Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution
May 20, 2024
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there
May 20, 2024
Hard water might dry out your hair and skin − but having hard water isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
May 20, 2024
An inquiry has found that British authorities and the public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products and hid the truth about the disaster for decades
May 20, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration will allow certain immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children access to federally run health insurance, the White
May 20, 2024
Amneal Pharmaceuticals said on Friday it had reached a deal valued at more than $270 million to resolve claims it helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, becoming the
May 20, 2024
Aetna will pay $2 million and update its coverage policies to settle a lawsuit claiming the health insurer required LGBTQ beneficiaries to pay more out of pocket for
May 20, 2024
The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that appeared to have the
May 20, 2024
After one North Carolina city's only hospital closed, residents there say they're not only worried about their health but they've lost trust in politicians
May 20, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that people should avoid exposures to sick or dead animals suspected to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus.
May 20, 2024
The head of the World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this month.
May 19, 2024
Amgen shares headed for their best session since 2009 on Friday after the U.S. drugmaker hinted at encouraging interim trial data on its experimental
May 19, 2024
Illumina reiterated its 2024 revenue forecast on Thursday, expecting continued weak demand from its customers such as medical research labs and hospitals.
May 19, 2024
Shares in Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk dropped as much as 5.3% on Friday, set for their biggest one-day fall since August 2022, after rival Amgen said it was encouraged by interim trial
May 19, 2024
The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry has been published, six years after it started its work
May 19, 2024
A judge's decision in a lawsuit against Ohio’s ban on most abortions could be near
May 19, 2024
Most residents near a scenic fishing village in southwestern England were told their tap water is safe to drink again after a parasite sickened more than 45 people
May 18, 2024
The Arizona Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 ban on abortion, which could otherwise have taken effect within weeks.
May 18, 2024
Novo Nordisk raised its 2024 outlook on Thursday as the Danish drugmaker races to boost output of its Wegovy weight-loss treatment, while
May 17, 2024
Bird flu likely circulated in U.S. dairy cows on a limited basis for about four months before federal officials confirmed the disease that has
May 17, 2024
A fall trial has been set for a pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents
May 17, 2024
Amgen on Thursday said it was very encouraged after completing an interim analysis of its mid-stage study of experimental weight-loss drug MariTide and will no longer
May 17, 2024
A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law
May 17, 2024
U.S. sellers of raw milk appear undeterred by federal health warnings for consumers to avoid drinking
May 17, 2024
Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever
May 17, 2024
A scenic fishing village in southwestern England is on its third day under instructions to boil its tap water after a parasite sickened more than 45 people
May 17, 2024
Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy, who was tasked in early 2022 to stem the fitness equipment maker's slide in sales from the pandemic highs, has quit as the company announced job
May 17, 2024
U.S. drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by softer sales of its blockbuster eye drug Eylea due to reduction in
May 17, 2024
U.S. attorneys for a woman who claims her colon cancer was caused by the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac on Thursday told a jury in Chicago that pharmaceutical
May 17, 2024
Before World War II, pathogens in milk accounted for 1 in 4 cases of foodborne diseases in the US. Pasteurization reduced this figure to less than 1%.
May 17, 2024
Numerous bats have been found in Colorado with white-nose syndrome. The fungus has killed millions of bats in North America, leaving biologists concerned about its impact on bats in the state.
May 17, 2024
The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy
May 16, 2024
Sen. Bob Menendez says his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial
May 16, 2024
Hackers who breached UnitedHealth's tech unit in February potentially stole a third of Americans' data, the largest U.S. health insurer's
May 16, 2024
Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it is moving forward with a $6.48 billion proposed settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that
May 16, 2024
A federal judge has struck down parts of a North Carolina law restricting patients' access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has become the subject of legal
May 16, 2024
It will be hard for Taiwan to attend this year's World Health Organization annual assembly, and it hopes more countries will support its presence, the island's
May 16, 2024
Medtech firm Zimmer Biomet Holdings beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, on the back of robust demand for its devices that are used in knee and hip
May 16, 2024
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract
May 16, 2024
Defending champion Rose Zhang withdrew from the Mizuho Americas Open because of illness after completing only three holes of the opening round
May 16, 2024
Amgen investors eyeing dramatic share price gains for rivals with successful obesity drugs will be focused on any updates the biotech company may provide on its own weight-
May 16, 2024
Students in windowless rooms are reporting anxiety, depression and fatigue. A professor of architecture says developers need to let the light shine in.
May 16, 2024
In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues
May 16, 2024
Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s plan to relist it as narcotics, two years after it was decriminalized
May 16, 2024
A South Korean court has ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions
May 16, 2024
Consumer healthcare company Haleon reported first-quarter revenue slightly below market estimates on Wednesday, as volumes declined due to retailer destocking in U.S. and cooling demand for
May 16, 2024
GSK raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday on strong demand for its common respiratory vaccine and specialty HIV medicines, though it expects sales
May 16, 2024
A U.S. vascular surgeon who left Gaza after a stint as a volunteer said nothing had prepared him for the scale of injuries he had faced there.
May 16, 2024
A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year’s deadly wildfires on Maui has found that up to 74% of participants may have difficulty breathing and otherwise have poor respiratory health
May 16, 2024
A new abortion clinic is going to open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state’s role as a regional hub for reproductive health services since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
May 15, 2024
The first trial over claims that blockbuster heartburn drug Zantac, once sold by GSK and other companies, causes cancer is set to begin this week in Chicago.
May 15, 2024
Explosive demand and increased manufacturing capacity for Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug Zepbound drove the company to raise its annual sales forecast by
May 15, 2024
There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many wild birds, may infect cows in countries beyond the United States as they migrate, a World Health Organization official
May 15, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice is moving to make marijuana use a less serious crime, taking a step to reclassify the drug out of a category that includes heroin.
May 15, 2024
A smiling and healthy-looking King Charles returned to public duties on Tuesday for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer in February, telling patients at a treatment
May 15, 2024
The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year
May 15, 2024
Among her 5 decades of accomplishments, Nightingale founded the world’s first nursing school and advocated health care for all.
May 15, 2024
GE HealthCare Technologies missed first-quarter revenue estimates on Tuesday, hurt by lower sales in China market and weaker-than-expected demand for its scanning devices, sending its
May 15, 2024
The World Health Organization has authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year
May 15, 2024
Florida's ban on abortions past six weeks of pregnancy takes effect this week, threatening the future of the state's clinics and abortion funds and
May 15, 2024
More than 34,535 Palestinians have been killed and 77,704 wounded in the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 last year, the Gaza health ministry said on Tuesday
May 15, 2024
Australia's food safety agency is collecting information on the possible contamination of spice mixes sold by Indian companies MDH and
May 15, 2024
A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a challenge by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson to a law requiring them to negotiate the prices of their blockbuster blood clot
May 14, 2024
Bronny James says he's “grateful for everything” with his NBA dream in reach after a major health scare last summer
May 14, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the state will make $3.3 billion available by July for counties and private developers to start building more behavior health treatment centers
May 14, 2024
Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.
May 14, 2024
The U.S. government said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing, but
May 14, 2024
Bangladesh again closed all primary schools across the country and educational institutions in almost half of districts including the capital as a severe heatwave saw
May 14, 2024
Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former president and one of Latin America's best-known leaders, announced a cancer diagnosis on Monday that doctors say will be
May 14, 2024
A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months at a Chicago area hospital
May 14, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday tightened regulations for clinical laboratories with a new rule that gives it more oversight of diagnostic tests developed by them.
May 14, 2024
An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison
May 14, 2024
States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and more blazes break out in the dry conditions.
May 14, 2024
Storms that slammed several Southern states have added to the region’s recent string of weather-related destruction and death
May 14, 2024
Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite an outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows
May 14, 2024
As AI moves into medicine, perhaps no one has more to gain or lose than radiologists, the doctors who review medical scans for signs of cancer and other diseases
May 14, 2024
A new survey says medical providers were prescribing abortion pills to about 8,000 women a month in states with abortion bans or bans on telehealth abortions by the end of 2023
May 14, 2024
Most Americans surveyed did not know how pregnancies are dated or how long a trimester is – but this is especially true among some groups, like people who say they support six-week abortion bans.
May 14, 2024
The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for
May 14, 2024
Asthma attacks can result from immune cells overreacting to a harmless allergen. Tamping down iron levels in certain immune cells can help control their activity.
May 14, 2024
Success in the fight to wipe out polio is not guaranteed, according to tech billionaire turned philanthropist Bill Gates, whose foundation has poured billions into
May 14, 2024
Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production,
May 14, 2024
Britain is considering making changes to disability and mental health benefit payments as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to slow the rise in the government's welfare bill and get
May 14, 2024
Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers
May 14, 2024
Phoenix Mercury All-Star center Brittney Griner has a fractured toe in her left foot, which will cause her to miss an undisclosed amount of time
May 13, 2024
Violence against women is an "epidemic" in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as thousands attended rallies in Sydney and other major Australian cities
May 13, 2024
The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public
May 13, 2024
The Biden administration on Friday delayed its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a move that reflected the potential for a political backlash from Black voters in an
May 13, 2024
Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials said on Friday, as Colorado became the ninth U.S.
May 13, 2024
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest for a second straight year
May 13, 2024
Staff at CVS Health's unit Omnicare in Las Vegas voted to join the Pharmacy Guild, becoming the first location at the national pharmacy chain to join the union.
May 13, 2024
Britain's King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and
May 13, 2024
AbbVie expects a drop in sales volumes of its blockbuster arthritis drug Humira to deepen after recent changes by U.S. pharmacy benefit managers and as
May 13, 2024
Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.
May 13, 2024
Britain's King Charles will return to public duties on April 30 following nearly three months of treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
May 13, 2024
The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said on Friday, but urged countries to stay alert for cases of animal-to-human
May 13, 2024
Hospitals in South Korea's smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of trainee doctors enters its
May 13, 2024
Violence is traumatizing Haitian children
May 13, 2024
Cigna plans to make close copies of AbbVie's blockbuster arthritis drug Humira available with no out-of-pocket payment to eligible patients in the U.S.
May 12, 2024
Local governments across the country are receiving money from opioid settlements, but not all of them know how to use it
May 12, 2024
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure
May 12, 2024
The women's section of Rikers Island is getting a redesigned and more kid-friendly visitation room ahead of Mother's Day
May 11, 2024
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced Wildfire Mitigation and Risk Reduction Preparedness Month nine months after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in over a century burned the historic town of Lahaina
May 10, 2024
A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block a federal rule that gives workers who had abortions the same legal protections as
May 10, 2024
The Biden administration is planning to announce new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China
May 10, 2024
A Michigan judge has sentenced the former executive of a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy to at least 10 years in prison for the deaths of 11 people in 2012
May 10, 2024
A judge has put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs after the legendary songwriter’s doctor reported that he has a major neurocognitive disorder
May 10, 2024
Novak Djokovic needed medical attention after accidentally getting knocked on the head by a water bottle after a win at the Italian Open
May 10, 2024
An Australian woman’s harrowing medical saga sounds too bizarre to be true – doctors shockingly discovered a live, wriggling worm parasite inhabiting her brain. In this world-first case, surgeons in Canberra extracted the 8cm-long roundworm from the 64-year-old patient’s skull. Typically found in pythons, the Ophidascaris robertsi specimen represented an unprecedented instance of this brain parasite infesting a human host. The patient’s journey from common symptoms to this grotesque revelation contains important lessons about emerging health threats. Initially, the woman from southeastern New South Wales experienced relatively routine issues like abdominal pain, diarrhea, coughing, fever and night sweats. But as
May 10, 2024
Prince William has offered a positive assessment of his wife’s health in one of his few statements about Kate’s condition since she announced that she was undergoing treatment for cancer
May 10, 2024
The northern Gaza Strip is still heading toward a famine, the deputy U.N. food chief said on Thursday, appealing for a greater volume and diversity of
May 10, 2024
U.S. officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation's dairy cows
May 10, 2024
A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records
May 10, 2024
Cannabis and psilocybin – used under supervision – have the potential to work better than current pain treatments, but the research into both has long been hindered by federal legislation.
May 10, 2024
Human heart organoids allow researchers to study the developing heart while avoiding the ethical issues of using human embryos and the imperfections of animal models.
May 10, 2024
A veterinarian and epidemiologist who studies infectious diseases in dairy cows discusses the outbreak, how cows recover and what the government is doing to keep the milk supply safe.
May 10, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb reported a first-quarter loss on Thursday as charges related to its acquisitions of Karuna Therapeutics, RayzeBio and Mirati
May 10, 2024
After the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders worldwide vowed to do better next time but are still struggling to finalize a global plan
May 10, 2024
Hawaii health officials say testing on west Maui residents shows no evidence of widespread lead exposure from last summer’s wildfires
May 10, 2024
A judge must decide whether Virginia law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and given a monetary value
May 09, 2024
A new report finds fewer U.S. medical school graduates are applying to residency programs, but the drop is more pronounced in states that ban abortion compared with other states
May 09, 2024
Sanofi's first-quarter operating income fell 14.7% as currency effects and cheap competition to its multiple sclerosis drug Aubagio outweighed rising sales of anti-
May 09, 2024
The number of births in the United States fell by 2% in 2023 from the previous year, driven in part by a marked birth rate decline among older teenagers and women
May 09, 2024
The U.S. government will require dairy cattle moving between states to be tested for bird flu starting on Monday as federal officials ramp up
May 09, 2024
Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach their goals for motherhood.
May 09, 2024
One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming a dad affects the brain – without the direct experience of pregnancy.
May 09, 2024
The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme
May 09, 2024
About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S
May 09, 2024
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has left King Faisal Specialist hospital in Jeddah after completing "a routine check up", Saudi state media reported on Wednesday citing the
May 09, 2024
A U.S. Senate committee said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into the prices of Novo Nordisk's diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy in the United States.
May 09, 2024
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served to millions of children at U.S. public schools.
May 09, 2024
Biogen reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street estimates, helped by cost cutting, as the launch of its new Alzheimer's disease drug remained
May 09, 2024
Humana withdrew its already downscaled 2025 profit forecast on Wednesday, citing disappointing government Medicare reimbursement rates, sending the health
May 09, 2024
A Texas man is petitioning a court for information over his former partner's alleged out-of-state abortion, setting up a first-of-its-kind legal test to the limits of statewide abortion bans
May 08, 2024
Steward Health Care says it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection
May 08, 2024
Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months
May 08, 2024
New U.S. rules require all dogs coming into the U.S. to be at least 6 months old and microchipped to help prevent the spread of rabies
May 08, 2024
Fintech lender Affirm has started quietly offering "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) loans for elective medical procedures, in a major push beyond its core e-commerce market, the
May 08, 2024
When resources are tight, mothers bear the costs of playing with their offspring even as they avoid socializing with others.
May 08, 2024
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.
May 08, 2024
The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled
May 08, 2024
Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an unexpected hurdle to widespread use: an
May 08, 2024
President Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed his Republican opponent Donald Trump for new Florida abortion restrictions during a campaign stop in Tampa, as Democrats double
May 08, 2024
Italy's Senate gave final approval on Tuesday to a contested government plan to allow groups who "support motherhood" into abortion clinics to try to deter women terminating
May 08, 2024
A Peruvian woman suffering from a degenerative illness has died by euthanasia after a lengthy court battle ended in a landmark ruling allowing her to end her life with medical
May 08, 2024
The U.N. World Health Organization says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, and shortages have already forced one of three hospitals in the city of Rafah to shut down
May 08, 2024
Pfizer and BioNTech asked a London court to revoke rival Moderna's patents over technology key to the development of vaccines for COVID-19, as the latest leg of a
May 08, 2024
The idea of a doctor in the United States having to consider the risk of imprisonment before performing an emergency abortion might have been difficult to imagine
May 08, 2024
When Jaclyn Frosolone swiped the solution from the inside of her cheek, she had no idea she was about to unravel thousands of buried truths about her identity. The young woman from New York had taken an at-home DNA test on a whim, never expecting the earth-shattering results waiting on the other side. Instead of confirming her sole sisterly bond as she assumed, the report revealed dozens of previously unknown half-siblings scattered across the country. Even more mind-blowing, Frosolone’s sperm donor had fathered at least 200 children through anonymous donations to a sperm bank. Unbelievably, this same sperm donor’s genetic
May 07, 2024
Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill that would have added cases of rape and incest as exceptions to Louisiana’s abortion ban
May 07, 2024
Florida's top prosecutor and a Catholic medical group on Tuesday sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a rule that they say will force doctors to provide
May 07, 2024
A United Nations expert on Monday warned there was a risk that mental illnesses could manifest themselves years from now among the people of Gaza due to the current conflict.
May 07, 2024
Cardinal Health said on Monday its contracts with UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx, one of its largest customers, will not be renewed after they expire at the end of June,
May 07, 2024
Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third
May 07, 2024
Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb said it has signed a $380 million deal with contract manufacturer Cellares to manufacture its CAR-T cell therapies in the United States, EU and Japan.
May 07, 2024
A judge in Kansas on Monday blocked a state law requiring healthcare providers to tell patients that medication abortion can be reversed and that abortion is linked to
May 07, 2024
A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United
May 07, 2024
Hundreds of patients desperately needed his help, but now there was nothing he could do.
May 07, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked the Texas Supreme Court to halt a lower court ruling that would allow a Texas woman to get an emergency abortion.
May 07, 2024
The U.S. consumer protection authority on Thursday warned people to immediately stop using Chinese seller Doraemon's magnetic ball sets, after its loose, hazardous magnets resulted in
May 07, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was taken to a Washington, D.C. hospital on Sunday for treatment of "symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue", a Pentagon spokesman said.
May 07, 2024
U.S. worker safety officials fined Elon Musk’s SpaceX $3,600 this month after an accident at its site in Washington state led to a “near amputation,” according
May 07, 2024
Missouri's Republican attorney general on Thursday sued a Planned Parenthood affiliate, accusing it of helping minors travel to Kansas to get abortions without notifying
May 07, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission and 10 U.S. states on Monday sued what they called a "sham" charity that raised $18.25 million to help women fight cancer, but spent just $
May 07, 2024
The abortion opponents who are seeking to convince the U.S.
May 07, 2024
The chief executive of a U.S. biotechnology company that falsely promised investors it could produce a quick and accurate COVID-19 test was sentenced to seven years' in jail on Friday, the
May 07, 2024
Democratic state Rep. Delisha Boyd is fighting an uphill battle in her attempt to pass a bill that would exempt cases of rape and incest from Louisiana's near-total abortion ban
May 06, 2024
The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report
May 06, 2024
The Met Gala has inspired pajama-clad New Yorkers to fundraise for medical debt relief at an alternative benefit called the Debt Gala
May 06, 2024
The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas
May 06, 2024
Yogurt sold in U.S. grocery store may soon have new labels that say the popular food might help reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes
May 06, 2024
People who carry two copies of the APOE4 gene are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer's and face symptoms at an earlier age, researchers reported on
May 06, 2024
For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer's disease
May 06, 2024
Paying the caregivers of people with disabilities more would improve care while increasing economic growth, a research team found.
May 06, 2024
Eating right, exercising, playing sports, reading and journaling are just a few of the ways you can keep your brain in top shape.
