CHESAPEAKE — The school board adopted a set of policy changes that will prohibit teachers and staff from using and sharing their preferred pronouns when they don’t match their sex assigned at birth.

A test using genetics to predict who is at the highest risk of developing type 1 diabetes could one day be applied to large-scale health studies, to identify adults who could benefit from new drugs, ...

Patients are being warned to stop using some glucose monitors made by Abbott Diabetes Care after the company found malfunctioning sensors may be linked to hundreds of adverse events and several deaths ...

A medical device correction has been initiated for 3 million continuous glucose monitors. Certain Freestyle Libre 3 systems may provide incorrect low glucose readings, which can lead to serious health ...

Do Plastic Cutting Boards Release Microplastics? A recent study published by the Ecotoxicology and Public Health journal evaluated the amount of microplastics found in a food between two different ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Abbott Laboratories is moving to replace more than a ...

Incorrect low glucose readings from some Abbott continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors have been potentially linked to 736 severe adverse events and seven deaths globally. Abbott reported this ...

Abbott issued a medical device correction for some of its glucose sensors after internal testing found that some sensors may provide false low glucose readings. Hundreds of adverse events and seven ...

Abbott has launched an effort to replace some of its FreeStyle Libre 3 continuous glucose monitors—following reports of hundreds of injuries and seven deaths worldwide—after some sensors showed they ...

In brief: A couple in the UK has become the first people in the country to heat their home using a small data center in their shed, part of a trial scheme for low-income households to transition to ...

Smoking, vaping, or using both products significantly increases the likelihood of developing prediabetes and diabetes, and the risk is even higher among Hispanic, Black, and low-income groups.