. The reas US government rejects complaint that woman was improperly denied an emergency abortion in Oklahoma 01/19/2024 05:30pm • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law when doctors told a woman with a nonviable pregnancy to wait in the parking lot until her condition worsened enough to qualify for an abortion under the state's strict ban. Jaci Statton, 26, was a Now eyeing a longer haul, the US reshuffles its warships in the Mediterranean 01/19/2024 01:51pm • ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN (AP) — When attacks with missiles and drones surged in the Red Sea late last year, crewmembers of the USS Bataan worked round the clock to make sure they were shot down before reaching passing merchant vessels. Weeks later, they are still perfecting that operation in traini Analysis: Building a Super Bowl champion starts with figuring how who gets all the power 01/19/2024 09:02am • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ There’s no shortage of accomplished head coaches available to NFL teams in this hiring cycle. Bill Belichick won six Super Bowls in New England. Pete Carroll won one in Seattle. Jim Data Doctors: How to choose the best Wi-Fi router location 01/19/2024 05:18am • Q: What suggestions do you have for choosing the best place to put my wireless router? A: Depending on the size of your home or how far outside your home you want the signal to be usable for items such as security cameras, placement of a Wi-Fi router is critical. Choosing a somewhat central lo Today in History: January 19, Lucille Ball gives birth, on TV and in real life 01/19/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Friday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2024. There are 347 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1953, CBS-TV aired the widely watched episode of “I Love Lucy” in which Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball, gave birth to Little Ricky. (By coincide Lawmakers propose taxing dealers and manufacturers of guns, ammunition to fund Maryland trauma system 01/18/2024 10:42pm • Some Maryland lawmakers are proposing legislation to tax dealers and manufacturers of guns and ammunition to fund the state’s trauma system. Del. Bernice Mireku-North (D-Montgomery), who will sponsor the Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act in the House of Delegates, said an excise tax wo Live updates | US bombs Yemen a fifth time, as Netanyahu rejects any postwar Palestinian state 01/18/2024 08:32pm • The United States conducted a fifth strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen on Thursday, even as President Joe Biden acknowledged that bombing the Iran-backed militants has yet to stop their attacks on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor. In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has Are Energy Drinks Really that Bad? 01/18/2024 07:00pm • From working moms to doctors on the night shift, Americans' supply of good old-fashioned energy seems to be wearing thin, and many turn to energy drinks. Since the early 2000s, energy drinks have rocketed in popularity. By 2027, sales of energy drinks and shots -- such as Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar Yankees GM Brian Cashman apologized to Marcus Stroman, who says they laughed about 2019 remarks 01/18/2024 06:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman apologized to Marcus Stroman over 2019 remarks by the Yankees general manager before New York negotiated a $37 million, two-year contract with the 32-year-old right-hander. Cashman discussed trading for Stroman with Toronto before the Blue Jays dealt the pitcher to th Florida Senate passes bills seeking to expand health care availability 01/18/2024 02:29pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will seek to streamline regulations and offer incentives to help make health care more accessible under two bills unanimously passed by the Senate, votes that quickly pushed forward Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo's top session priority. The bills pa Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more bugs to be tracked that way 01/18/2024 01:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found that over the course of a week, there was a