May 06, 2024
Nanoplastics are the smallest microplastics, far narrower than a human hair. Very little is known about their composition, structure or how they break down in the environment.
May 06, 2024
A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year has concluded that city authorities should be held responsible because they were aware of serious safety issues at the apartment block at least four years before the blaze
May 06, 2024
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will testify before a U.S.
May 06, 2024
South Korea's government announced a compromise in its medical reform plans on Friday in a bid to end a two-month walkout by doctors, and also said President Yoon Suk
May 06, 2024
The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children's cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it
May 05, 2024
Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action
May 05, 2024
King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey
May 05, 2024
A British Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals says he was denied entry to France to speak at the French Senate
May 04, 2024
A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion
May 04, 2024
A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion
May 04, 2024
The United Nations food agency is warning Sudan’s warring parties that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region
May 04, 2024
A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis
May 04, 2024
Arizona’s new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit groups to open more cooling centers and ensure homes have working air conditioners in a more unified effort to prevent another ghastly toll of heat-related deaths this summer
May 03, 2024
The health insurer Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit over whether its fertility treatment coverage discriminates against LGBTQ+ patients
May 03, 2024
There is new hope in the fight against a sexually transmitted disease that impacts many people around the world. Medical scientists have taken remarkable preliminary strides toward forging an effective chlamydia vaccine to vanquish this stealthy yet pervasive sexually transmitted infection. Chlamydia case tallies have soared in recent years, with over 1.6 million U.S. infections chronicled in 2022 alone, per CDC epidemiological data. However, these jarring statistics likely understate the true pervasiveness, as this bacterial invader frequently remains asymptomatic, eluding detection. Chlamydia case tallies have soared in recent years, with over 1.6 million U.S. infections chronicled in 2022 alone, per
May 03, 2024
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year
May 03, 2024
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the
May 03, 2024
The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries deliver affordable healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030 by expanding services to
May 03, 2024
French drugmaker Sanofi said on Thursday it would restructure the U.S. commercial operations for its vaccines and cut an undisclosed number of jobs.
May 03, 2024
The Biden administration on Thursday finalized new measures to protect the health of U.S. public lands, including by leasing acreage for conservation in much the same way
May 03, 2024
A Florida jury on Thursday concluded that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder talc product did not cause the ovarian cancer of a Florida woman who died in 2019.
May 03, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure the 19th century law remains in the past
May 03, 2024
The South Carolina Senate has approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
May 02, 2024
Georgia’s governor has signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement
May 02, 2024
Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people
May 02, 2024
South Carolina’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered on the definition of fetal heartbeat
May 02, 2024
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges and been sentenced to life in prison
May 02, 2024
Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age
May 02, 2024
Researchers say an orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant
May 02, 2024
Toothbrushes used to be simple, powered only by your hand so they never broke down
May 02, 2024
Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people
May 02, 2024
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill to repeal a ban on most abortions
May 02, 2024
Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the law books, but not from the campaign trail
May 02, 2024
New government data suggests U.S. maternal deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels
May 02, 2024
Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked
May 02, 2024
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time
May 01, 2024
In Mexico, more states are legalizing abortion at the same time US states like Florida are imposing more restrictions.
May 01, 2024
Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers a step forward in training the immune system to fight cancer.
May 01, 2024
CVS Health missed first-quarter expectations and chopped its 2024 outlook more than a dollar below Wall Street’s forecast
May 01, 2024
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson is now proposing paying approximately $6.48 billion over 25 years as part of a settlement in the U.S. to cover allegations that its baby powder containing talc caused ovarian cancer
May 01, 2024
The Arizona Legislature has approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions
May 01, 2024
Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care
May 01, 2024
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest
May 01, 2024
The Mississippi House Democratic leader says a Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by Republican leaders could struggle for bipartisan support
April 30, 2024
A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful
April 30, 2024
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug
April 30, 2024
Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while bills to loosen a restrictive ban in Louisiana face an uphill battle
April 30, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will test ground beef for bird flu
April 30, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says it should be left up to the states whether they want to prosecute women for getting abortions or whether to monitor their pregnancies
April 30, 2024
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country
April 30, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is challenging patents on 20 brand-name drugs, including the blockbuster weight-loss injection Ozempic
April 30, 2024
Women at average risk for breast cancer should get screening mammograms every other year starting at age 40, the U.S.
April 30, 2024
Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings
April 30, 2024
An English study into the causes of ACL injuries to women soccer players has been launched
April 30, 2024
Rapidly climbing sales of the new obesity drug Zepbound and its counterpart for diabetes, Mounjaro, pushed Eli Lilly to a better-than-expected first quarter profit
April 30, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems
April 30, 2024
Walmart is closing its health centers and virtual care service after struggling to find success with the offerings
April 30, 2024
A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.
April 30, 2024
In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
April 30, 2024
King Charles III has returned to public duties with a visit to a cancer treatment charity, beginning his carefully managed comeback after the monarch’s own cancer diagnosis sidelined him for three months
April 30, 2024
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility
April 30, 2024
Democrats believe young Florida voters will go to the polls in November because of the abortion and marijuana measures on the ballot
April 30, 2024
Republican legislators in Kansas have failed to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
April 29, 2024
One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week
April 29, 2024
A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory
April 29, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Morbidity and Mortality Report last week that documented the first instances of HIV transmissions contracted through unsterile injections used while receiving “vampire facials,” cosmetic procedures involving microneedling
April 29, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule to regulate medical tests that have long escaped oversight
April 29, 2024
Medical device maker Philips will pay $1.1 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines
April 29, 2024
California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose
April 29, 2024
Your sprinting skills have a lot to do with genetics, but your brain also plays a big role.
April 29, 2024
Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles
April 28, 2024
The NFL says it will allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games next season if they choose
April 26, 2024
Temporary farmworkers workers are getting more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment and other abuses
April 26, 2024
For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden’s administration is delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes
April 26, 2024
A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it or even children’s social transitioning
April 26, 2024
The U.S. flu season appears to be over
April 26, 2024
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy
April 26, 2024
Legal psychology researchers are investigating how police treat drunken suspects, how impaired people behave when questioned, and how juries consider their statements.
April 26, 2024
South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone
April 26, 2024
U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday a service provided by its Change Healthcare unit was facing an issue receiving batches of medical claims from customers.
April 26, 2024
Abbott Laboratories beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday and raised the lower end of its forecast, as robust demand for medical procedures boosted sales of its
April 26, 2024
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Monday the U.S.
April 26, 2024
A senior official at Nigeria's drug regulator said on Tuesday that the regulator had no record of children dying from a batch of cough syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson which
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson reported a first-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, helped by strong sales of its cancer drugs including top-selling blood cancer treatment Darzalex.
April 26, 2024
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are in the crosshairs of Republicans and Democrats in Congress but have so far dodged any new litigation or reforms that had
April 26, 2024
The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient used in medicinal syrups,
April 26, 2024
U.S. employers' obligation to accommodate workers' pregnancies also extends to abortions and the use of contraception, the U.S. agency that enforces workplace
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth is expected to record higher medical costs in its first earnings report since a cyberattack disrupted its technology systems including those that manage
April 26, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court's decision reviving a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 19th century is at odds with a pledge from the state's Democratic governor and
April 26, 2024
South Africa's health regulator said on Saturday it is recalling batches of Johnson & Johnson's children's cough syrup after detection of high levels of diethylene glycol.
April 26, 2024
Teva Pharmaceutical and Viatris convinced a U.S. appeals court on Monday to revive their challenges to a patent covering a blockbuster Johnson & Johnson schizophrenia
April 26, 2024
The mysterious "Havana syndrome" ailment that has afflicted U.S. diplomats and spies across the world may be linked to energy weapons wielded by members of a Russian military
April 26, 2024
The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a report that Russian military intelligence may be behind the mysterious "Havana syndrome" ailment that has afflicted U.S. diplomats and spies
April 26, 2024
Fitch does not anticipate any credit impact on not-for-profit hospitals in the United States from the cyberattack at UnitedHealth's tech unit Change Healthcare that caused disruption to
April 26, 2024
Gerresheimer CEO Dietmar Siemssen said he expects about 4% of the company's revenue growth per year from deals to supply makers of drugs for weight loss and diabetes
April 26, 2024
Philip Morris International is preparing to launch its flagship heated tobacco device IQOS in Austin, Texas, indicating it will be the first testing ground for its
April 26, 2024
Moderna said on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with private equity firm Blackstone's life science investment platform for a funding of $750 million to develop its mRNA flu
April 26, 2024
European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' new zero-tobacco heat sticks, moving to close the loopholes they were
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration on Thursday will finalize a rule aimed at cracking down on short-term health insurance plans and surprise medical bills, the latest steps in its
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson is in talks to buy medical device maker Shockwave Medical, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
April 26, 2024
Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people.
April 26, 2024
Two former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans' home that was the site of one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a U.S. long-term care facility on Tuesday
April 26, 2024
A U.S. lawmaker involved in health policy has asked the Food and Drug Administration why it did not inspect Elon Musk's Neuralink before allowing the brain
April 26, 2024
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Monday the U.S.
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group said on Friday it expects several services related to handling medical claims by its unit Change Healthcare to be online over the next few weeks following a hack last
April 26, 2024
British political leaders and the United States' White House offered support to Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, after she said tests following abdominal surgery showed cancer had
April 26, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was leaning toward a 15-week national ban on abortion but supports exceptions for rape, incest and saving
April 26, 2024
Swiss contract drug manufacturer Lonza said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire the Genentech manufacturing facility in Vacaville, California, from drugmaker Roche
April 26, 2024
Fertility rates in nearly all countries will be too low to sustain population levels by the end of the century, and most of the world's live births will be occurring in
April 26, 2024
Disruptions from the Feb. 21 hack at UnitedHealth Group's tech unit created a cash crunch for small healthcare providers and led to a U.S. health department probe into whether there was a
April 26, 2024
Germany's BioNTech, whose COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with Pfizer was widely used during the pandemic, reported on Wednesday a plunge in 2023 revenue and earnings as its focus
April 26, 2024
The British government will introduce a bill in parliament on Wednesday to fulfill its promise to phase out smoking among young people by banning tobacco sales for future
April 26, 2024
Haleon said on Tuesday top shareholder Pfizer offloaded a roughly $3.9 billion stake in the consumer healthcare firm, bringing down its holding in the British company to 22.6%.
April 26, 2024
The proportion of U.S. abortions administered by medication rose to more than 60% in 2023, following a dramatic decline in surgical abortion access after the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Grocer Kroger said on Monday it had entered a definitive agreement for the sale of its specialty pharmacy business to CarelonRx, a unit of U.S. health insurer Elevance Health.
April 26, 2024
A U.S. government research team found no significant evidence of brain injury among a group of federal employees reporting symptoms of the "Havana syndrome" ailment that
April 26, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived an antitrust lawsuit by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals against Novartis related to prescription treatments to address a condition that can lead
April 26, 2024
The Novo Nordisk Foundation, top shareholder of Danish obesity drugmaker Novo Nordisk, plans to give a larger portion of its social, scientific and humanitarian grants outside
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Monday expanding U.S. government research on women's health, while spending $200 million next year to
April 26, 2024
U.S. aid chief Samantha Power is set to announce $25 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti on Friday, according to a statement seen by Reuters in
April 26, 2024
Reckitt Benckiser on Friday said it would pursue all options to have a $60 million verdict overturned in a baby formula case in the United States as it stood by the safety of all its
April 26, 2024
An Illinois jury has ordered Reckitt Benckiser unit Mead Johnson to pay $60 million to the mother of a premature baby who died of an intestinal disease after being fed
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday that its unit Change Healthcare's pharmacy network was back online, weeks after a cyberattack.
April 26, 2024
Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways in which a microgravity environment and other factors can meddle with the human body
April 26, 2024
Anti-vaccine activist Robert F.
April 26, 2024
The Department Of Health and Human Services has opened an investigation into UnitedHealth Group following a cyberattack on its unit Change Healthcare, it said on Wednesday.
April 26, 2024
Oklahoma's medical examiner on Wednesday ruled that nonbinary teenager Nex Benedict died by suicide in a death that friends and family said came one day after a beating at
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's
April 26, 2024
A Washington-based global trade association representing biotechnology companies is taking steps to "separate" from Chinese member Wuxi AppTec, according to a letter from
April 26, 2024
Eli Lilly said on Wednesday it has brought on Amazon.com's pharmacy unit to deliver drug prescriptions sent to its direct-to-consumer service, LillyDirect.
April 26, 2024
The German Air Force will take part in humanitarian airdrops into Gaza, amid an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, at the request of the foreign ministry in Berlin, government
April 26, 2024
General Motors said on Tuesday that Mike Abbott will step down as executive vice president, software and services, due to health reasons.
April 26, 2024
Walgreens has settled charges by New York Attorney General Letitia James that the pharmacy chain grossly inflated prices on at least 20 infant formula products in 2022 after a
April 26, 2024
Ratings agency Moody's said on Friday that U.S. hospitals, physician facilities and other medical providers could see a credit impact resulting from disruptions from the hack at
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group said the electronic prescribing for its pharmacy services is now fully functional, with claims submission and payment transmission also available after cyber attack on
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk's head of development on Friday told Reuters he was very comfortable the drugmaker would be able to launch the
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk's CEO on Friday said compounded semaglutide in the United States is a serious health issue.
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full recovery from a cyberattack that has been one of the most disruptive
April 26, 2024
Mexico is waiting for the United States to prove imported genetically modified (GM) corn is safe for Mexicans, said Deputy Agriculture
April 26, 2024
The Feb. 21 ransomware hack at UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare technology unit, which processes insurance claims and payments for the industry, has disrupted
April 26, 2024
Boehringer Ingelheim will reduce out-of-pocket costs for the company's inhaler products for a chronic lung disease and asthma to $35 per month starting June 1, the German drugmaker said on
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden will call on Congress to expand the number of drugs subject to annual Medicare price negotiations in his State of the Union address on
April 26, 2024
Two Alabama in vitro fertilization clinics are resuming treatment after the governor signed into law a measure aimed at protecting IVF in light of a state Supreme Court
April 26, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship
April 26, 2024
High levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in some acne treatments of brands including Estee Lauder's Clinique and Target's Up & Up, independent U.S. laboratory Valisure
April 26, 2024
Bayer on Tuesday said it won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a retired postal service worker in Pennsylvania who alleged he developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma from using
April 26, 2024
The American Hospital Association (AHA) sent a letter to UnitedHealth Group assailing the company's efforts to restore its financial systems in the wake of a cyberattack on the
April 26, 2024
South Carolina cannot cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, finding that doing so would deprive Medicaid patients of
April 26, 2024
A former owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly U.S. fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 has pleaded no contest to
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk's widely used diabetes drug Ozempic delayed progression of chronic kidney disease in diabetes patients, a large late-stage study
April 26, 2024
The latest trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson's talc products cause cancer ended in a mistrial on Tuesday, as a Florida state court jury said it could not agree on
April 26, 2024
Shares of dialysis services providers jumped in early trading on Tuesday after Novo Nordisk's popular diabetes drug Ozempic fell short of some expectations when tested on patients with
April 26, 2024
The manufacturers of drugs selected for the U.S. Medicare program's pricing negotiations have submitted counter offers to the U.S. government's initial proposal, U.S.
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration on Monday is set to urge a U.S. appeals court to preserve a federal mandate that requires health insurers to cover preventive care
April 26, 2024
A federal judge in Delaware on Friday upheld a law that requires some drugmakers to negotiate prices with Medicare, one of President Joe Biden's signature initiatives,
April 26, 2024
Norway's King Harald had a temporary pacemaker implanted on Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday there, the Norwegian royal household said.
April 26, 2024
The latest trial over claims that Bayer's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer ended with a hung jury on Friday, the company said, highlighting the continued uncertainty
April 26, 2024
CVS and Walgreens, the two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, will start selling abortion pill mifepristone at their stores in several states this month.
April 26, 2024
Alabama's Republican-led House on Thursday voted to advance a bill aimed at protecting the IVF industry after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered
April 26, 2024
Healthcare providers across the United States are struggling to get paid following the week-long ransomware outage at a
April 26, 2024
Vivani Medical shares surged more than five-fold in early trading on Wednesday after the drug developer said its experimental under-the-skin drug implant helped reduce weight in obese mice
April 26, 2024
The U.S. health regulator on Tuesday warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential risk of serious complications arising from the use of Hologic's devices that are implanted
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a letter on Monday to e-commerce companies regarding the pill presses that are being used to make fentanyl pills.
April 26, 2024
Mauritius will allow a ship belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to dock after no trace of cholera was found in samples taken from passengers on board, a senior health
April 26, 2024
An outage at a unit of the UnitedHealth Group that has led to nationwide disruptions in the filling of prescriptions for days was
April 26, 2024
Mauritius stopped a ship belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings from docking at its ports due to what it said was a health risk and took samples from about 15 passengers
April 26, 2024
U.S. rice exports to Haiti, which account for the bulk of supplies of the country's key food staple, contain unhealthy levels of arsenic and cadmium, heavy metals that can
April 26, 2024
The attorney general for one of the most populous U.S. states this week urged federal drug regulators to address safety risks associated with the widely
April 26, 2024
Credit Rating agency Moody's said Friday that the recently reported hack against UnitedHealth Group was "credit negative" for the company.
April 26, 2024
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created and stored for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children under a state law allowing parents to sue for
April 26, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he supports the availability of in vitro fertilization treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court decision regarding IVF.
April 26, 2024
Congress needs to restore reproductive healthcare protections following the Alabama Supreme Court decision regarding in vitro fertilization, White House spokesperson Karine Jean
April 26, 2024
Pharmaceutical companies last year launched new U.S. drugs at prices 35% higher than in 2022, reflecting in part the industry's embrace of expensive therapies for rare
April 26, 2024
Moderna on Thursday reported a surprise fourth-quarter profit helped by cost cutting and some deferred payments, and the vaccine maker set out a
April 26, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said a controversial Alabama court ruling over frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization was "outrageous and unacceptable."
April 26, 2024
A Texas man who pleaded guilty to involvement in providing banned performance-enhancing drugs to athletes before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned consumers to not use smartwatches or smart rings that claim to measure blood glucose levels without piercing the skin.
April 26, 2024
U.S. packaged foods firm Conagra Brands sees an "opportunity" to sell more frozen meals, meat snacks and popcorn to people using weight-loss drugs like Ozempic
April 26, 2024
The Gaza Strip's second-largest hospital has been put "completely out of service", a spokesperson for the Gaza health ministry said on Sunday.
April 26, 2024
U.S.-based Eli Lilly and Denmark's Novo Nordisk have struck gold with their weight-loss drugs, sending their shares to stratospheric levels and putting them
April 26, 2024
Abortion pills sent to pregnant women after video call or text message consultations are as safe and effective as in-person care, according to a large study from the United States,
April 26, 2024
Pfizer has agreed to pay $93 million to settle antitrust claims by wholesale drug distributors that accused it of conspiring with India's Ranbaxy Laboratories to delay
April 26, 2024
Nvidia's bet on smaller AI firms from healthcare companies Nano-X Imaging and Recursion to chipmaker Arm Holdings boosted their shares in premarket trading on Thursday.
April 26, 2024
Experts on aging caution against concluding that U.S.
April 26, 2024
COVID-19 changed the trajectory of Lucy Trieshmann's budding legal career.
April 26, 2024
Americans are catching up on healthcare missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend driven by heart procedures and outpatient orthopedic surgeries that
April 26, 2024
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by a major pharmaceutical industry trade association challenging a new program that allows Medicare to negotiate prices with
April 26, 2024
A Massachusetts judge on Monday dismissed lawsuits by families accusing Harvard of mishandling the bodies of loved ones that were donated to its medical school and
April 26, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized again and was put under general anesthesia on Monday to address a bladder issue.
April 26, 2024
Gilead Sciences on Monday said it will acquire CymaBay Therapeutics for $4.3 billion, to expand its portfolio of liver disease drugs.
April 26, 2024
Biogen missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday following its decision last month to return the rights for Alzheimer's disease drug Aduhelm and on soft sales of
April 26, 2024
At least 28,064 Palestinians have been killed and 67,611 others injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Saturday.
April 26, 2024
Moderna shares fell 6% on Friday after a longer-term analysis of a trial indicated a quicker fall in the efficacy of its experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.
April 26, 2024
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc forecast 2024 profit above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, betting on resilient demand for its medical devices, and said it had initiated a restructuring
April 26, 2024
Illumina on Thursday forecast its annual core business revenue to be nearly flat compared to fiscal year 2023 as subdued demand for its genetic testing tools and diagnostics products
April 26, 2024
As they navigated the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic Federal Reserve officials had a steady progression of descriptions for inflation, first saying it
April 26, 2024
British American Tobacco has submitted an application to market its Glo Hyper device as a reduced-risk product in the United States, its first movement in years on heated tobacco in
April 26, 2024
U.S. drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance on Wednesday said it has cut its stake in pharmaceutical distributor Cencora for the third time in just over six months, pocketing about $992
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth's president and chief operating officer, Dirk McMahon, will retire after serving for more than 20 years in the company, the health insurer said on Wednesday.
April 26, 2024
U.S.-based drug distributor McKesson raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, banking on strong demand for specialty medicines.
April 26, 2024
Florida's attorney general on Wednesday urged the state's highest court to block voters from deciding whether to amend the state constitution to protect abortion,
April 26, 2024
CVS Health lowered its adjusted profit forecast for 2024 on Wednesday after an increase in medical care among older adults in the United States drove up fourth-quarter costs at its
April 26, 2024
If the drugs don't work, the dosage may be wrong.
April 26, 2024
U.S. drug regulators in November found quality control lapses at the Bloomington, Indiana factory of contract drug manufacturer Catalent, including discovery of a "pest
April 26, 2024
Businesses across the United States are bracing for an outbreak of the Super flu next Monday when over 16 million Americans are expected to phone in sick after
April 26, 2024
Eli Lilly on Tuesday forecast 2024 profit above Wall Street estimates on soaring demand for Zepbound, its recently approved weight-loss drug, and said
April 26, 2024
GE HealthCare forecast 2024 profit largely above Wall Street expectations and beat fourth-quarter profit estimates on strong demand for its imaging devices, sending the company's shares up
April 26, 2024
Amazon.com will cut a few hundred jobs across its healthcare units, Amazon Healthcare Services executive Neil Lindsay said in a letter to employees on Tuesday.
April 26, 2024
A South Carolina woman, along with Planned Parenthood, on Monday filed a lawsuit asking a court to rule that state's abortion ban applies after about nine weeks of
April 26, 2024
Japan’s Eisai aims to roll out its groundbreaking Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi to 1,500 people in China later this year, but expects
April 26, 2024
A judge has rejected Abbott Laboratories' effort to dismiss a New York City grandmother's lawsuit claiming it misled consumers into believing its PediaSure
April 26, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that his recent cancer diagnosis shook him but he should have notified President Joe Biden and the public about it.
April 26, 2024
A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals
April 26, 2024
Health insurer Cigna Group raised its 2024 profit forecast on Friday after lower-than-expected medical costs and strong demand in its pharmacy benefit
April 26, 2024
Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday posted better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter as sales of its new anemia drug Reblozyl and its already off patent
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration is sending drugmakers opening offers for the U.S. Medicare program's first ever price negotiations on Thursday, the White House said in a statement.
April 26, 2024
Merck & Co on Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on strong sales of its cancer immunotherapy Keytruda, now the world's biggest selling
April 26, 2024
Talks between the U.S. and Chinese officials on stemming the flow of chemicals used for the production of deadly fentanyl have been "substantive" but "much
April 26, 2024
Medical equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc on Wednesday forecast annual profit below Wall Street estimates, as it expects that a slump in demand for its services used to make
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk's CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen confirmed on Wednesday that Catalent's Indiana plant in the United States has started filling injection pens for its obesity
April 26, 2024
Biogen Inc said on Wednesday it would terminate a post-approval study of its first Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, and discontinue all commercialization for the controversial treatment.
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk will target launches of its mega popular obesity shot Wegovy in markets where it already has strong sales of its
April 26, 2024
A senior United Airlines executive highlighted the widespread loss of experience in the aviation industry since the COVID-19 pandemic and said it may have contributed
April 26, 2024
A congressional committee focused on China has introduced a bill that would restrict federally funded medical providers from allowing China's BGI Group, WuXi Apptec and
April 26, 2024
The White House Medical Unit during the Trump administration provided prescription drugs, including controlled substances, to ineligible staff and spent tens
April 26, 2024
The first joint meeting of the U.S.-China working group on fentanyl precursor chemicals will be held on Jan. 30 in Beijing, a senior U.S.
April 26, 2024
Bayer was ordered on Friday to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller, the man's attorneys said.
April 26, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit the hospital for a scheduled follow-up appointment on Friday after his recent prostate cancer treatment, the Pentagon said in a statement.
April 26, 2024
A record 21.3 million Americans have so far enrolled for coverage under Obamacare health insurance for 2024, a 31% jump over the year earlier, and the highest since its inception, the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Namibia's President Hage Geingob will travel to the United States on Wednesday to undergo cancer treatment, the presidency has announced.
April 26, 2024
Humana Inc forecast 2024 profit sharply below analysts' estimates on Thursday as the health insurer anticipated increased demand for medical procedures, especially among older adults, to
April 26, 2024
Harvard University on Friday urged a judge in Boston to dismiss lawsuits by families accusing it of mishandling the bodies of loved ones that were donated to its
April 26, 2024
U.S. inspectors recently uncovered new manufacturing problems at an Eli Lilly plant that has been under scrutiny by federal investigators,
April 26, 2024
The replacement for the ground-based U.S. nuclear arsenal anchored by the Minuteman III has officially busted through its $95.8 billion budget due to the COVID-19
April 26, 2024
A Spanish court has ruled a former Facebook moderator's mental health was damaged by his work reviewing graphic content such as beheadings
April 26, 2024
The quality of healthcare for minority children in the United States is universally worse than it is for white children, even after accounting for insurance coverage, an
April 26, 2024
Humana Inc said on Thursday it sees medical costs to be higher than previously expected in the fourth quarter due to increased demand for medical services, sending its shares down 13% in
April 26, 2024
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on Sunday Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's doctor's think he may still need some additional care.
April 26, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized and is in good condition, the Pentagon said on Saturday, adding that it did not yet have a specific date for his release.
April 26, 2024
Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of COVID-19 and influenza are putting pressure on healthcare systems this winter,
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday classified the recall of certain respiratory masks made by ResMed as most serious as their use could cause major injuries or death.
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth on Friday reported better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter even as high demand for non-urgent medical procedures drove up costs for the healthcare conglomerate.
April 26, 2024
COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech on Tuesday forecast total company revenues of about 3 billion euros ($3.28 billion)for 2024, as it works to scale up its oncology business with product
April 26, 2024
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday reported eye drug Eylea's fourth-quarter preliminary U.S. sales below Wall Street expectations, as the company's blockbuster product faced pressure from
April 26, 2024
Moderna on Monday reported preliminary 2023 sales of $6.7 billion for its COVID vaccine, surpassing the lower end of its full-year forecast, while reiterating its goal of returning to
April 26, 2024
Merck & Co said on Monday it would buy cancer drug developer Harpoon Therapeutics for about $680 million, reinforcing its oncology portfolio with immunotherapies.
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had agreed to buy drug developer Ambrx Biopharma for $2 billion to gain access to drugs that belong to a class of targeted cancer therapies which have
April 26, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Christopher Boerner said on Monday the drugmaker expects to add 16 new products to its portfolio by the end of the decade.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. healthcare sector is showing signs of life after lagging in 2023 as investors bet cheap valuations will offset a tendency to underperform during
April 26, 2024
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday proposed offering pregnant women 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments, which she said would make New
April 26, 2024
Healthcare dealmakers are making their way to San Francisco for a major industry
April 26, 2024
A state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access in Florida has received enough signatures of support to appear on ballots in the November election, but a challenge by
April 26, 2024
Blockbuster weight-loss drug maker Novo Nordisk announced on Thursday research collaborations with two U.S. biotech firms, part of its efforts to stay ahead in big
April 26, 2024
Fitness equipment maker Peloton Interactive will bring its workout content to short-form video platform TikTok in an exclusive partnership, the companies said on Thursday.
April 26, 2024
Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. government cannot enforce federal guidance in Texas requiring emergency room doctors to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency room patients, a
April 26, 2024
Moderna shares rose more than 11% on Tuesday after the vaccine maker's CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a shareholder letter that the company expects its sales to grow in 2025.
April 26, 2024
A U.S. court on Friday upheld a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order to block IQVIA’s acquisition of DeepIntent, a healthcare advertising firm, as it
April 26, 2024
Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to resolve claims by U.S. health insurers and benefit plans that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction
April 26, 2024
A federal safety board investigation has found that Chesapeake Energy and its contractors failed to provide adequate control measures at the site of a 2020 fire at a company-operated oil
April 26, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb said on Tuesday it would buy RayzeBio for about $4.1 billion to bolster its cancer drug business, marking the second large deal struck by the drugmaker in less than a
April 26, 2024
Bayer has won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its Roundup weedkiller, ending what had been a five-trial
April 26, 2024
Nestle sees no threat to its huge coffee business from the rising popularity of weight-loss drugs like Eli Lilly's Zepbound and Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, Chief Executive Mark Schneider
April 26, 2024
A judge has barred expert witnesses from testifying that Johnson & Johnson spin-off Kenvue's painkiller Tylenol can cause autism if mothers take it during pregnancy,
April 26, 2024
More than 15.3 million Americans have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for 2024, a 33% increase from this time last year, according to data released by
April 26, 2024
Lawyers at Planned Parenthood and other groups said Monday that they had dropped a class action lawsuit challenging Kentucky's near-total abortion ban, after the named
April 26, 2024
Juul Labs said on Tuesday it was seeking U.S. authorization for its new menthol-flavored pods, which require user age verification, to be used with its e-cigarette device that is under
April 26, 2024
Gene sequencing company Illumina said on Sunday it will divest cancer diagnostic test maker Grail after the companies battled both U.S. and European antitrust enforcers for more than two
April 26, 2024
Mexico's government said Friday it temporarily closed a cantaloupe processing plant while investigating the source of a salmonella contamination that has killed at least nine
April 26, 2024
U.S. drug regulators in September found quality control lapses at Moderna’s main factory including with equipment used to manufacture drug substance for its COVID-19
April 26, 2024
Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, best known for two television roles playing cops - one dramatic, the other comedic - was diagnosed with lung cancer months
April 26, 2024
Chewy and eight other companies are violating federal law by selling or making unapproved antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs for animals that could potentially give rise to drug-
April 26, 2024
With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping
April 26, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged governments to treat e-cigarettes similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours, threatening cigarette companies' bets on smoking
April 26, 2024
A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that only 11, or less than a third, of Gaza's hospitals remain partially functional and pleaded for them to remain intact.
April 26, 2024
Whether it's the "collective trauma" cited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the bad "vibes" noted by internet analysts, there has been a
April 26, 2024
Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen on Tuesday filed a petition with the U.S.
April 26, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's ruling that would have allowed a pregnant woman to get an emergency abortion under the medical exception for
April 26, 2024
Sanofi said on Monday it was terminating a deal to exclusively license a drug that Maze Therapeutics is developing to treat Pompe disease because of objections from the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Pfizer said on Tuesday it has agreed to donate the rights of royalties from sales of cancer drug Bavencio to address concerns from U.S. antitrust regulators related to its $43-billion deal
April 26, 2024
U.S. drugmaker Moderna said on Tuesday Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Arpa Garay has stepped down more than a year after she took on the role. Effective Dec.
April 26, 2024
The impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Gaza's healthcare sector has been "catastrophic", the World Health Organization chief said on Sunday at an emergency board meeting, saying
April 26, 2024
U.S. health insurer Cigna has ended its attempt to negotiate an acquisition of rival Humana after the pair failed to agree on price, two sources familiar with the situation
April 26, 2024
A pregnant woman and Planned Parenthood sued Kentucky on Friday, seeking to invalidate its near-total ban on abortion, saying the law violates rights to privacy and self
April 26, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court
April 26, 2024
AbbVie said on Wednesday it would buy Cerevel Therapeutics, a developer of drugs for neurological conditions, for about $8.7 billion in a bid to replace revenue as its arthritis drug
April 26, 2024
AbbVie's decision to buy Cerevel Therapeutics before key data on the drug developer's experimental schizophrenia treatment may have helped it avoid a
April 26, 2024
A Texas woman on Tuesday asked a court to allow her to obtain an abortion despite the state's near-total ban on the procedure, saying her fetus was likely not viable and
April 26, 2024
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo is still in remission from the rare blood disorder known as myelodysplastic syndrome, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
April 26, 2024
Nearly 7.3 million Americans so far have signed up for health insurance for next year through the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) marketplace, according to data released by the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson's worldwide vice president for litigation said on Tuesday that the company has recently reached settlements with several law firms over their clients'
April 26, 2024
AbbVie Inc is nearing an approximately $8 billion deal to acquire Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc, a developer of drugs for neurological conditions such as
April 26, 2024
Bayer was ordered on Tuesday to pay nearly $3.5 million by a Philadelphia jury that found the company's Roundup weedkiller caused a woman's cancer, the company said, the
April 26, 2024
British American Tobacco's admission that its U.S. cigarette brands will be worthless within decades has ramped up pressure on the company to prove it can better
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday forecast revenue growth of 5-6% for the next year, as it banks on strong demand for cancer treatments Darzalex and Carvykti and resilient sales of blockbuster
April 26, 2024
Eli Lilly said on Tuesday its recently approved obesity treatment Zepbound is now available in U.S. pharmacies and could cost $550 a month for
April 26, 2024
CVS Health on Tuesday forecast 2024 revenue above Wall Street estimates and an in-line profit as the company expects to benefit from its expansion into health services and strength in its
April 26, 2024
Roche agreed to take over obesity drug developer Carmot Therapeutics for $2.7 billion, joining a list global contestants seeking to challenge the dominant makers of weight
April 26, 2024
With Bayer facing investor pressure to resolve thousands of lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller after being hit with $2 billion in verdicts in recent weeks, all eyes
April 26, 2024
Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine.
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk on Thursday said it sued one compounding pharmacy and refiled a lawsuit against another after finding their products claiming to contain the active
April 26, 2024
Health insurer Cigna is in merger talks with Humana, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, potentially marking the latest in a long string of deals aimed at
April 26, 2024
U.S. health insurers Cigna and Humana are in talks to merge, a potential deal likely to face aggressive scrutiny from the U.S.
April 26, 2024
AbbVie said on Thursday it will buy drugmaker ImmunoGen for $10.1 billion, boosting its presence in the market for cancer treatments.
April 26, 2024
Major U.S. health insurer Cigna is in merger talks with Humana, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a deal that would give Cigna a much
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday forecast 2024 profit below Wall Street expectations, indicating that medical costs are likely to remain elevated for the health insurance giant.
April 26, 2024
Senior Biden administration officials met with RSV vaccine makers this week to underscore the need for manufacturers such as Sanofi and
April 26, 2024
The U.S. health regulator on Monday approved SpringWorks Therapeutics' drug for treating adult patients with desmoid tumors, making it the first approved treatment for this type of non-
April 26, 2024
A group of patients and doctors will urge Texas' highest court on Tuesday to stop the state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban for women with medical conditions
April 26, 2024
A research foundation originally set up by Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer accept any funding from the nicotine industry as it seeks to win credibility with tobacco
April 26, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially requested that China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in
April 26, 2024
The WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Puree, a product potentially contaminated with lead, was still being sold at Dollar Tree stores despite a recall that began last month, the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it will launch its hugely popular Wegovy obesity drug in Japan on Feb. 22 next year.
April 26, 2024
Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic on Thursday after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of
April 26, 2024
Morgan Stanley co-President Andy Saperstein has been diagnosed with cancer, he wrote in an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
April 26, 2024
Weight loss was the talk of this earnings season, making names such as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro the water-cooler discussion that companies across
April 26, 2024
The U.S. government on Monday will start taking orders for another round of free COVID-19 tests for delivery across the country, a Department of Health and
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned healthcare providers and facilities not to use Cardinal Health's Monoject syringes with patient-controlled pain management pumps.
April 26, 2024
Germany's Bayer has aborted a large late-stage trial testing a new anti-clotting drug due to lack of efficacy, dealing a fresh blow to the embattled drugmaker and throwing
April 26, 2024
Eli Lilly will build its first plant in Germany for 2.3 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in the western town of Alzey, the U.S. pharmaceuticals maker said on
April 26, 2024
John, a tech executive who has been battling weight gain since his 30s, has a nine-month supply in his refrigerator.
April 26, 2024
A Missouri jury ordered Bayer to pay $1.56 billion to four plaintiffs who claimed the company's Roundup weedkiller caused injuries including cancer, a verdict that could
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson on Thursday said it has settled two lawsuits claiming its talc products caused cancer, the first such cases to go to trial since a federal court
April 26, 2024
The Indonesian Hospital in Gaza has shut down and about 45 patients who urgently need surgery have been left in the reception area, hospital chief Atef al-Kahlout told al Jazeera on
April 26, 2024
Efforts to provide medical relief for Palestinians from the Gaza Strip should be concentrated within the besieged coastal enclave, Egypt's foreign minister said on Thursday.
April 26, 2024
China's narcotics control agency has warned against the manufacture and sale of substances that can be used to make illegal drugs, a day after President Xi Jinping said China would
April 26, 2024
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have asked Meta to "provide documents related to senior executives’ knowledge of the mental and physical health harms associated with its
April 26, 2024
U.S. pharmaceuticals company Eli Lilly plans to build a production plant in western Germany, sources close to the matter told Reuters,
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had sent a warning letter to Amazon.com related to sale of seven unapproved eye drops on the company's e-commerce platform.
April 26, 2024
Some big investors showed increased appetite for weight-loss drug makers in the third quarter, piling in to shares of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk amid growing
April 26, 2024
A federal judge on Monday allowed the majority of claims to move forward in sprawling litigation that claims chemical hair relaxer products made by L'Oreal USA, Revlon
April 26, 2024
Brazilian meatpacker Minerva said on Monday it has been informed by Paraguayan authorities of the approval of a health protocol set to open the U.S. market for Paraguayan beef
April 26, 2024
Investors are exiting exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track medical technology and device firms due to growing concerns over the impact new
April 26, 2024
Shares of U.S. medical device makers climbed in early trading on Monday as a potential hit from the cardiac benefits of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy was seen as more moderate than initially
April 26, 2024
Cancer and mortality studies conducted by a U.S. health agency have found elevated cancer rates in military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune, a major American
April 26, 2024
A new class of weight loss drugs is transforming the U.S. healthcare system in ways that could extend to equally hard-to-treat areas like
April 26, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration is naming a pilot mental health committee to provide recommendations to address barriers preventing pilots from reporting mental health
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth's pharmacy benefit manager unit said on Thursday it was adding eight insulin products to its reimbursement list that would limit out-of-pocket spend to $35 or less.
April 26, 2024
Kaiser Permanente's healthcare workers voted to ratify a new contract between their union and the hospital chain, the union said on Thursday, ending a months-long negotiation that resulted
April 26, 2024
COVID-19 vaccine maker Novavax on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue, boosted by U.S. government grants to help cover the expense of clinical trials, sending its
April 26, 2024
A woman was arrested in Florida on Wednesday on charges that she threatened to kill a Texas federal judge who earlier this year suspended approval of the abortion drug
April 26, 2024
After a victory on Tuesday in Ohio, where voters enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution, abortion access advocates are turning their attention to 2024.
April 26, 2024
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit, as a rebound in knee surgeries lifted demand for the medical device maker's products.
April 26, 2024
The number of newborns with syphilis in the United States surged more than 10-fold in the last decade, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday.
April 26, 2024
Japanese drugmaker Eisai said on Tuesday it was targeting revenue of 10 billion yen ($66.5 million) from its recently approved Alzheimer's drug, Leqembi, by March 2024.
April 26, 2024
Biogen cut
April 26, 2024
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring California from requiring businesses to warn consumers that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller,
April 26, 2024
More than a year after Amazon.com agreed to buy One Medical, an in-person and virtual primary care practice, the company is cutting the telehealth
April 26, 2024
Vertex Pharmaceuticals missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter sales on Monday, hurt by weaker-than-expected demand for its older cystic fibrosis (CF) treatments.
April 26, 2024
A federal judge on Monday pared back a U.S. government lawsuit accusing drug distributor Cencora, formerly called AmerisourceBergen, of fueling the nation's deadly
April 26, 2024
U.S. health insurer Cigna Group is exploring the sale of its Medicare Advantage business, which manages government health insurance for people aged 65 and older
April 26, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb has acquired Orum Therapeutics' experimental therapy to treat a type of blood cancer for a total value of up to $180 million, the privately held company said on Monday
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly both expect juggernaut sales for their diabetes and weight-loss drugs to extend into coming years - limited only by their
April 26, 2024
Israel has asked foreign countries to send hospital ships to help treat wounded Palestinians who are allowed to leave the
April 26, 2024
E-cigarette use among U.S. high school students dropped significantly this year to 10% from 14%, according to a government survey on Thursday, even as the potentially addictive nicotine
April 26, 2024
Arkansas, a major U.S. chicken producer, has reported its first outbreak of lethal avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in a year, as the nation sees an uptick
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it will supply "significantly" more doses of Wegovy in the U.S. next year, even as it cautioned
April 26, 2024
The majority of U.S. patients with health insurance coverage taking Novo Nordisk's powerful weight-loss drug Wegovy are paying less than $25 per month, a senior executive
April 26, 2024
Moderna on Thursday said it expected 2023 revenue of at least $6 billion, a decline reflecting weaker demand for COVID-19 vaccines this year, but that it would return
April 26, 2024
Many people on Medicare look the other way when the program’s annual enrollment period rolls around, preferring simply to ignore the hassle.
April 26, 2024
Bayer investor Union Investment called on Wednesday for the German company to reconsider its litigation strategy for glyphosate and a key U.S.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Amgen's biosimilar version of Johnson & Johnson's blockbuster psoriasis treatment, Stelara, for multiple inflammatory diseases.
April 26, 2024
Around 15 million Americans had received the updated COVID-19 vaccines by the end of October, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said on Wednesday.
April 26, 2024
Humana on Wednesday said it expected elevated demand for non-urgent surgeries to spill over into next year and hurt its profit growth, sending its shares down nearly 4%
April 26, 2024
The only cancer treatment hospital in the Gaza Strip has gone out of service after it ran out of fuel, health officials said on Wednesday.
April 26, 2024
CVS Health Corp beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday as strength in its drugstores and pharmacy benefit management business offset higher-than-expected medical
April 26, 2024
A California jury found Bayer liable in a case brought by a man who claimed his cancer was due to exposure to the company's Roundup weed killer, and ordered it to pay $332 million in
April 26, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a challenge to an Arizona law banning abortions from being performed solely because the fetus has a genetic abnormality.
April 26, 2024
Some employees at CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance's U.S. pharmacies launched a three-day walkout starting Monday to get the companies to improve working
April 26, 2024
Pfizer on Tuesday urged investors to focus on growth in non-COVID products such as the new RSV vaccine Abrysvo as slumping demand for COVID-19 vaccines
April 26, 2024
Pfizer, which dominated COVID vaccine sales, now finds itself looking up at GSK, whose rival new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine has surged to an early lead
April 26, 2024
British drugmaker GSK said on Tuesday it had signed a $1 billion agreement with Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen for exclusive rights to further develop and commercialize the U.S.-based
April 26, 2024
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc on Tuesday beat Wall Street expectations for third-quarter profit as a continued recovery in demand for surgical procedures boosted sales of its medical
April 26, 2024
The management company of White Island, where a volcano eruption killed 22 people, mostly tourists, in 2019, was found guilty of one charge of breaching health
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson has begun providing documents and information in response to a civil investigation by the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Schools will move to an online regime starting Monday in Ukraine's central city of Vinnytsia after a Hepatitis A outbreak sent scores of children and adults to the hospital, the country's
April 26, 2024
AbbVie, girding for government price negotiations on its big-selling cancer drug Imbruvica, on Friday disclosed a $2.1 billion charge related to an expected drop in revenue
April 26, 2024
Merck & Co on Thursday reported higher-than-expected third-quarter sales and profit on surprisingly strong demand for its COVID-19 treatment, primarily in Japan.
April 26, 2024
Laboratory Corporation of America topped Wall Street expectations for quarterly adjusted profit on Thursday, as strength in its routine diagnostics business more than offset weak COVID
April 26, 2024
Medical device maker Dexcom on Thursday raised its annual revenue forecast and beat quarterly estimates on strong demand for its continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, sending its
April 26, 2024
Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb on Thursday pushed back by a year the time frame for its current new-product portfolio to hit $10 billion in sales as the ramp-up of new
April 26, 2024
Tobacco giant Altria Group cut its annual profit forecast on Thursday as more smokers swapped its higher priced cigarettes for cheaper brands or smoking alternatives, sending the Marlboro
April 26, 2024
Consumer Reports on Wednesday said it has found "concerning" levels of lead and cadmium in a new array of chocolate products, and renewed its call for Hershey
April 26, 2024
Genetics testing company 23andMe on Tuesday sent emails to several customers to inform them of a breach into the "DNA Relatives" feature that allowed them to
April 26, 2024
Roche on Monday said it will buy Telavant, a developer of a new treatment for inflamatory bowel diseases, for an initial $7.1 billion from American biopharma company Roivant
April 26, 2024
Planned Parenthood must face a trial in a $1.8 billion lawsuit by Texas accusing the organization of defrauding the Republican-led state's Medicaid
April 26, 2024
Two Texas jurisdictions will consider measures this week to outlaw the act of transporting another person along their roads for an abortion, part of a strategy by
April 26, 2024
Dutch health technology company Philips on Monday raised its full-year outlook as it beat analyst expectations with a more than doubling of third-quarter core profit to 457
April 26, 2024
Colorado cannot stop a Catholic medical center from offering an unproven treatment meant to reverse the effects of pill used in medication abortion, a federal judge has
April 26, 2024
A pill for dengue fever developed by Johnson & Johnson appeared to protect against a form of the virus in a handful of patients in a small human challenge trial in the
April 26, 2024
Royalty Pharma said on Thursday it has purchased additional royalties on Roche and PTC Therapeutics' oral spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug for an upfront payment of $1 billion.
April 26, 2024
U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer gained unconditional EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its proposed $43 billion acquisition of cancer drug maker Seagen.
April 26, 2024
Thermo Fisher Scientific said on Tuesday it would acquire Olink Holding AB in a deal valued at $3.1 billion as the U.S. medical equipment maker seeks to boost its life sciences portfolio
April 26, 2024
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it has embarked on a two-year restructuring program for its orthopedics business after third-quarter medical devices
April 26, 2024
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has settled a critical dispute with drug supplier McKesson Corp to ensure that customers' prescriptions will continue to be filled
April 26, 2024
Abbott Laboratories said the market was overestimating the hit to sales of its glucose monitoring products from growing popularity of new diabetes drugs,
April 26, 2024
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it needs urgent access to Gaza to deliver aid and medical supplies, as the UN agency warned of a humanitarian crisis in the Israeli-
April 26, 2024
Shares of Pfizer and German partner BioNTech fell on Monday after the U.S. drugmaker slashed the sales forecast for its COVID vaccine and therapy last week, and some
April 26, 2024
Novo Nordisk has agreed to buy ocedurenone, a drug for uncontrolled hypertension with potential application in cardiovascular and kidney disease, from KBP Biosciences for up to
April 26, 2024
Moderna on Monday reaffirmed its forecast of $6 billion to $8 billion in COVID vaccine sales for the year, after rival Pfizer slashed forecast for its vaccine last week.
April 26, 2024
Drugstore chain Rite Aid is the latest U.S. company to seek bankruptcy protection following pressure from lawsuits alleging that they helped fuel the opioid crisis.
April 26, 2024
Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, a move that would halt lawsuits the drugstore chain is facing over its alleged role in the U.S. opioid crisis and named a new CEO.
April 26, 2024
Big Tobacco firms including British American Tobacco are selling heat sticks made from nicotine-infused substances such as rooibos tea, countering an incoming
April 26, 2024
Record debts, high interest rates, the costs of climate change, health and pension spending as populations age and fractious
April 26, 2024
The United States is providing $12 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to respond to earthquakes in Afghanistan this month that have killed and injured
April 26, 2024
UnitedHealth reported a third-quarter profit on Friday ahead of analysts' estimates, helped by a lower-than-feared rise in medical costs at the company's
April 26, 2024
More than 7 million Americans had rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 vaccines as of Wednesday, according to the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Kaiser Permanente and the union representing healthcare workers resumed negotiations on Thursday, more than a week after contract talks broke off at the start
April 26, 2024
A few tortillas and a half bowl of reheated beans were all Maria Concepcion Rodriguez had to feed her six children in the isolated village of
April 26, 2024
U.S. genetic testing company Illumina has been ordered by EU antitrust regulators to sell cancer test maker Grail after it completed the deal before securing their
April 26, 2024
High levels of inflation and increased costs of living are contributing to worldwide hunger, according to a survey of 16 countries commissioned by the humanitarian group
April 26, 2024
Shares of dialysis service providers fell sharply on Wednesday after Novo Nordisk's Ozempic showed early signs of success in delaying the progression of kidney disease in
April 26, 2024
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily limited Idaho's ability to enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergencies while it weighs in on a legal
April 26, 2024
Contract drug manufacturers seeking to tap into the booming market for weight-loss drugs are investing billions of dollars to expand or build factories that fill the
April 26, 2024
Walmart said on Tuesday it will expand online primary care facilities as part of its employee health insurance plan to its workers in 28 U.S. states.
April 26, 2024
The number of U.S. employers who cover obesity medications, including Wegovy from Novo Nordisk that belongs to a class of GLP-1 drugs, could nearly double next year, according to a
April 26, 2024
Tesla workers at the carmaker's Brandenburg plant are joining the IG Metall union in rising numbers over concerns around health, safety and
April 26, 2024
The union for tens of thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente, a leading non-profit hospital network and managed-care organization, said it may hold a one-week strike starting Nov. 1,
April 26, 2024
China has said it would "look into" appointing a senior official responsible for the fentanyl issue that has become a major sticking point in U.S.-China
April 26, 2024
Pharmacy employees at some U.S.
April 26, 2024
Americans have started rolling up their sleeves for the latest version of the COVID-19 vaccine, but weeks into the rollout some
April 26, 2024
Bristol-Myers Squibb is set to acquire cancer drugmaker Mirati Therapeutics for $58 per share in cash, representing $4.8 billion equity value.
April 26, 2024
A 72-hour strike by 75,000 healthcare workers against Kaiser Permanente drew to a close on Friday as both sides in the labor dispute agreed
April 26, 2024
Nestle shares were under pressure on Friday as investors weighed the potential impact of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-losing drug Wegovy and how it could reduce spending on food.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. has detected its first case of avian flu on a commercial poultry farm since April, in a flock of 47,300 turkeys in Jerauld County, South Dakota, the U.S.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. government will stop distributing free doses of Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir by the middle of next month and expects it to be sold on
April 26, 2024
Paris-based drugmaker Sanofi is exploring a potential acquisition of cancer drugmaker Mirati Therapeutics, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter.
April 26, 2024
Anti-vaccine activist Robert F.
April 26, 2024
Former University of Southern California campus gynecologist George Tyndall, who was accused of sexually assaulting patients under the guise of treatment
April 26, 2024
About 75,000 medical workers from Kaiser Permanente facilities went on a planned three-day strike on Wednesday, putting pressure on one of the leading not-
April 26, 2024
Kaiser Permanente appeared headed for a labor clash with 75,000 of its healthcare workers as union leaders said contract talks had stalled on Tuesday,
April 26, 2024
Eli Lilly and Co said on Wednesday that the head of its diabetes and obesity division, Mike Mason, will retire by the end of the year after more than three decades with the drugmaker.
April 26, 2024
A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday threw out a $223.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a trial over four plaintiffs' claims that they developed cancer
April 26, 2024
The failure of Congress to reauthorize the main U.S. program aimed at reducing the spread of AIDS sends a message that Washington is "
April 26, 2024
Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the award-giving
April 26, 2024
France started vaccinating ducks against bird flu on Monday to try and stem the virus that killed millions of birds around the world, a move that prompted the United States to impose
April 26, 2024
All the drugmakers that make the 10 prescription medicines subject to the first-ever price negotiations for the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Walgreens Boots Alliance is considering former Cigna executive Tim Wentworth to be its next chief executive, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
April 26, 2024
The coalition of unions representing healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente said late on Saturday it is unlikely there will be a new agreement with the healthcare provider, as their
April 26, 2024
Health insurer Cigna Group says it has reached a settlement with the United States over claims it overcharged the government's Medicare Advantage program by making it appear
April 26, 2024
Around 1.8 million people in the United States received a COVID vaccine during the week ended Sept. 22, according to data compiled by health care data and analytics firm IQVIA Holdings Inc
April 26, 2024
Global health aid agency Unitaid has written to Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) CEO Joaquin Duato, urging him to take "immediate action" to expand access to the company's tuberculosis
April 26, 2024
An important Biden administration effort to control the soaring cost of prescription drugs made headlines this week - but drug costs are just one part of a growing struggle
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that a government shutdown is not evitable, but that if there is one, a lot of vital work could be impacted in science and health.
April 26, 2024
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones
April 26, 2024
Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions
April 25, 2024
Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse has given their final approval on legislation criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent
April 25, 2024
Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health
April 25, 2024
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.
April 25, 2024
New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops
April 25, 2024
USA Track & Field unveiled a program Thursday that expands an existing maternity support system to give athletes more time to return
April 25, 2024
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison.
April 25, 2024
New weight loss drugs are reshaping a dieting industry built on eating less and exercising more
April 25, 2024
Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines against HPV for free, and many public-school teachers ignore the requirement to teach sex ed
April 25, 2024
Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help
April 25, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering another abortion-related case while a repeal of Arizona's abortion ban has picked up steam
April 25, 2024
The number of U.S. births fell last year
April 25, 2024
Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist
April 24, 2024
You probably glance at nutrition labels every time you pick up a box of cereal, bag of chips, or candy bar at the grocery store. But do you truly understand the wealth of information those tiny panels contain? Learning how to read nutrition labels is the key to decoding exactly what you’re putting into your body with each bite. Behind those small black-and-white rectangles lies a simple yet powerful tool that could transform your health. Those unassuming nutrition labels provide a shockingly transparent look at the quality of nutrients in your favorite foods and snacks. From unveiling sky-high levels of
April 24, 2024
U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak
April 24, 2024
It’s unclear exactly where the Supreme Court will land after hearing arguments about Idaho's abortion ban
April 24, 2024
The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer
April 24, 2024
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison says the business software giant’s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as its world headquarters and place it in a city that's a center of the health care industry
April 24, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have announced legislation Wednesday aimed at helping Arizonans access abortions after the Arizona Supreme Court allowed a near total-ban to move forward
April 24, 2024
U.S. agriculture officials say dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus in an effort to track and control the growing outbreak
April 24, 2024
A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart
April 24, 2024
Affordable access to high-speed internet brings educational opportunities, economic development and better access to health professionals.
April 24, 2024
While reading, scrolling and focusing on other objects near our faces increase the risk of developing myopia, a little time outdoors in the sun can help mitigate it.
April 24, 2024
Many Black patients experience stark differences in how they’re treated during medical interactions compared to white patients.
April 24, 2024
U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time
April 24, 2024
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting to repeal the state’s near-total ban on abortions after a court concluded the state can enforce the long-dormant law that permits the procedure only to save a patient’s life
April 24, 2024
The Supreme Court is considering a case that will determine when doctors can provide abortions during medical emergencies in states with bans enacted after the high court’s sweeping decision overturning Roe v. Wade
April 24, 2024
U.S. health officials say samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows
April 23, 2024
Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it’s far from clear that they will reach a compromise
April 23, 2024
U.S. health officials are warning of counterfeit Botox injections after more than 20 people got sick
April 23, 2024
This information will interest you if you’ve recently purchased fresh basil from Trader Joe’s. A salmonella outbreak has caused the prominent grocery chain to recall basil from all its branches worldwide. Over a dozen clients across different states have already fallen ill after consuming the potentially contaminated herb. This unfortunate occurrence exposed serious flaws in the beautiful fabric of our modern food distribution networks and has captured the interest of the CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Midweek, the CDC issued a high-priority public advisory that the specific recalled basil varieties were packaged in 2.5-ounce plastic clamshell containers
April 23, 2024
Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc have helped the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide
April 23, 2024
Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider how far state abortion bans can extend to women in medical emergencies
April 23, 2024
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans
April 23, 2024
UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business
April 23, 2024
EMTALA requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment to all patients – but Idaho is arguing that its abortion ban means it doesn’t have to allow the procedure, even if it is medically needed.
April 23, 2024
Studies show a parent’s poor diet could affect the genes of generations to come – and set up children and grandchildren for obesity and cardiovascular issues.
