Our medical experts explore the biggest health headlines of the month, including:
- A new oral pill doubled overall survival in patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer.
- Despite decades of public health messaging, more than 1 in 10 pregnant women report drinking alcohol.
- Safety concerns grow around the explosion of telehealth companies prescribing GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
- Doctors across the country say they're seeing more cases of vaccine-preventable illnesses, including whooping cough, rotavirus and serious bacterial infections.
- Should obesity be universally classified as a disease?
- A newer gene-editing technique reignites concerns about genetically engineered "designer babies."