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Nathan Lambrecht is photographed next to a picture of his father, Doug Lambrecht, at his apartment in Woodinville, Wash., Monday, March 21, 2022. The 71-year-old retired physician was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. "I'm afraid that as the numbers get bigger, people are going to care less and less," Nathan said.

Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the U.S. numbers

May 6, 2022, 2:58pm Health

Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile — an older white male with chronic health problems — mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years. Read story

CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deaths

May 6, 2022, 12:12pm Health

U.S. health officials are looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths. Read story

FILE - In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, members of the surgical team show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Researchers trying to learn what killed Bennett, the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig, have discovered signs of an animal virus in the organ but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man's death.

Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant

May 6, 2022, 7:48am Health

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man’s death. Read story

FILE - Vials of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a pharmacy in Denver on Saturday, March 6, 2021. On Thursday, May 5, 2022, U.S. regulators strictly limited who can receive this vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots.

FDA restricts J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk

May 5, 2022, 3:35pm Health

U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. Read story

Walgreens, Florida settle opioid costs lawsuit for $683M

May 5, 2022, 8:02am Business

The Walgreens pharmacy chain has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida in a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing millions of painkillers that contributed to the opioid crisis, state officials said Thursday. Read story

WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19

FILE - A worker in a protective suit swabs a man's throat for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in an office complex in Beijing, Friday, April 29, 2022. The World Health Organization on Thursday, May 5, 2022 is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million.

May 5, 2022, 7:46am Health Free

The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas. Read story

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Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the U.S. numbers

CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deaths

Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant

FDA restricts J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk

Walgreens, Florida settle opioid costs lawsuit for $683M

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Hong Kong reopens beaches, Beijing relaxes quarantine rules

WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19

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