April 23, 2024
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government has scored a victory with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies
April 23, 2024
A legendary rugby player has cited the fear and anxiety that has invaded his life among the reasons for urging the Australian government to fund support services and education about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
April 23, 2024
President Joe Biden is traveling to Florida to assail the state’s forthcoming six-week abortion ban and similar restrictions nationwide
April 23, 2024
Life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or altogether absent at hospitals and clinics across Haiti's capital as brutal gangs tighten their grip on Port-au-Prince and beyond
April 23, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday
April 22, 2024
A Peruvian psychologist who suffered from an incurable disease that weakened her muscles and had her confined to her bed for several years, died by euthanasia, becoming the first person in the country to obtain the right to die with medical assistance
April 22, 2024
A federal jury says Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened
April 22, 2024
U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level
April 22, 2024
The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal
April 22, 2024
Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan's lead-contaminated water crisis have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began
April 22, 2024
THC concentrations in newly available products far exceed those of traditional smoked weed, which can have dangerous unintended consequences in adolescents.
April 22, 2024
From synthetic fabrics to car exhaust to wildfires, exposure to environmental pollutants push the skin microbiome to adapt in ways that reduce its ability to protect the skin.
April 22, 2024
The federal government will for the first time require nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older Americans
April 22, 2024
Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it
April 21, 2024
President Joe Biden frequently cites insulin prices as he promotes a $35 price cap for Americans with diabetes who are on Medicare
April 21, 2024
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 13 people, including nine children
April 21, 2024
Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 20, 2024
A major argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis after 75 years of prohibition was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities
April 20, 2024
The U.N. World Food Program has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving civilians of Gaza once the U.S. military completes a pier for transporting the humanitarian assistance by sea
April 19, 2024
A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying the strict abortion bans
April 19, 2024
The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed proposed tax breaks for anti-abortion counseling centers while allowing restrictions on college diversity initiatives to become law without her signature
April 19, 2024
Spreading rapidly across the internet like wildfire, the ‘girl dinner‘ trend has captured the imagination of food enthusiasts from all walks of life, sparking widespread discussion and interest. This seemingly lighthearted concept started as a viral TikTok trend before being officially cemented in Dictionary.com‘s hallowed pages. The popular online reference bestowed lexical legitimacy on ‘girl dinner‘ by formally defining it as “an attractively presented collection of snacks that involve little preparation, such as small quantities of cold cuts, cheese, fruit, cherry tomatoes, etc., deemed sufficient to constitute a meal for one.” This dictionary induction signifies the trend’s transition from ephemeral
April 19, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two forever chemicals used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances
April 19, 2024
Sleep habits can be improved by making shifts in both daytime and evening routines.
April 19, 2024
Street vendors in Mali’s capital of Bamako peddle water sachets, ubiquitous for this part of West Africa during the hottest months
April 19, 2024
China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID shots and idle manufacturing plants are pursuing new targets for the novel messenger RNA
April 19, 2024
Marijuana advocates are gearing up for April 20
April 19, 2024
BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town
April 19, 2024
Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
April 19, 2024
Kawhi Leonard has been fighting “very, very stubborn inflammation” in his surgically repaired right knee for three weeks
April 18, 2024
Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky will use a lottery to award licenses to businesses competing to participate in the state’s startup medical cannabis program
April 18, 2024
A concerning outbreak of Salmonella from contaminated charcuterie meats has hospitalized nearly 20 Americans so far, with instances across 30 states. Epidemiological tracing links bacterial infections to certain Fratelli Beretta charcuterie products containing Coppa. However, with many brands affected and gaps in testing, the true scope of the outbreak remains uncertain even as recalled meats continue to sicken consumers. Real threats persist while investigators pursue decisive actions to limit further contamination and treat those struggling with severe symptoms. As of mid-February 2024, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) directly verified 87 affected patients nationally. However, Agency estimates predict over 2,500
April 18, 2024
With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group is now recommending that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection
April 18, 2024
A 12-year saga over a fatal national meningitis outbreak still isn't over
April 18, 2024
The World Health Organization has approved a new version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile
April 18, 2024
Prince William is returning to public duties for the first time since his wife’s cancer diagnosis
April 18, 2024
Officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong when the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Hawaii town, more than a half-year after the disaster
April 18, 2024
Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute
April 17, 2024
California regulators adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich."
April 17, 2024
A well-known and beloved New York doctor died tragically after suffering an apparent allergic reaction from food she ate at a restaurant in Disney Springs, Florida. A recent lawsuit states that Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan, 42, had a severe allergy to dairy and nuts but believed the Disney-owned restaurant had strict safeguards against allergen contamination. Instead, the food she was served contained the very ingredients that would end her life shortly after. Dr. Tangsuan–a reputed family doctor in New York dedicated to serving her community’s healthcare needs–was dining at the Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant with her husband, Jeffrey J.
April 17, 2024
The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade ago that were tied to tainted steroids
April 17, 2024
Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last year, she retained 45 pounds in water weight that made her question whether a return to top form was even possible
April 17, 2024
From kimchi to kombucha and sauerkraut to sourdough, many traditional food staples across cultures make use of fermentation. And these variations are reflected in your microbiome.
April 17, 2024
The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America
April 17, 2024
Authorities in Ivory Coast's largest city are demolishing homes in low-income areas over what they say are public health concerns, leaving thousands without shelter and with nowhere to go
April 17, 2024
The United Nations is appealing for $2.8 billion to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians, stressing that tackling looming famine in war-torn Gaza requires not only food but sanitation, water and health facilities
April 17, 2024
Idaho families with transgender children are desperately scrambling for solutions as a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors has taken effect
April 16, 2024
How to say no – gracefully declining requests is a vital talent, though frequently elusive. In our unrelenting modern existence, where prospects appear limitless, judiciously prioritizing and demurring commitments misaligned with our deepest values or well-being becomes paramount. This guide illuminates the virtues of respectfully rebuffing, imparts pragmatic tactics for doing so adroitly, and shares sensible insights on overcoming trepidations of disappointing others or forsaking opportunities. The inability to utter that small yet potent word can pave the path to depletion, acrimony, and an unsatisfying life. By continually overextending, one risks becoming dangerously overstretched, sacrificing mental and physical health, treasured
April 16, 2024
Joel Embiid is again dealing with injuries headed into the NBA playoffs
April 16, 2024
The Labor Department issued a new rule Tuesday intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as “black lung” disease
April 16, 2024
A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country
April 16, 2024
UnitedHealth Group trounced first-quarter expectations even as costs from a cyberattack to its Change Healthcare business ate into its performance
April 16, 2024
There are many ways to kill microbes that cause dangerous infections. Combining genetic screening with machine learning can help researchers identify new antimicrobials.
April 16, 2024
British lawmakers are set to vote on the government’s plans to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking
April 16, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration is launching a program that will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak
April 16, 2024
Some Indiana Republicans in key campaigns for office are fighting for access to detailed abortion reports that the health department stopped releasing to protect patient privacy under a near-total ban on the procedure
April 16, 2024
The maker of a popular weedkiller is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about cancer risks
April 16, 2024
The safety of America’s drinking water supplies has emerged as a critical national security concern, with alarming warnings about potentially devastating cyberattacks. In an unprecedented move, top federal officials sounded the alarm this week over the “drinking water issue” – malicious hacking attempts by hostile nations like Iran and China targeting the systems that provide communities with their most essential resource – clean drinking water. As cyber warfare tactics rapidly evolve, the harsh reality is that the nation’s vast water infrastructure could be just one vulnerability away from devastating disruptions that threaten public health, economic stability, and the fundamental lifeline
April 15, 2024
When couples come together, open and honest conversations build closeness and understanding. Silent treatment in relationships can spell the death knell to this bonding and companionship if communication between the couple falls through. However, many still fall into this harmful pattern—the cold shoulder, withholding words, refusal to speak. Purposely depriving your partner of words, often as punishment or to exert control, causes profound emotional pain that can tear even the strongest relationships apart. This “silent treatment in relationships” may seem tame, but its roots are surprisingly cruel. In the 19th century, sailors used merciless silence to discipline misbehaving crew members
April 15, 2024
The dying words of an Oregon man who had an asbestos-linked cancer are being replayed in a federal courtroom for a jury hearing a wrongful death case against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway
April 15, 2024
Workers are entitled to workplace accommodations for abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday
April 15, 2024
The global market has exploded for drinks that promise to do more than just taste good
April 15, 2024
An independent experts commission has recommended that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy
April 15, 2024
It seems Americans don't think they're particularly well-rested
April 15, 2024
The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864, a time when gold-seekers were moving, white settlers were clashing with Native Americans and dueling had to be regulated
April 15, 2024
The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts to buyers
April 14, 2024
The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
April 14, 2024
The oldest living conjoined twins have died in Pennsylvania at age 62
April 13, 2024
The Atlanta Braves say ace Spencer Strider will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow
April 13, 2024
A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has spread to more than two dozen herds in eight states
April 12, 2024
The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged and diagnosis and treatment remain complicated
April 12, 2024
Donald Trump is declaring anew that the Arizona Supreme Court “went too far” with a ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near-total abortion ban
April 12, 2024
Palestinian health officials say dozens of Israeli settlers have rampaged through a village in the West Bank, killing one man and wounding at least 25 others
April 12, 2024
Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions
April 12, 2024
Abortion was already a major issue in U.S. elections in 2024
April 12, 2024
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.
April 12, 2024
Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
April 12, 2024
Polish lawmakers are to vote on whether to lift the country’s near total abortion ban, a divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe
April 12, 2024
German lawmakers are expected to vote on a government plan to make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official documents
April 12, 2024
Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death
April 12, 2024
A new survey shows that almost a quarter of people who have been dropped from Medicaid during post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured
April 11, 2024
Two doctors are in favor of releasing a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12
April 11, 2024
Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent
April 11, 2024
There have been 17 times as many U.S. measles cases in the first three months of this year compared with the average number seen in the first three months of the previous three years
April 11, 2024
Programs and policies to help domestic abuse survivors find safe housing work only if they’re implemented and supported with resources.
April 11, 2024
An Australian court has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020
April 11, 2024
Functional precision medicine works to take the guesswork out of deciding which drug to try next for patients with cancers that don’t respond to standard treatments.
April 11, 2024
Poland's parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law
April 11, 2024
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors
April 11, 2024
If you’ve ever felt a nagging sense of worry or unease that just won’t go away, no matter how hard you try to rationalize it, you may have experienced the persistent dread associated with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Unlike temporary bouts of anxiousness brought on by specific stressful situations, GAD is characterized by excessive, uncontrollable anxiety and tension that permeates nearly every aspect of daily life. It manifests as a constant irrational worry, even when there is little or no apparent reason for concern. From the endless “what-if” thoughts to feeling physical symptoms like muscle tension and insomnia, this chronic condition
April 10, 2024
No treatments are currently available to cure Parkinson’s disease. Better understanding the genetic foundation of this condition can help researchers find ways to slow or halt its progression.
April 10, 2024
Doctors and clinic leaders say there’ll be a scramble across the Southwest and West for abortion care
April 10, 2024
Arizona abortion providers are vowing to continue service until forced to stop
April 10, 2024
If you’re like most people, your morning doesn’t truly start until you’ve had that firs sip of coffee. But what if your beloved morning brew offered more than just a energizing caffeine kick? Enter functional coffee – the latest craze that’s taking the world by storm. These souped-up sips are infused with an array of herbs, nutrient-rich superfoods, and adaptogenic mushrooms to unleash a wave of body and brain benefit. But do these ambitious claims actually hold water? As this innovative trend gains mainstream momentum, it’s time to dive deep into separating fact from fiction when it comes to coffee’s
April 10, 2024
Iowa is directing nearly a million dollars in grant funding to expand summer meal sites for low-income kids
April 10, 2024
These chemicals are now found on almost every part of the planet, including in the bodies of a large percentage of the American public. An environmental health scientist explains the risks.
April 10, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency announced new limits on certain types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water
April 10, 2024
There’s nothing quite like the joy of a wagging tail to instantly brighten your day. As life grows hectic and at times stressful, our four-legged companions may hold the key to a happier, more fulfilling existence. Research shows a multitude of mental health benefits associated with playing with dogs, from reducing anxiety and loneliness to boosting self-esteem and overall life satisfaction. These furry bundles of unconditional love have an almost magical ability to melt away worry and bring an instant sense of tranquility with their affectionate nudges and calming presence. So if you’re feeling down or overwhelmed, spending quality time
April 10, 2024
Federal prosecutors say the May bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be postponed until July or August after it was learned that the New Jersey Democrat's wife, who's a co-defendant, has a serious medical issue
April 10, 2024
Coined by comedian Hope Woodard, “boysober” refers to a Gen z men who take yearlong break from sex and dating, almost a celibacy rebrand. From TikTok creators proudly donning “Celibate Club” merchandise to online forums brimming with discussions about choosing self-restraint over indulgence, this unorthodox trend is redefining masculinity and flipping the script on what it means to be a respected, desirable young man in today’s dating scene. As the Boysober movement gains traction, an intriguing question arises: When did the centuries-old practice of celibacy become the ultimate symbol of rebellious cool? Fast forward to 2024, and women aren’t just
April 10, 2024
Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022
April 10, 2024
Most infection prevention guidelines center on the hospital environment rather than the patient. But the source of antibiotic-resistant microbes is often from the patient’s own body.
April 10, 2024
Add investors to the list of people that opponents of smoking in casinos are enlisting in hopes of banning the practice
April 10, 2024
Donald Trump says an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it
April 10, 2024
An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion is coming up short
April 10, 2024
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies
April 10, 2024
People who make physical or financial threats against others in Kansas to force them to get an abortion could spend a year in prison and be fined up to $10,000 under a bill approved by state lawmakers
April 10, 2024
France’s government has presented a bill to allow adults with terminal cancer or other end-of-life illness to take lethal medication
April 10, 2024
A report from a senior doctor in England says children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate
April 10, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever limits for several common types of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
April 10, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions
April 10, 2024
The mother of an autistic boy shown being hit and punched by a school bus aide released a copy of bus surveillance video
April 09, 2024
Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth
April 09, 2024
The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines is now legally barred from resuming production at U.S. facilities until it meets a number of safety requirements
April 09, 2024
The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex
April 09, 2024
An Arizona Supreme Court decision that will end virtually all abortions in the state puts the issue front and center in a battleground state
April 09, 2024
A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who are taking part in a nationwide strike for almost one month
April 09, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court says the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother’s life is at stake
April 09, 2024
More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule
April 09, 2024
Including the family in a patient’s treatment plan can help shorten hospital stays and assist in recovery. But caregivers often pay a price.
April 09, 2024
More than 200 women have accused a Massachusetts doctor in a lawsuit of sexual abusing them by performing unnecessary pelvic and breast exams
April 09, 2024
The federal program that helps pay for groceries for millions of low-income mothers, babies and young kids will emphasize more fruits, vegetables and whole grains
April 09, 2024
A sobering reality surfaces – one in every five young individuals grapple with mental health or learning challenges severe enough for clinical diagnosis. This revelation has sparked the Child Mind Institute’s “Dare to Share” initiative, rallying renowned figures to recount personal journeys, shattering stigmas surrounding youth mental health, and empowering youth to seek solace. Acclaimed artist Pink candidly unveiled her battles with panic attacks, imparting reassurance that “radiant moments await, for the fears that grip you now shall ultimately subside.” Olympic athlete Gus Kenworthy laid bare his daily confrontation with depression, underscoring the availability of aid and resources for those
April 08, 2024
Laws such as Alabama’s controversial ruling that gives personhood rights to frozen embryos will have ripple effects on how advance directives are interpreted by doctors and the courts.
April 08, 2024
The Vatican has declared that sex change operations and surrogacy are grave threats to human dignity
April 08, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says he will finally announce Monday when in pregnancy he believes abortions should be banned
April 08, 2024
Researchers have found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not deliver on their early promise
April 07, 2024
As he campaigns for a second term, President Joe Biden is highlighting how women’s health has been affected by the overturning of federal abortion protections
April 07, 2024
The head of the baseball players’ association thinks a shorter pitch clock has contributed to a series of pitcher injuries
April 06, 2024
The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday
April 06, 2024
Cleveland Guardians ace Shane Bieber will have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery, a major blow to the team and the 2020 Cy Young winner
April 06, 2024
Procter & Gamble is recalling more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry detergent packets sold in the U.S. and Canada
April 05, 2024
A huge change is happening in the food world, questioning old ideas about where our meat comes from. This new kind of meat, cleverly named plant-based meat or “unicorn meat,” is either made from plants or grown from cells in a lab. This fresh, cutting-edge idea is still getting established. However, it could be an ethical, environmentally-friendly option compared to regular meat that’s also healthier. At its heart, unicorn meat aims to mimic traditional meat sources’ rich flavors, succulent textures, and nutritional might. But it does so through innovative culinary alchemy. Trailblazers like Upside Foods and Impossible Foods are spearheading
April 05, 2024
For three years, many Atlantic City casino workers have been trying to get their elected officials to ban smoking in the gambling halls, to no avail
April 05, 2024
An international campaign to ban surrogacy has received a strong endorsement from the Vatican
April 05, 2024
Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries
April 05, 2024
The need to connect is fundamental. But diminishing social ties and community support are contributing to the loneliness epidemic.
April 05, 2024
‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.
April 05, 2024
A startling new study by Pediatrics Journal reveals the hidden pandemic fallout – antidepressant prescriptions for teens and young adults have exploded by over 64% compared to pre-COVID levels. This jarring spike mirrors the decline in youth mental well-being throughout the crisis and its aftermath. Most strikingly, the findings expose profound gender-based disparities underpinning this trend. For adolescent females between 12-17 years old, the rate at which antidepressants were dispensed skyrocketed by an astonishing 130% above pre-pandemic levels after March 2020. The situation was scarcely improved for young adult women aged 18-25, with the dispensing rate for this demographic spiking
April 04, 2024
Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies
April 04, 2024
A study conducted in Brazil found that Yanomami people examined from nine villages have been contaminated with high levels of mercury
April 04, 2024
About 2 million Black & Decker-branded clothing steamers are now under recall after consumers reported dozens of burn injuries that resulted from hot water spewing out of the devices
April 04, 2024
The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a study says it will pull the medicine from the U.S. market
April 04, 2024
An elite athlete’s metabolism mostly looks different from a patient with COVID-19 − but their occasional similarities can reveal important insights into health and disease.
April 04, 2024
South Korea’s president has met the leader of thousands of striking junior doctors and promised to respect their position during future talks over the government's contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions
April 04, 2024
There's a renewed push to meet kids where they are when it comes to seeing a dentist
April 03, 2024
There have been numerous developments this week concerning avian flu that have raised concerns among experts
April 03, 2024
In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected their own governor and seated an all-female Supreme Court that would rule on their own bodies
April 03, 2024
Federal health officials say that new U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022
April 03, 2024
President Joe Biden teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to promote his administration’s efforts to lower the cost of inhalers and other health care needs
April 03, 2024
A Florida ban on abortions earlier in pregnancy is expected to have an impact on providers in other parts of the country
April 03, 2024
Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented
April 03, 2024
The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. says it has stopped production at a plant in the Texas Panhandle after bird flu was found in the flock and the same infection was found in Michigan
April 02, 2024
Several humanitarian aid organizations have suspended operations in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers
April 02, 2024
More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks as deadly gang violence continues
April 02, 2024
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva has announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer, but he says he is continuing to work as he undergoes treatment
April 02, 2024
Anti-smoking groups are suing the U.S. government over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been stalled at the White House for months
April 02, 2024
The legalization and ease of online sports betting is fueling a rise in gambling disorders among young people.
April 02, 2024
More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion
April 02, 2024
Just when everyone was popping the champagne over these two new RSV vaccines getting the green light, a major buzzkill rolled in. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now examining a possible link between these newly authorized shots and an increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). This uncommon neurological disorder leads to the immune system of the body attacking its own nerves. This concerning development has created significant worries regarding the safety of these vaccines, especially for the elderly who are the main focus group. At the center of this storm are concerning facts revealed at
April 01, 2024
On Monday, the Israeli military withdrew from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, leaving it in ruins, with the walls blown out and frame blackened
April 01, 2024
The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
April 01, 2024
The Florida Supreme Court will allow the state’s voters in November to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana
April 01, 2024
New federal guidance says hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious
April 01, 2024
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu — an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows
April 01, 2024
When dementia patients on Medicare enroll in hospice, they lose other crucial supports and services.
April 01, 2024
Both high- and moderate-intensity exercise provides similar overall health benefits.
April 01, 2024
South Korea’s president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions
April 01, 2024
Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives
April 01, 2024
A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends
March 31, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia
March 31, 2024
A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon between 1904 and the 1960s
March 30, 2024
Japanese government health officials are raiding a factory that produces health supplements they say have killed at least five people and hospitalized more than 100 others
March 30, 2024
Tracking measles cases in the United States
March 29, 2024
The Vatican says Pope Francis is skipping the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum to protect his health, adding to concerns about his frail condition during a particularly busy liturgical period
March 29, 2024
Notre Dame star freshman had to miss the first few minutes of the second quarter as the team’s training staff tried to remove a nose piercing
March 29, 2024
How do boys act when they are depressed? While concerns over teenage girls’ mental well-being have rightly captured attention, a largely overlooked issue lurks – the high rates of depression and anxiety impacting adolescent boys. Experts warn this segment is grappling with serious psychological distress that frequently goes unnoticed due to how depression manifests differently in young men. The consequences of this blind spot could prove dire. The crux of the problem? Depression in teenage boys often doesn’t fit society’s preconceived notions. Instead of sadness and melancholy, the telltale signs are externalizing behaviors like irritability, aggression, and acting out. Symptoms
March 29, 2024
You scream, I scream, we all scream for…better heart health? As outlandish as it sounds, that’s precisely what some rigorous data analysis from Harvard University has implied. Their research found that diabetics who indulged in a daily ice cream treat had a lower risk of cardiac complications. A real head-scratcher for the nutrition academics, to say the least. It started with a student named Andres Ardisson Korat at Harvard. He was just doing his doctoral research on dairy and diseases when he noticed something weird. Diabetics who ate a half cup of ice cream daily seemed to have a lower
March 29, 2024
The office of Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he has vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for girls and women ages 15 and above
March 29, 2024
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the meaningfulness of their work.
March 29, 2024
In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died and more than 100 people are hospitalized as of Friday
March 29, 2024
Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights
March 28, 2024
Top Massachusetts officials joined with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to announce a new initiative aimed at tackling the public health harms associated with sports gambling among young people
March 28, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its experimental drug to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study.
March 28, 2024
U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in illnesses caused by a bacteria that can cause meningitis and possible death
March 28, 2024
In the last few years, luxury accommodations worldwide have jumped on the “sleep tourism” bandwagon – curating specialized experiences catered to provide guests with a truly revitalizing, high-quality slumber. From cutting-edge sleep tech gadgets to immersive wellness programming, these upscale hospitality brands aim to satisfy travelers’ cravings for a truly restorative, profoundly restful overnight stay. One such property embracing this trend is the historic Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles. In response to the “coronasomnia” phenomenon – the increase in sleep problems brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic – the hotel launched its Rest and Recovery suite in 2021. Priced
March 28, 2024
In an ideal world, love would be a sacred covenant, forever shielded from the erosive forces of infidelity. But the somber truth is that cheating remains an insidious reality, capable of reducing even the most steadfast bonds to ashes. While some signs of cheating are as subtle as a neon sign, others require a keener eye to discern. To shed light on this delicate subject, we consulted a seasoned private investigator who has spent countless hours uncovering the painful truth about unfaithful partners. Weaving their hard-earned wisdom into our own research, we present 15 undercover signs of cheating that your
March 28, 2024
The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023
March 28, 2024
As Kansas prepares to ban gender-affirming care for minors, students at the state's largest university taking action
March 28, 2024
King Charles III stressed the importance of friendship and acts of caring in a recorded message delivered to a traditional pre-Easter church service, which the monarch skipped as he undergoes cancer treatment
March 28, 2024
As Black Protestants prepare for Easter this year, they hope to welcome more people to church than since the COVID-19 pandemic began four years ago
March 28, 2024
President Joe Biden is announcing new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk
March 28, 2024
An international team of doctors was prepared for the worst before visiting a hospital in central Gaza
March 28, 2024
People thought that measles was a disease of the past, but its scary comeback has broken that illusion. Several new measles outbreaks have emerged across multiple states including California and Michigan. Additionally, seven cases were identified among students at the same elementary school in Florida. These incidents highlight how the highly contagious measles virus continues to spread in communities around the country. Matthew Ferrari, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State University, aptly describes the situation as a “pile of firewood” with each outbreak acting as a match, increasing the risk of a larger conflagration.
March 27, 2024
West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies
March 27, 2024
Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances
March 27, 2024
Looking directly at the sun during a solar eclipse can lead to permanent eye damage
March 27, 2024
Pope Francis appears in better health, walking into the Vatican audience hall on his own with a cane for his weekly audience and delivering his prepared text with a clear voice
March 27, 2024
There are many approaches to treating cancer. Which ones work best is determined on an individual basis and informed by each tumor.
March 27, 2024
Religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia
March 27, 2024
A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature
March 27, 2024
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March 26, 2024
The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault despite having a completed draft in hand
March 26, 2024
Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case
March 26, 2024
The Pentagon says a controversial policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member have to go out of state for reproductive health care — including abortions — was only used 12 times from June to December of last year
March 26, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have sweeping implications for how the federal government approves scores of medications
March 26, 2024
Imagine you’re walking through the grocery store. All around are bright, colorful ultra-processed foods and packages trying to grab your attention. They make easy promises about saving time, being happy, and tasting really yummy. It’s a familiar scene, one that we’ve all experienced countless times. But as you reach for that bag of cookies, that can of soda, or that tray of ready-made meals, pause for a moment and consider the hidden truth lurking beneath the attractive exterior. Lots of proof shows these man-made eats are truly bad news. They may seem tasty but these factory foods put our health
March 26, 2024
The way jobs are structured affects employee mental health, an analysis of more than 18,000 workers shows.
March 26, 2024
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will team up in Raleigh, North Carolina, for an event focused on promoting their health care agenda
March 26, 2024
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago
March 26, 2024
Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said he sustained a serious ankle injury at the Miami Open and expects to be out an extended time
March 25, 2024
Federal officials say that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu
March 25, 2024
U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after nearly three years of trying to tackle mounting crises in Ukraine, Gaza and Africa
March 25, 2024
The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S. Abortion opponents want the high court in arguments Tuesday to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called mifepristone, which was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions last year
March 25, 2024
Aid groups that visited a packed Gaza hospital have described an “unimaginable” situation in which large open wounds were left untreated
March 25, 2024
Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea plan to submit their resignations in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions
March 25, 2024
The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the rampant use of the drugs in livestock production
March 24, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone
March 24, 2024
The Princess of Wales’ disclosure that she has cancer has prompted an outpouring of goodwill
March 23, 2024
Support has poured in from around the world for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed in a candid video message that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following major abdominal surgery
March 23, 2024
Difference between being Nice and Kind
March 22, 2024
A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state
March 22, 2024
Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer but hasn't said what kind
March 22, 2024
A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults
March 22, 2024
West Virginia has become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present
March 22, 2024
Kate, Princess of Wales, has released a statement saying she has been diagnosed with cancer
March 22, 2024
As global warming raises temperatures, a California work safety board has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees from excessive indoor heat, particularly in warehouses
March 22, 2024
It’s the kind of soul-crushing phone call that leaves you paralyzed with fear – a friend quietly confiding they’ve been consumed by intense thoughts of ending their own life. Their voice drips with hopelessness as they describe a feeling of worthlessness, that everyone would be better off without their presence. The weight of their problems seems utterly inescapable, an endless torture chamber of mental anguish they’re desperate to finally escape. In that grave moment, your heart sinks into your stomach as you realize your treasured friend has been silently crumbling under the darkest depths of human despair. You quickly find
March 22, 2024
Kate, the Princess of Wales, says she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy
March 22, 2024
Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth
March 22, 2024
Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus
March 22, 2024
A federal appeals court says a requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking does not violate the First Amendment
March 21, 2024
Allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected
March 21, 2024
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022
March 21, 2024
Republican lawmakers in Georgia and Kansas have shot down attempts by Democrats to expand Medicaid in their states
March 21, 2024
Nothing has spurred the entrepreneurial spirit of Gen Z quite like the COVID-19 pandemic and that extends to launching nonprofits
March 21, 2024
Doctors in Boston say they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient
March 21, 2024
South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as a punitive measure against their weekslong walkouts that have shaken hospital operations
March 21, 2024
Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week
March 21, 2024
California wants to pay doctors more money to convince them to see more Medicaid patients
March 21, 2024
A new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason
March 21, 2024
South Korea’s government says it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week
March 21, 2024
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington
March 20, 2024
As social values evolve, so do parenting practices. A new trend called “sleepunders” or “lateovers” is challenging the traditional notion of childhood sleepovers across the United States. In this emerging practice, parents opt to pick up their children before bedtime instead of allowing them to spend the entire night at a friend’s house. This shift raises questions about the motivations behind the change and its impact on children. Erica Komisar, a New York-based psychoanalyst and parenting expert, explains that sleepunders aren’t necessarily a sign of overprotective parenting. “They’re particularly helpful for younger kids or those who have separation anxiety or
March 20, 2024
New Zealand says it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors
March 20, 2024
Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision by England's public health service to restrict puberty blockers for transgender youths as support for their own related proposals
March 20, 2024
Donald Trump is suggesting that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure
March 20, 2024
Remember the Presidential Fitness Test from your childhood gym classes? For decades, students anxiously lined up to run miles, crank out sit-ups, and squeeze through flexibility drills, striving for that coveted award. Well, it turns out many of those old-school fitness challenges abandoned long ago still offer valuable insights today – if you approach them with the right mindset. Experts say rather than worrying about arbitrary benchmarks, focusing on personal progress can make elements of the Presidential Fitness Test timeless tools for improving functional fitness as adults. So dust off your gym shoes and get ready to jog down memory
March 19, 2024
Need a magic pill to fix your problems fast? That’s the alluring promise of “lucky girl syndrome” exploding on TikTok lately. Videos preach that truly believing you’re destined for spontaneous good fortune can suddenly attract penthouse apartments and dream jobs crashing into your real life. But can positive thinking manipulate external outcomes just by shifting self-perception? As coaches insist repeatedly affirming your latent “luckiness” works miracles, millions of eyeballs watch in hope. But backlash builds, too, as experts urge wariness about assumptions that luck alone controls fate. They argue that trends like “lucky girl syndrome” cruelly downplay systemic barriers by
March 19, 2024
Feel like your mind goes blank when you need to focus most? You’re not alone. Mental fatigue plagues us all in our distraction-filled world. However, groundbreaking new research suggests refreshing strategies to sharpen concentration and banish burnout. For over a century, experts theorized our brains drain limited energy like muscles, leading to mental tiredness. But an innovative study upends conventional wisdom. It reveals mental fatigue is largely psychological – and conquerable through a simple yet powerful tactic. Researchers at the University of Oregon have uncovered goal-setting as the antidote to foggy thinking and wandering minds. Their experiments unveil how smart
March 19, 2024
New research shows that more than six in 10 of the abortions in the United States last year were done through medication
March 19, 2024
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist engaged in sex-based discrimination when he refused to provide emergency contraception to a woman in 2019
March 19, 2024
A pregnant Arizona lawmaker who revealed in a speech in the state Senate that she's planning to get an abortion says she wanted to share with the public the practical effects of abortion restrictions passed over the years
March 19, 2024
Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill
March 19, 2024
“Meat is murder!” The provocative slogan rings across the urban park, held aloft on signs by a crowd of protesters. This isn’t just any rally – it’s a demonstration by the Radical Vegan Front, a controversial activist group striving to abolish all use of animals for food, clothing, or research. Their extreme stance and sensational tactics have earned them notoriety and disdain. But are their arguments completely without merit? Alex, a prominent member, explains what radicalizes vegans. “We’re driven by compassion for animals facing horrific cruelty in factory farms. Their suffering is needless and revolting. Society has to change its
March 18, 2024
UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted care billing systems
March 18, 2024
The family of boxing great Roberto Durán says he has received a pacemaker after being hospitalized in Panama City on the weekend
March 18, 2024
The proliferation of dating apps and social media has entirely transformed the quest for love in the 21st century. With a tap you can access seemingly endless romantic possibilities tailored to your every preference. But beware – having too many options can backfire for the lonely heart. Enter the rise of “relationshopping” – the habit of endlessly swiping through potential matches like items in a catalog, seeking the ideal romantic product. This mentality causes singles to constantly wonder if someone better awaits in their queue of virtual admirers. According to dating coaches, the assumption that a perfect soulmate exists perpetually
March 18, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills thousands of Americans every year
March 18, 2024
Three teens have been detained over the gruesome murder of a 13-year-old boy in China, sparking debate over bullying and mental health in China’s countryside
March 18, 2024
An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U_S_ diplomats who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome.”
March 18, 2024
Lawmakers in Gambia are voting Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting
March 18, 2024
Since nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students with healthier food than is available cheaply elsewhere. Plus, reducing stigma increases the number of kids getting fed.
March 18, 2024
South Korean authorities have suspended the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations
March 18, 2024
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order aimed at advancing the study of women’s health in part by working to strengthen data collection and provide easier and better funding opportunities for biomedical research
March 18, 2024
Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid
March 18, 2024
Florida center Micah Handlogten center Micah Handlogten severely hurt his lower left leg in the opening minutes of the Southeastern Conference Tournament final Sunday and was taken off the court on a stretcher
March 17, 2024
South Sudan is shutting all its schools and warning of an extreme heat wave that's expected to last two weeks
March 17, 2024
Joel Embiid has been re-evaluated by doctors and they are “happy with the progress” the 76ers center is making following meniscus surgery on his left knee, Philadelphia head coach Nick Nurse said Saturday
March 17, 2024
Many Americans rely on Medicaid when fighting diseases
March 16, 2024
Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States
March 16, 2024
Some 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million require food aid, sometimes eating only once a day or not at all
March 16, 2024
A federal judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons is considering whether to launch a third contempt-of-court proceeding against the state for failing to improve prisoner care
March 15, 2024
Forget crunches. The Internet’s new abs obsession is stomach vacuums – an old school exercise unexpectedly gone viral overnight. As you scroll social media, you’ll see countless videos of people intensely sucking in their stomachs. The breath-controlled move promises a “snatched waist” and chiseled core. But is vacuuming in your gut the real secret to a six-pack? Or just another fitness fad of the moment? Fitness pros explain what stomach vacuums actually do, whether they live up to the tight tummy hype, and how to do them right. While abs likely won’t transform instantly from vacuuming alone, experts say the
March 15, 2024
Nearly everyone experiences intrusive thoughts – unwanted, disturbing ideas that seem to come out of nowhere. These repetitive mental images or urges often involve violent, sexual, or morally questionable content violating one’s sense of character. While intrusive thoughts cause significant distress, they generally pose no actual risk of harm. Professional treatment can alleviate their suffering and regain peace of mind. Intrusive thoughts feel egregiously opposed to a person’s true nature and desires. A hiker staring down a cliff imagines suddenly pushing their loved one. A doting parent envisions stabbing their precious newborn. These thoughts rarely align with the person’s behavior
March 15, 2024
California State Assembly introduced a controversial bill that could soon prohibit schools from serving snacks like Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Proposed by Democrat Assembly member Jesse Gabriel, Assembly Bill 2316, proposes to ban public schools from providing any foods containing certain harmful artificial dyes and additives. Seven specific ingredients have been called out: The artificial dyes Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, and the whitening agent titanium dioxide. These unhealthy additives are commonly found in packaged snacks that are marketing to appeal to kids. Advocacy groups have raised concerns about health impacts from heavy consumption
March 14, 2024
A bill that would have criminalized the death of an “unborn person” has been shelved in Iowa after a Senate Republican joined Democrats in voicing concerns about the potential impact for in vitro fertilization after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children
March 14, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters and syringes
March 14, 2024
The health ministry says the Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions
March 14, 2024
A humanitarian rescue group says survivors aboard a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey
March 14, 2024
Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so
March 14, 2024
Liberians are gathering to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa, adding to the region’s economic and political troubles
March 14, 2024
Tommy John surgery, like baseball itself, is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return
March 14, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to tour a clinic in Minnesota that performs abortions and provides other reproductive care
March 14, 2024
A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate
March 14, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a crushing blow to many women’s sex drives – one that hasn’t recovered even years later. Studies show female desire dropped steeply since lockdowns began and remains suppressed. But why are women still struggling with lagging libido? And how can couples reignite passion after the prolonged intimacy rut? Experts say pandemic-fueled stress overloaded already-taxed women juggling remote work, childcare, and household chores alone. With school and support gone, sex often slipped to the bottom of a lengthy to-do list. But even as life regains normalcy, many couples remain stuck in a sexual disconnect. The good news?
March 13, 2024
Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county report they confirmed a staggering 645 heat-associated deaths last year
March 13, 2024
A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, offering a new kind of screening
March 13, 2024
Researchers revved up immune cells that shrank an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor when tested in a handful of patients
March 13, 2024
A Democratic legislator is calling for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s trip to Texas for dental work and a promotional video in which she praises the dental office
March 13, 2024
The Air Force is reporting the first data on cancer diagnoses among troops who worked with nuclear missiles
March 13, 2024
Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare
March 13, 2024
A Texas man who spent decades using an iron lung after contracting polio as a child has died at the age of 78
March 13, 2024
Seven people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week
March 13, 2024
Olivia Munn has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, thanking her doctors and urging fans to calculate their own risk assessment
March 13, 2024
Former UFC champion Mark Coleman was airlifted to an Ohio hospital after saving his parents from a house fire
March 13, 2024
Researchers have linked another kind of amoeba to nasal rinsing
March 13, 2024
Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.
March 13, 2024
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law that will allow women to receive Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy
March 13, 2024
Discovering your partner has not just cheated but done so repeatedly with different people elicits a special kind of excruciating betrayal. Experts call this pattern “serial cheating.” The deceit and risks to your health are cut so much deeper when it’s not an isolated lapse in judgment. So what drives someone to cheat over and over compulsively? Are there early warning signs you can spot to avoid being the next victim? Psychiatrists say underlying mental health issues like poor impulse control and intimacy problems are often at the root. While serial cheaters struggle with their demons, their actions gamble with
March 12, 2024
What if improving your diet could add over a decade to your lifespan? New research reveals the incredible impact daily food choices have on longevity and disease risk. Studies show that simply eating more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and less processed meat could extend life by 13 years on average. But with so many conflicting theories on what, when, and how to eat, how can you unlock the secrets to eating for longevity? “People can add up to 13 years of life by following a diet that has more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and nuts,” said Dr. Leana Wen, an
March 12, 2024
Federal courts are moving to make it harder to file lawsuits in front of judges seen as friendly to a point of view, a practice known as judge shopping that gained national attention in a major abortion-medication case
March 12, 2024
New artificial intelligence tools are helping doctors communicate with their patients
March 12, 2024
The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases
March 12, 2024
Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital
March 12, 2024
Europe’s oldest monarch, Norwegian King Harald V is getting a permanent pacemaker
March 12, 2024
South Korea’s government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations
March 12, 2024
When comedian Amy Schumer shared her Cushing’s syndrome diagnosis, she put the spotlight on this little-known disorder caused by too much “stress hormone.” Cortisol is supposed to help our bodies deal with stress, but when levels stay high for too long, big problems start. Symptoms like sudden weight gain, mood swings, weak muscles and more can take over your life. Schumer even said the constant cortisol made her feel like “a different person.” Cushing’s is complex, confusing and nothing to joke about. While Schumer’s candid admission has raised public awareness, it has also fueled anxiety and uncertainty surrounding cortisol balance
March 11, 2024
Officials say a man visiting the Florida Everglades is recovering after being bitten by a crocodile after falling off a boat
March 11, 2024
Strolling along Melrose Avenue with a cappuccino in hand, you notice your reflection in a boutique window and can’t help but appreciate how great you look today. People call it “main character energy” – when someone carries themselves as the protagonist of their own story. Experts say this self-affirming perspective can be healthy and help prioritize self-care as long as it’s not taken too far. “When you think of movies and the main character, that’s the person you’re following, that’s the person you’re rooting for,” says Raquel Martin, a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles. “I see it the same
March 11, 2024
During the challenging period of early motherhood, when days seem to blend together, and self-care seems like a far-off concept, new mothers discover comfort in the light of their phone displays. One California mother found comfort via Instagram, but soon it became a consuming addiction. “During the long, slow days of early parenthood, I checked the app compulsively,” she confessed in a recent interview. “Like someone who absentmindedly bites her nails or reaches for a cigarette, I would open the app without even thinking. The motion became automatic, reflexive.” Initially a harmless method to alleviate the routine of looking after
March 11, 2024
An independent report has found New Jersey and the nation were not prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the state remains underprepared for the next emergency
March 11, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication
March 11, 2024
Parents are keenly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media, but teachers say they might not realize how much those struggles play out at school
March 10, 2024
West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature has voted to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements
March 10, 2024
A Missouri hospital has confirmed that some of the people who attended the near-record cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January had to undergo amputations
March 08, 2024
Several U.S. discount retailers are recalling packages of ground cinnamon after health officials warned they were contaminated with high levels of lead
March 08, 2024
Federal regulators are putting off a decision on Eli Lilly’s potential Alzheimer’s treatment with an unusual request to have an advisory committee examine the drug
March 08, 2024
The maker of a much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease said it failed to help patients with the fatal disease
March 08, 2024
An inhaler that costs nearly $300 in the US goes for just $9 in Germany. What gives?
March 08, 2024
A study of more than 100 teens and their caregivers showed a unique link between hardship and behavior problems.
March 08, 2024
Research shows that more children have handled household guns than their parents think.
March 08, 2024
Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children’s agency
March 08, 2024
France’s leaders will use a Napoleon-era press to seal the right to abortion into the country's constitution
March 08, 2024
The Kentucky Senate has voted to expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment for stuttering
March 07, 2024
Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives have approved a bill that would criminalize the death of an “unborn person” — over Democrats’ concerns about how it might impact in vitro fertilization
March 07, 2024
Democratic lawmakers have walked out of a Kentucky House committee hearing as the GOP-led panel was taking up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying nonviable fetuses that are expected to die before or soon after birth
March 07, 2024
Two Ohio lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that seeks to ease the financial burden on law enforcement agencies that will have to replace their marijuana-sniffing dogs
March 07, 2024
West Virginia could become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill that has won final legislative passage
March 07, 2024
The Senate has passed legislation that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago
March 07, 2024
In a world where bleary-eyed scrollers desperately seek the perfect night’s sleep, a simple homemade concoction has taken social media by storm. The “sleepy girl mocktail,” a sweet blend of tart cherry juice and magnesium powder, promises to lull even the most restless minds into a blissful slumber. But can this trendy drink really live up to its lofty claims? As the siren call of this seemingly miraculous elixir grows louder, experts weigh in on the science behind its ingredients and offer insights on how to effectively incorporate it into a holistic sleep routine. Discover whether the sleepy girl mocktail
March 07, 2024
Ben Simmons will miss the remainder of the season, the third straight year the former All-Star’s season has ended early because of back problems
March 07, 2024
Gum makers are trying to figure out what will make Americans start chewing again
March 07, 2024
Kansas would require abortion providers to ask patients why they’re terminating their pregnancies and report the answers to the state under a measure moving through the Republican-controlled Legislature
March 07, 2024
Mary Johnson consistently starts her workday by kindly greeting her coworkers with a energetic “Good morning!” Her demeanor at meetings is characterized by laughter and humor, praising others, and offering positive motivation. Following work, she joins friends for supper and a movie, engaging in lively conversation and expressing joy while discussing the film. She enjoys cozying up with her children at home, reading them bedtime stories with a joyful expression on her face. At times, after the children have gone to bed, Mary finds solace in the bathroom, where she spends hours shedding tears, overwhelmed by a profound melancholy. She
March 06, 2024
Even though no-fault divorce has been legal for over 50 years, many conservatives still argue against it. They think ending a marriage without blaming someone goes against family values. Some even want current no-fault divorce laws repealed. But supporters say no-fault divorce gives people more freedom and fairness. They warn that limiting it could lead to real harms. This big split shows a divide between different worldviews in America — those who think morals are relative and those who see moral truth as universal. When California legalized no-fault divorce in 1969, it began a nationwide shift in how the law views
March 06, 2024
A study raises more questions than it answers about how tiny specks of plastic might affect the heart
March 06, 2024
Ground cinnamon sold in U.S. discount stores is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded
March 06, 2024
Twenty-four Republican-led states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution
March 06, 2024
Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza are gaining momentum
March 06, 2024
The U.N. migration agency says more than 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago
March 06, 2024
South Korea’s president vows that he won't tolerate the prolonged walkouts by junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens public health
March 06, 2024
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to protect in vitro fertilization providers
March 06, 2024
Rucking, which comes from the military word “ruck marching,” is just walking while carrying something heavy on your back, and it is the newest exercise trend taking the internet by storm.This one-of-a-kind full-body workout used to be mostly done by military trainees during intense training, but it’s becoming more and more popular because it burns a lot of calories while lowering the risk of injury. As former Navy SEAL Stew Smith shared, weighted walking has become a routine sight even on suburban streets. He frequently spots neighbors lugging small loads in their backpacks, likely unaware that they are taking part
March 05, 2024
A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination
March 05, 2024
Three big-name right-handed starting pitchers all dealing with injuries that could cause each to miss the start of the regular season – and potentially more
March 05, 2024
Six people have been arrested in New York on charges of illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China
March 05, 2024
The co-founder of a specialty pharmacy that was at the center of a deadly national meningitis outbreak has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan
March 05, 2024
Alabama lawmakers are moving quickly with legislation to protect clinics that provide in vitro fertilization from lawsuits in response to a ruling last month from the State's Supreme Court that frozen embryos have the rights of children under the state’s wrongful death law
March 05, 2024
Doctors and nurses at a premier Chicago children’s hospital can again access patients’ electronic medical records, more than a month after a cyberattack forced Lurie Children’s Hospital to take its networks offline
March 05, 2024
Spain’s Catalonia region rolled out this week a pioneering women’s health initiative that offers millions of women and girls reusable menstruation products for free
March 05, 2024
Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses Tuesday
March 05, 2024
Alabama lawmakers, who face public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, are nearing approval of immunity legislation for providers
March 05, 2024
Colorado lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would install requirements for funeral home directors after nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a funeral home in September
March 04, 2024
Autism makes it difficult for individuals to communicate, express emotions, and perform the same actions repeatedly, and this condition is becoming more prevalent among children. What is occurring, and how can scientists assist these children and their families? A new study says that autism affects approximately 4% of males and 1% of girls aged 8, according to the study. Twenty years ago, the prevalence was below 1 in 100 children. By 2018, the proportion had surpassed 2 in 100. There are different numbers of autism in different parts of the United States. Some places have a lot more kids with
March 04, 2024
The White House has lifted its COVID-19 testing requirement for those who plan to be in close contact with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses
March 04, 2024
France has become the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution and other Europeans wonder whether a rollback of rights like the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision could happen in their countries
March 04, 2024
The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month
March 04, 2024
Scientists in the United Kingdom have created mini organs from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb
March 04, 2024
Ohio is ready to begin doling out hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money to community and government organizations
March 04, 2024
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on whether former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law must fully cover certain types of preventive care, including HIV prevention and some types of cancer screenings
March 04, 2024
A bill to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French constitution goes to a historic vote on Monday, as lawmakers gather for a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles
March 04, 2024
South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts
March 04, 2024
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly $6.3 million)
March 04, 2024
South Korea’s government has begun steps to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have disrupted hospital operations
March 04, 2024
There has been plenty of mystery around Rafael Nadal and his health because he has played just 12 official matches since the 2022 U.S. Open
March 03, 2024
More than 61,000 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled for possibly containing hard plastic, according to U.S. regulators
March 03, 2024
It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl
March 03, 2024
A Pennsylvania prison unit is helping men with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities stay safe behind bars while learning life skills
March 03, 2024
Thousands of senior doctors have rallied in Seoul to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions
March 03, 2024
A deadly wildfire burned more than 2,000 buildings in the Hawaiian town of Lahaina on Maui in August and left behind piles of toxic debris
March 03, 2024
An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald has departed Malaysia, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker
March 03, 2024
Elected officials, community leaders and farmworkers on Saturday launched a project to significantly increase the amount of shade in unincorporated areas in the Eastern Coachella Valley, a major agricultural area in southern California where temperatures routinely top 100 degrees in the summer
March 02, 2024
Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law
March 02, 2024
Since Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever last month, the city has ramped up testing capacities, opened up a dozen of dengue health centers and trained medical staff to attend the ever-growing needs of its population
March 02, 2024
The royal house of Norway says King Harald has been implanted with a temporary pacemaker at a hospital in Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi
March 02, 2024
Palestinians in Gaza returning from wartime detention in Israeli custody are reporting physical abuse and medical neglect inside Israel's network of prisons
March 02, 2024
Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals are urging the state Supreme Court to revisit a decision equating frozen embryos to children
March 02, 2024
Peru is suffering a growing problem of dengue cases
March 01, 2024
A Delaware judge has declared a mistrial in the latest lawsuit alleging that exposure to the popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer
March 01, 2024
A Texas judge has blocked the state's attorney general from forcing an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to hand over information about transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care
March 01, 2024
First lady Jill Biden is warning that returning Donald Trump to the White House would threaten women who already have watched the former president’s Supreme Court picks nix a federal right to abortion services
March 01, 2024
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses
March 01, 2024
Ex-NBA player and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard has been discharged from the hospital following his heart transplant
March 01, 2024
At just 59 years old, talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, and because of her public battle, people are now more aware of this mental illness that can happen midlife. Williams first found fame with her nationally syndicated “Wendy Williams Show,” known for piping hot celebrity gossip. But last year, fans grew concerned as she seemed to slur her speech on air or stare blankly at cue cards. This February, through her spokesperson, Williams revealed doctors diagnosed her last summer with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). FTD ravages brain parts responsible for personality, behavior, and language. What
March 01, 2024
Yogurt sold in the U.S. can make claims that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes based on limited evidence
March 01, 2024
Drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in a few states
March 01, 2024
U.S. health officials says Americans with COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days
March 01, 2024
A judge in Montana ruled against restrictions in one of several developments this week on how abortion works in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned
March 01, 2024
Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his prepared speech at a conference in the Vatican Friday, saying he was not yet well and becomes fatigued
March 01, 2024
A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane has arrived in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated at a hospital for an infection
March 01, 2024
Medical responders across the U.S. are rethinking how they treat people in police custody after a jury last December handed down rare convictions against two Colorado paramedics for their roles in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain
March 01, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing renewed scrutiny over its pilots’ mental health policies. This comes after an off-duty Alaska Airlines captain allegedly tried to crash a commercial flight, later telling police he was depressed. The incident has reignited calls for the FAA to reform its stringent medical certification process that deters pilots from seeking mental health treatment over fears it could ground them. Critics argue the FAA’s antiquated approach perpetuates a culture of shame and silence around pilots’ mental health issues. They say the agency’s blunt messaging and threat of revoked licenses cause many to avoid treatment altogether.
February 29, 2024
Health officials are investigating whether there's a link between two new RSV vaccines and cases of a rare nervous system disorder
February 29, 2024
A Texas prosecutor whose office filed murder charges against a woman who self-managed an abortion has been disciplined and fined
February 29, 2024
A massive U.S. health care technology company says it was attacked by the ransomware group ALPHV, also known as Blackcat
February 29, 2024
South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature has approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene
February 29, 2024
Stacy Wakefield is being remembered for her passion for service, which included visits with cancer-stricken kids up until the final months of her life
February 29, 2024
Bangladesh's health minister says a fire in a six-story commercial complex in the nation's capital, Dhaka, has killed at least 43 people and injured dozens of others
February 29, 2024
A small nicotine pouch called Zyn has sparked a big debate among politicians, pundits and experts
February 29, 2024
Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S. Nationwide, about 12% of most recent norovirus tests sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were positive
February 29, 2024
Alabama lawmakers are rushing to get in vitro fertilization services resumed in the state
February 29, 2024
A national LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Texas Attorney General, rather than handing over information about transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care
February 29, 2024
Gaza health officials say more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israel-Hamas war nearly five months ago
February 29, 2024
South Korea’s government is making a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers
February 29, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to face Congress publicly for the first time this week to explain his failure to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about his hospitalization last month for complications from prostate cancer surgery
February 29, 2024
Two scientists at a high-security infectious disease laboratory in Canada lost their jobs after security reviews found they failed to protect sensitive assets and information, newly released records show
February 29, 2024
Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice
February 28, 2024
West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates has approved a bill that doctors treating transgender youth in the state say would prevent the prescription of certain medical interventions like hormone therapy to patients at risk for self-harm or suicide
February 28, 2024
Fast-food wrappers and packaging that contain so-called forever chemicals are no longer being sold in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration says the voluntary effort that began in 2020 between the agency and U.S. food manufacturers has been completed
February 28, 2024
An influential government advisory panel says older U.S. adults who got a COVID-19 shot in the fall should get a booster dose now
February 28, 2024
More than 200 in vitro fertilization patients have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to find some way to restore IVF services in the state
February 28, 2024
Scientists have identified a gene mutation that may explain why we don't have tails
February 28, 2024
President Joe Biden is visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Maryland for his annual physical exam
February 28, 2024
The number of monthly abortions in the U.S. is similar to what it was before the nation's top court overturned the right to abortion
February 28, 2024
Pope Francis was taken briefly to a hospital in central Rome after the papal audience on Wednesday
February 28, 2024
The parents of hundreds of thousands of U.S. children with physical or intellectual disabilities are waiting for state-covered services designed to foster independence and job skills for adulthood
February 28, 2024
At least one quarter of Gaza’s population – 576,000 people – are one step away from famine and virtually the entire population desperately needs food resulting in aid trucks being shot at, looted and overwhelmed by hungry people, top U.N. officials say
February 28, 2024
Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors is being allowed to take effect by a federal appeals court in Chicago
February 28, 2024
A federal court has dismissed a legal challenge to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ policy prohibiting schools from instituting mask requirements
February 27, 2024
Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine say they can give up their part-time jobs, focus on their studies and reconsider the kind of medicine they hope to practice thanks to a generous donation to their New York school
February 27, 2024
The phrase “pick-me girl” emerged as various generations discussed internalized sexism – specifically, the issues that arise when women seek validation from others, particularly men. Middle and high school girls are starting to call out friends who seem too eager to please boys or try to fit into traditional ideas of what a girl should be like. While the intentions behind the “pick-me girl” accusation are complex, mental health experts urge greater empathy from teens. They note that these behaviors often come from a developmentally normal desire to find belonging within friend groups. In today’s hyperconnected era, with enhanced visibility
February 27, 2024
Lawmakers in Kentucky have advanced a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children
February 27, 2024
West Virginia’s Republican-led Senate has greenlit a bill that would make a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group required viewing in public schools
February 27, 2024
Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will resume throwing next month following right shoulder surgery that cut short his second season with Cleveland after just six starts
February 27, 2024
Alabama lawmakers have begun scrambling for ways to protect in vitro fertilization services after a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under state law
February 27, 2024
Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea are a week into a labor boycott in protest of the government’s push to recruit more medical students to cope with the country’s fast-aging population
February 27, 2024
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is announcing $1.7 billion in commitments from more than 140 health systems, insurers and others to help President Joe Biden meet his goal of ending hunger by 2030
February 27, 2024
Hundreds of medical professionals in West Virginia have signed onto a letter condemning a bill advancing in the state House of Delegates that would bar transgender youth at risk for suicide from accessing medical interventions like hormone therapy
February 26, 2024
The damaging dating phenomenon labeled as “toxic breadcrumbing” leaves individuals struggling between optimism and despair. Breadcrumbing involves pretending to be romantically interested by sporadically offering attention that ultimately leads to nothing substantial. This manipulative conduct compels targets to fixate on someone incapable of making a genuine commitment. While breadcrumbing can happen in other contexts, it most commonly occurs in modern dating, where technology makes offering fleeting spurts of affection easy. The psychology behind why it works involves “intermittent reinforcement.” You keep trying for more when rewards come randomly, like from a slot machine. Breadcrumbing takes an insidious emotional toll. Targets
February 26, 2024
Excoriation disorder, also called skin picking disorder, is a mental illness in which people can’t stop picking at their skin, sometimes so badly that they draw blood and hurt themselves.. Research shows that skin picking provides momentary relief from difficult emotions and anxiety. This disorder is officially recognized as a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and body-focused repetitive behavior in the DSM-5 psychiatric manual. Skin picking tends to be a chronic condition that is linked to underlying mental health issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, and body image issues. Although misunderstood, skin picking disorder causes great distress and impairment for millions
February 26, 2024
An internal review about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for complictions from prostate cancer surgery blames privacy restrictions and staff hesitancy for the Pentagon’s failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders
February 26, 2024
The South Korean government is given striking young doctors four days to return to work
February 26, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an ad campaign urging voters in several Republican-controlled states to speak up against laws designed to prohibit out-of-state travel for abortions
February 25, 2024
Pope Francis was well enough to celebrate his weekly Angelus prayer from the Vatican window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, a day after cancelling his engagements because of a mild flu
February 25, 2024
The killing of a 22-year-old nursing student has once again put the spotlight on dangers faced by female athletes who practice sports alone
February 24, 2024
The Vatican says that Pope Francis has canceled an audience as a precaution after coming down with mild flu
February 24, 2024
A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Lawmakers in at least six states have proposals to allow women to seek child support back to conception
February 24, 2024
Simply competing is an encouraging sign that Sunisa Lee is in a healthy place
February 23, 2024
Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their student attends class
February 23, 2024
The Maryland House has voted for a measure to enable people to buy health insurance through the state’s health care exchange regardless of their immigration status, with the approval of a federal waiver
February 23, 2024
Alabama lawmakers have begun scrambling for ways to protect in vitro fertilization services after a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under state law
February 23, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says he would “strongly support the availability of IVF" for couples who are trying to have a baby
February 23, 2024
The collapse of the open-pit gold mine that killed at least 16 people has underscored the dangers of working in a poorly regulated industry
February 23, 2024
When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind
February 23, 2024
The U.N. human rights office says at least 118 people have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in more than 10 months of conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes
February 23, 2024
German lawmakers are expected to vote on a government plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, which would decriminalize limited amounts of marijuana and allow members of “cannabis clubs” to buy it for recreational purposes
February 23, 2024
A recent viral TikTok video has sparked outrage and raised concerns over the authenticity of some hotels’ room service offerings. The video, posted by Elle McLemore, exposes how one upscale hotel tried to pass off a $3.79 frozen Trader Joe’s meal as a $20 “Calming Cacio e Pepe Pasta with Truffle Oil” room service order. This deceitful bait-and-switch signals broader issues around truth-in-marketing and transparency from hotels. It also speaks to the loss of trust between hospitality providers and increasingly savvy consumers in the social media age. Most disturbingly, it highlights how some hotels are flat-out lying to charge exorbitant
February 22, 2024
Democrats and reproductive rights groups are seizing on a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that plunges the future of access to in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF, into uncertainty
February 22, 2024
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law
February 22, 2024
Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD
February 22, 2024
South Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to thwart a proposed ballot initiative that would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution
February 22, 2024
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed a bill that would unlock $125 million to fight so-called forever chemicals
February 22, 2024
Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with the same form of dementia that actor Bruce Willis has
February 22, 2024
A prominent HIV/AIDS activist known for her inspirational talks in the 1990s as a young child to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with has died
February 22, 2024
A second in vitro fertilization provider in Alabama is pausing parts of its care to patients after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children
February 22, 2024
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has set a target to further increase aquaculture production to meet rising demand for seafood and to fight global hunger and undernourishment
February 22, 2024
Adopting healthy behaviors and thought patterns around food and nutrition takes time and intentional effort. But it will lead to more lasting change and positive outcomes than quick-fix dieting will.
