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A suspected bat bite turned into a $6,000 hospital bill for a Seminole County, Florida, woman. Worried she may have been exposed to rabies, Caroline Ford sought treatment from AdventHealth Altamonte Springs. She called her insurance company, Anthem Blue Cross, and expected she’d need to pay about $600 based on her conversation over the phone. Rabies is fatal if left untreated. A regimen of immune globulin and four vaccination shots over two weeks is lifesaving if administered quickly after exposure to the deadly disease. “With rabies, there are no second chances,” she said. “That’s why I decid......

MIAMI — There's no big rush to get the new COVID-19 vaccine, according to health experts. Many patients are hesitant to get the shot for a variety of reasons, including vaccine fatigue, fear of side effects and the feeling that COVID is over. But there’s a new variant spreading, and public health agencies and many doctors say the new vaccine, which rolled out in November, can help keep people healthy during this holiday stretch of traveling and gathering. Pharmacies and the drug companies are aggressively pushing the new vaccines in ads and texts. Here’s what to know about the new COVID vaccin......

Thousands of counterfeit units of Ozempic have been seized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is now urging pharmacies, suppliers and patients to use caution when dealing with the drug. The FDA issued a warning Thursday about the counterfeits of Ozempic, a drug for type-2 diabetes that has also become popular for weight loss. Patients and practitioners are being advised to check the 1-milligram injectable product and not to use those labeled with lot number “NAR0074” and serial number “430834149057.” Five people have fallen ill from the counterfeit products, although none of them ......

Mayor Quinton Lucas held a “Fentanyl Summit” Friday afternoon at the Kansas City Health Department to raise awareness on the city’s fentanyl and opioid crisis. Health officials, law enforcement and families had a public discussion to tackle the epidemic of opioid and fentanyl related-deaths. During a press conference after the event, the mayor categorized the issue of drug overdoses in the city as an “epidemic” driven by fentanyl. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported there were 109,698 overdose deaths in 2022. As previously reported by The Star, Kansas Cit......

NEW YORK — The blacked-out windows of a Bronx apartment weren’t enough to hide the lethal fentanyl mill operating inside. Four accused drug dealers were busted and charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics and narcotics distribution after one of the largest fentanyl seizures in New York history, with more than 50 pounds of the drug – including 200,000 suspected fentanyl pills – recovered inside the residence, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. “The thought of the potential damage this stunning amount of fentanyl could have inflicted on New Yorkers is terrifying,” said Williams......

NEW YORK — Fentanyl exposure was confirmed as the cause of the day care center death of a 1-year-old Bronx boy, the city Medical Examiner’s office said Friday. Nicholas Feliz-Dominici’s death was ruled a homicide caused by “acute fentanyl intoxication.” Law enforcement officers on Thursday arrested Felix Herrera, 34, who had fled the country. He was charged in Manhattan Federal Court with his wife, Grei Mendez, and alleged accomplices Carlisto Acevedo Brito and Renny Parra Parades with conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death. Prosecutors say they used the day care on Morris Ave. ......