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Free clinics, screenings, and community care that reached people on a real day. 7 verified stories. Stories come from Chattanooga, Charleston, and Indianapolis. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityRemote Area Medical and more than 415 volunteers treated about 300 patients at Notre Dame High School. No ID and no insurance were required.
Verified · Chattanooga Times Free Press
CommunityThe state's largest free clinic offered eye exams and glasses, 21 mammograms, 56 flu shots, 57 prescriptions, and 225 meals, with no questions about income or insurance.
Verified · West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Health & TechIn an 80-week trial of 1,152 adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes, the highest dose of the experimental drug retatrutide cut weight more than placebo and lowered HbA1c. It is not FDA-approved.
Verified · Medical Xpress
Health & TechIn a small NIH-funded hospital study, 13 patients used a phone app to question their EEG monitor. False seizure alarms fell by about 80 percent. Larger outpatient trials are planned.
Verified · National Institutes of Health (NIH)
CommunityAbout 400 people in the four districts beside the park learned what to do after a dog bite, and a World Rabies Day clinic in Kinigi offered free dog vaccination.
Verified · IUCN
Health & TechOn October 9 the FDA approved Teva's Weltruza, a long-acting injection for adults with schizophrenia. Teva expects a U.S. launch within weeks. It is not a cure.
Verified · CNBC
Health & TechHovilpri (pritelivir) is for immunocompromised adults whose lesions did not respond to acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famciclovir. The trial was open-label, and herpes still has no cure.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration