Health

The CDC has reported a sharp increase in overdose deaths linked to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than fentanyl.

The Louisiana Department of Health reported that the patient hospitalized with H5N1, bird flu, has passed away. The patient was over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions.

It has been learned that a South Carolina bio-research facility has used primates for vaccine research. Monkeys escaped from the lab in November.

An Illinois hospital system issued a mask mandate due to "widespread respiratory illnesses."

A federal judge in California rejected Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) effort to overturn a verdict awarding six former employees $7.8 million after they were fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons.

Former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen told "Face the Nation" that the FDA should authorize the bird flu vaccine.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the Biden administration "silenced" those who concluded the COVID-19 virus likely leaked from a lab.

An adult in Los Angeles County has been confirmed as the area's first human case of bird flu.

President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly pull the United States out of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the first day of his administration, the Financial Times reported.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the definition of "healthy" for the first time in thirty years.