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#health-care-provider

Q: I recently moved into a rental with a one-year lease.I chose this apartment in part because I thought I'd be able to get a dog.(The lease said no pets without owner's permission, so I assumed a dog would at least be up for discussion.)However, the language in the welcome packet was stricter, saying, no pets in the building, no exceptions.

Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have reached a deal on legislation that would place restrictions on most abortions after 12 weeks.Assuming the agreement holds, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, who has worked to enshrine abortion rights, would be unable to block the legislation due to a veto-proof GOP supermajority in the state that was reached last month after a Charlotte-area Democrat switched parties.

A rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eyedrops has been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss, surgical removal of eyeballs and one death.Global Pharma Healthcare's Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops, distributed by EzriCare and Delsam Pharma, were first recalled in early February.

Think you're not at risk for colorectal cancer?Think again.Despite a general decline in rates over the last 40 years, colorectal cancer remains the third most common type of cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the U.S., yet it's one of the few cancers that can be prevented with routine screening.

Lucira Health, which developed the dual-purposed diagnostic test, said it can provide results in about 30 minutes.Lucira Health The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Friday for the first at-home test that can simultaneously detect both COVID-19 and the flu.With a shallow nasal swab, the single-use kit can provide results within 30 minutes indicating whether a person is positive or negative for COVID, as well as influenza A and influenza B, which are two common strains of the flu.

The Food and Drug Administration is adding to a list of eyecare products consumers should stop using "immediately" over concerns of possible bacterial contamination that could lead to blindness if infection occurs.The FDA is "warning consumers and health care professionals not to purchase or use Delsam Pharma's Artificial Eye Ointment due to potential bacterial contamination," the agency announced Tuesday.

Each health care provider will now set up its own mask-related rules.Health officials just announced that New York State has ended its mask-related requirements inside healthcare settings, from hospitals to nursing homes and doctors' offices.Moving forward, all facilities will be allowed to come up with their own rules.

New updates to US Food and Drug Administration mammography regulations require mammography facilities to notify patients about the density of their breasts.The changes reflect advances in mammography technology and processes, the agency said in a fact sheet about the medical imaging, and will strengthen the FDA's oversight and enforcement while helping physicians better assess and categorize mammograms.

Health Canada is warning shoppers about multiple recalls on products sold at some of the country's most popular stores, after a number of hazards were identified.One of the recalls involves the the Raindrop Toy Component that is sold with the Skip Hop Silver Lining Activity Gym (the "Activity Gym"), at Canadian Tire.

Florida schools will no longer ask student-athletes to share their menstrual histories in order to play high school sports, following months of opposition from parents, physicians and advocates.On Thursday, the Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors voted 14-2 at an emergency meeting to adopt a proposal that removes questions about a student-athlete's menstrual history from the state's pre-participation physical evaluation form.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning after an outbreak of in multiple states prompted widespread concern.The agency is concerned for those at high risk of illness due to the outbreak, noting that the germ is hard to eliminate at the source.So far, 16 illnesses have been connected to the outbreak, including 13 hospitalizations and one death.

Editor's Note: This story is part of an occasional series covering disordered eating and diet culture.More than 1 in 5 kids and adolescents around the world show signs of disordered eating, according to a new study.The study highlights a serious public health issue that often goes underreported and underrecognized, according to the meta-analysis published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

It is possible to get multiple infections at once.Researchers have found cases of people testing positive for both Covid-19 and the flu since the beginning of the pandemic.While respiratory syncytial virus infections are not as common in adults as they are in children and seniors, it is also possible for someone to have Covid and R.S.V.  or any other viral infection, for that matter.

Most of us have been taught from a young age that failing to stretch before or after exercising is akin to a mortal sin.Skip your stretching routine, the thinking goes, and you'll be more prone to injury, soreness and a generally worse workout.But is this wisdom backed by science?And do you really need to stretch before and after every exercise?

Health care professionals may now have a way to identify possible eating disorder cases a year before they would have been diagnosed, allowing patients to receive support much sooner, according to a new study.Researchers analyzed provincial health data from Ontario, Canada, for people age 13 and older starting in 2008.

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For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives.As a transgender woman, Rainey needs the hormone estrogen, which allows her to physically transition by developing more feminine features.

Mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion, may soon be available at some retail pharmacies, according to a new ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration.Some major pharmacies are planning to dispense abortion pills, but not in every state Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone, which is needed for a pregnancy to continue.

Grant's Pass Pharmacy in southern Oregon is down to its last few boxes of children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen, and pharmacist Michele Belcher says she can't order more.Belcher says she orders these medications from one of the big three wholesalers: McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen.

Grant's Pass Pharmacy in southern Oregon is down to its last few boxes of children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen, and pharmacist Michele Belcher says she can't order more.Belcher says she orders these medications from one of the big three wholesalers: McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen.

Citing an unusual increase in respiratory illness that has hospital and ER capacity stretched thin, three Massachusetts physician groups are calling on the public for help.Physicians across Massachusetts are seeing a spike in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), particularly in children, according to a joint statement from Massachusetts Medical Society President Dr. Ted Calianos, Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians President Dr. Emily Chin, and Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics President Dr. Mary Beth Miotto.

In British Columbia this week, the provincial government took a bold, and costly, step that it hopes will help recruit family doctors for about 1 million people.Adrian Dix, the minister of health, outlined a new plan that could see a typical family doctor's gross income rise by 135,000 Canadian dollars a year, to about 385,000 dollars.