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Taylor Farms continues to be the subject of a Food and Drug Administration investigation into the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak, despite a false-positive test result, the agency said Monday.

The claims surrounding peptides are sweeping: They’re promoted as treatments for everything from faster healing to younger-looking skin, better sleep and even a longer life.

A sample of lettuce from a supplier that has recalled products as a result of a multi-state cyclospora outbreak produced a false positive result for the parasite, federal officials said Sunday.

A second person has died of Legionnaires’ disease in connection with an outbreak on New York City’s Upper East Side that has sickened 72 people and prompted cleanup efforts at the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim Museum.

As GLP-1 weight loss drugs surge in popularity, here’s what research says about whether you should expect to gain weight when stopping medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.

The treatment, called ifosfamide, is one of 22 cancer drugs in shortage in the U.S.

Dr. Erica Schwartz said she was unaware of some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine policy changes and sidestepped questions about whether she supports them.

Nearly 7,000 people nationwide may have cyclosporiasis, a foodborne illness that can cause weeks of severe diarrhea, the CDC said Tuesday.

The foodborne gastrointestinal illness has shown up in 31 states, and federal health officials say 86 people have been hospitalized.

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.