February 22, 2024
An animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video has become a new front in state-level abortion politics
February 22, 2024
A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers are working to boost funding for jails to provide medication used to treat opioid addiction
February 22, 2024
A new report says dozens of Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022
February 22, 2024
Smartwatches and smart rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels without piercing the skin could be dangerous and should be avoided
February 21, 2024
A study of older adults in China offers a closer look at the dominolike sequence of brain changes that lead to Alzheimer's
February 21, 2024
A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children
February 21, 2024
Maine’s governor has rolled out legislation she says will prevent dangerous people from possessing weapons and strengthen mental health services to help prevent future tragedies like the Lewiston mass shooting that shook the state
February 21, 2024
The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law
February 21, 2024
The new book from bestselling author Alice Paul Tapper, daughter of CNN anchor Jake Tapper, was inspired by a near-fatal health emergency
February 21, 2024
Beyond Meat is revamping its signature plant-based burger, hoping that healthier ingredients will help it boost flagging U.S. sales
February 21, 2024
Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.
February 21, 2024
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.
February 21, 2024
Jill Biden is set to announce $100 million in funding for research and development into women's health
February 21, 2024
South Korea has officially ordered thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately
February 21, 2024
Authorities say a Colorado man is dead after being bitten by his pet Gila monster
February 21, 2024
As you drive down rain-slicked highways or winding rural roads late at night, have you recently found yourself squinting against the glare of oncoming headlights that seem brighter than ever? You’re not alone on the road. In recent years, high-intensity LED headlights have rapidly overtaken old halogen bulbs across most vehicles. While these crisper white lights provide improved visibility for drivers, they also cause mass discomfort and frustration, according to experts and many drivers. Jennifer Stockburger, the director of operations at the renowned Consumer Reports Auto Test Center, confirmed that LED lights are “whiter in color” compared to the yellowish
February 20, 2024
New Hampshire lawmakers are considering changing the settlement process for those who allege they were abused as children at the state's youth detention center
February 20, 2024
The most stolen books from San Francisco public libraries' shelves are those about recovering from addiction
February 20, 2024
Zimbabwe has started an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio after health authorities detected three cases caused by a rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines
February 20, 2024
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children under state law
February 20, 2024
The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021
February 20, 2024
Long-term use of kratom may actually reduce pain tolerance and cause physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
February 20, 2024
UNICEF says one in six children are acutely malnourished in the isolated and largely devastated northern Gaza
February 20, 2024
South Korean trainee doctors have collectively walked off their jobs to protest a government medical policy, triggering cancellations of surgeries and other medical treatments at hospitals
February 20, 2024
Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help
February 19, 2024
The daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain says she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and again called for his release
February 19, 2024
East Carolina sophomore Parker Byrd appeared in Friday’s season-opening win against Rider with a prosthetic leg after having part of his right leg amputated following a 2022 boating accident
February 17, 2024
State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health data or information about who visits sensitive sites such as sexual health facilities
February 17, 2024
Authorities in Virginia say an explosion possibly caused by a gas leak has leveled a home, killing a firefighter and injuring 11 other people
February 17, 2024
An autopsy shows the cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago was sepsis and a bacterial infection that causes strep throat
February 17, 2024
Instagram has taken a major step towards addressing teen safety concerns with the introduction of Instagram Teen Accounts on September 17, 2024. This new feature is designed to automatically place teens in safer online environments and provide parents with greater peace of mind about their children’s Instagram experiences. Teen Accounts come with a suite of built-in protections, including private accounts by default, stricter messaging settings, and enhanced content filtering to limit exposure to potentially harmful material. The launch of Teen Accounts represents a significant shift in how the platform approaches youth safety, responding to longstanding concerns about the risks teens
February 16, 2024
A heart donor has been found for NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard
February 16, 2024
There is a youth mental health disaster going on underneath the surface because of the alarming rise in self-harm among American teens in the past few years. As more parents deal with the heartbreaking news that their child is hurting themselves on purpose, fear, anger, and a lack of control are common emotions. According to new information, up to 20% of teens now hurt themselves in some way, like cutting, burning, pulling out their hair, or something else. This scary number shows a big rise over the last ten years, which mental health professionals say is because of the stress
February 16, 2024
Seven of nine Los Angeles firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been released from a hospital
February 16, 2024
A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions
February 16, 2024
Nike is cutting 2% of its global workforce, or a little over 1,600 jobs, as the athletic wear giant aims to cut costs and reinvests its savings into what it sees as big growth areas like sport, health and wellness
February 16, 2024
Prince Harry says he immediately arranged to go to London after his father, King Charles III, called to tell him he had cancer
February 16, 2024
Giving students a voice in decision-making helps foster well-being, research has found.
February 16, 2024
Both men have faced criticism about what can appear to be obvious signs of aging, including questions about their memory and cognitive abilities.
February 16, 2024
Health officials say four patients died after their oxygen ran out in southern Gaza's main hospital after Israel troops stormed and seized the facility
February 16, 2024
Local public health officials in Rio de Janeiro have been scouring the city's neighborhoods and even its junkyards for signs of standing water where mosquitoes can lay their eggs
February 16, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Washington state die of opioid overdoses at five times the state average
February 16, 2024
A new government study suggests smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths
February 15, 2024
Lyme disease cases in the United States jumped nearly 70% in 2022
February 15, 2024
Iowa’s medical board has approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court
February 15, 2024
The organisms living in your gut microbiome can influence your mental and physical health. Researchers have developed a way to better test for those biological effects.
February 15, 2024
An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
February 15, 2024
A fiery debate over public health and personal rights has gripped Puerto Rico as legislators clash with medical experts
February 14, 2024
Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the United States are at risk for attacks such as the one that's crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital
February 14, 2024
What you don’t do: Don’t shout at them, don’t put things in their mouth and don’t let them get near things that are sharp or hard in case of a fall.
February 14, 2024
Swiss bobsled athlete Sandro Michel is recovering from emergency surgery after a training crash that has some sliders considering whether it’s safe or appropriate to compete in World Cup races this weekend
February 14, 2024
The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its fifth month, has devastated the health sector in the Gaza Strip, with less than half of its hospitals only partially functioning as scores of people are killed and wounded in daily bombardments
February 14, 2024
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative that he says is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis
February 14, 2024
California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic program to house homeless people in hotel rooms
February 14, 2024
A car crashed into a Texas hospital’s emergency room on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said
February 14, 2024
Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by his family
February 14, 2024
A new study published in Clinical Toxicology revealed a disturbing upward trend – poisonings from laundry detergent pods are increasing among older children, teenagers, and adults. Over a recent three-year period, U.S. poison control centers received over 36,000 calls related to liquid laundry detergent pod exposures, averaging one call every 44 minutes. While the majority of vulnerabilities (87%) were in children under six, nine linked deaths were in adults. This trend raises critical questions about the safety of laundry pods and why ingestion is rising in demographics old enough to know better. The increase in laundry pod poisoning in older
February 13, 2024
The Biden administration says it's expanding a program to help rural communities with serious sewage problems get technical help to plan improvements and apply for funding
February 13, 2024
Abortion rights advocates are trying to get initiatives to protect reproductive health on the ballot in several states this year
February 13, 2024
Though the Global South tends to experience higher disease burdens, most public health decisions and knowledge generation are centered in the Global North.
February 13, 2024
Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use
February 13, 2024
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has reversed course and now says he will accept federal funding to help feed hungry children during the summer break
February 12, 2024
West Virginia lawmakers are pushing to make the state the 12th in the nation to ban smoking in cars with children
February 12, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled his trip to Brussels to meet with NATO ministers and work on Ukraine military aid as he remains hospitalized while dealing with complications from prostate cancer
February 12, 2024
Family caregivers who have stronger support networks and positive communication with loved ones tend to be more resilient.
February 12, 2024
Tech companies are offering AI companions as a convenient cure for the loneliness epidemic, but there have been other forms of faux relationships, and they tend to have more to do with ego than heart.
February 12, 2024
Cambodia’s Health Ministry says the brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus
February 12, 2024
Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says this is jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans
February 12, 2024
There's consensus in Virginia that the mental health care system is in need of reform, due to what Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says is an overreliance on hospitalization at a time of growing need
February 12, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized following symptoms pointing to an “emergent bladder issue,” the Pentagon says
February 11, 2024
Madagascar’s Parliament has passed a law allowing for the chemical and in some cases surgical castration of those found guilty of the rape of a minor
February 11, 2024
President Joe Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, about a year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals
February 11, 2024
A hospital official and AP journalists say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah
February 10, 2024
As schools across the country respond to a youth mental health crisis accelerated by the pandemic, many are confronting the thorny legal, ethical, and practical challenges of getting parents on board with treatment
February 10, 2024
More foods are being recalled in the wake of a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning
February 09, 2024
Flu is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline
February 09, 2024
When appropriate care is available, several studies have shown, gay Black men are more likely to test themselves for HIV and engage in less risky sexual behaviors than gay men of other races.
February 09, 2024
Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis
February 09, 2024
A large children’s hospital in Chicago remains hobbled by a cyberattack that began more than a week ago, cutting doctors and nurses off from digital patient records and limiting communication with patients
February 08, 2024
A study finds that a new, higher-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses didn't save more lives than the standard dose
February 08, 2024
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.
February 08, 2024
Sugar molecules called glycans cover the surface of all cells, acting as ID cards that broadcast what they are to the rest of the body.
February 08, 2024
On Feb. 7, 2024, the EPA strengthened the federal limit for annual levels of fine particulate air pollution, or PM2.5. Many serious health effects have been linked to PM2.5 exposure.
February 08, 2024
Some states, especially in the Southeastern US, have large disparities in breastfeeding among racial groups, making clear the need to lower barriers for breastfeeding in the workplace and elsewhere.
February 08, 2024
More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations have promised the White House that they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise and learn about nutrition and healthy lifestyles
February 08, 2024
Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from AIDS/HIV to the COVID-19 pandemic
February 08, 2024
Ecuador’s high court has decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations for the procedure
February 07, 2024
A medical journal has retracted studies claiming to show the harms of the leading abortion pill
February 07, 2024
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to stay in business, reversing an earlier order stripping the company of its licenses for its failure to properly monitor the shipment of tens of millions of addictive painkillers blamed for fueling the opioid crisis
February 07, 2024
Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly in a price gouging lawsuit filed against the country’s three biggest insulin manufacturers
February 07, 2024
For some people with COVID-19, antiviral pills that can be taken at home can lessen the chances of winding up in the hospital
February 07, 2024
Prince Harry flew more than 5,000 miles to see his father after King Charles III was diagnosed with cancer
February 07, 2024
Paxlovid can prevent hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but experts say it's being underused
February 07, 2024
Early human development is a complex, multistep process that’s even more complicated to study in the lab. Models made from stem cells avoid some of the trouble with using real human embryos.
February 07, 2024
The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution
February 07, 2024
CVS Health’s fourth-quarter profit fell as the drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits manager dealt with increased operating costs
February 07, 2024
Schools are confronting soaring absence rates
February 07, 2024
Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion
February 07, 2024
Officials in Ecuador have named a likely source of contaminated ground cinnamon used in fruit pouches tied more than 400 cases of lead poisoning in U.S. children
February 06, 2024
A new study in JAMA Psychiatry sheds light on the alarming effects online racism has on Black adolescents’ mental well-being. Researchers discovered that Black children and teenagers who encounter racial discrimination online may develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research involved 525 African American adolescents aged 11-19. Heading the research was Dr. Ashley Denise Maxie-Moreman, a child psychologist from Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. Dr. Maxie-Moreman acknowledged cyberbullying troubles all children but emphasized for African American minors, web-based racial harassment poses heightened hazards. The participants reported several PTSD symptoms in response to online racism, including feeling on
February 06, 2024
South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary
February 06, 2024
A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen
February 06, 2024
The news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis has refocused attention on the responsibilities of Britain’s monarch
February 06, 2024
Eli Lilly rode soaring demand for diabetes and weight-loss treatments to a better-than-expected finish in 2023, and the drugmaker expects momentum to carry into the new year
February 06, 2024
Although most Americans believe dietary supplements are safe, these products often make health claims that are unproven or downright false.
February 06, 2024
The signs that remind you to pick up after your pet are not just trying to keep public spaces clean; they’re urging you to help safeguard your community’s health.
February 06, 2024
California could soon legalize psychedelic therapy under a bipartisan bill being introduced Tuesday
February 06, 2024
King Charles III has been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer
February 06, 2024
Millions of people across Turkey are mourning the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in last year’s catastrophic earthquake
February 06, 2024
Rio de Janeiro city authorities have declared a public health emergency in the city because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever
February 05, 2024
A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack
February 05, 2024
The wife of Bruce Willis is working on a guide to caregiving that draws upon her experiences tending to the beloved actor, who has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia
February 05, 2024
Telemedicine’s early days of handling mostly mild illnesses like sinus infections or cases of pink eye are fading fast
February 05, 2024
Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an important part of diagnosis.
February 05, 2024
Inhaling air is how you get the oxygen your body needs to turn your food into energy. Other living things use different strategies.
February 05, 2024
Thirteen children are dying everyday of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10 month war in their country, Medical charity Doctors without Borders or MSF said Monday
February 05, 2024
The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a March 5 ballot measure that would require single adults on welfare be screened and treated for illegal drug addiction or else lose cash assistance
February 05, 2024
Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday while receiving medical treatment, his office announced
February 04, 2024
Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine is going to have surgery on his right foot, sidelining the high-scoring guard for the rest of the season
February 03, 2024
Dozens of psychedelic startup companies are racing to begin selling mind-expanding drugs for depression and other mental health conditions, riding a wave of promising research and media hype
February 02, 2024
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke on their own are harmful to the human body, but the combination of both increases damage to people’s hearts and respiratory systems, according to a study released Friday
February 02, 2024
The U.N. food agency says it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry
February 02, 2024
A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants has submitted a petition asking regulators to halt safety screening for the restart of idled reactors until damage to a plant that partially lost external power and spilled radioactive water during a recent powerful earthquake is fully examined
February 02, 2024
Providence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington — and it’s erasing $137 million more in outstanding debt for tens of thousands of others — to settle the state’s allegations that it overcharged those patients and then used aggressive collection tactics when they failed to pay
February 01, 2024
People do not need to wear lead aprons or thyroid collars when getting X-rays at the dentist
February 01, 2024
Anti-smoking groups aren’t just fighting the tobacco companies these days
February 01, 2024
The latest COVID-19 vaccines are 54% effective at preventing symptomatic infection in adults
February 01, 2024
A company that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other opioids has agreed to a $350 million settlement with U.S. states over the toll of the powerful prescription painkillers
February 01, 2024
Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, illnesses like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis that occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks their own bodies
February 01, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he never directed anyone on his staff not to tell the White House he’d been hospitalized and he takes full responsibility for keeping President Joe Biden in the dark for weeks that he had prostate cancer
February 01, 2024
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel's offensive in the territory has killed more than 27,000 people
February 01, 2024
Abortion-rights supporters are mounting another push to restore abortion access in Kentucky
January 31, 2024
A large study ties contaminated drinking water at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune to an expanded range of cancers
January 31, 2024
Online conspiracy theories have created a new age of fringe medical treatments and supposed miracle cures
January 31, 2024
Biogen will stop developing its Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm, a drug once seen as a potential blockbuster before stumbling soon after its launch a couple of years ago
January 31, 2024
Studies show college athletes sleeping less than 7 hours per night are almost twice as likely to be injured when compared with athletes sleeping more than 8 hours.
January 31, 2024
Many people with eating disorders die from suicide. Improving perception of internal body states, or interoception, can help everyone better care for their own bodies.
January 31, 2024
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 150 people have been killed in the territory in the last 24 hours and another 313 were wounded as Israeli forces continue to battle militants, even in the northern part of the territory
January 31, 2024
Elected leaders in Oregon have declared a state of emergency for downtown Portland over the public health and public safety crisis fueled by fentanyl
January 31, 2024
Infectious syphilis cases in the U.S. rose by 9% in 2022
January 30, 2024
According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend
January 30, 2024
Pfizer turned in a better-than-expected fourth quarter, boosted by products outside the drugmaker’s slumping COVID-19 vaccine and treatment
January 30, 2024
For as long as trans medicine has been around, so has its opposition. The tactics of prior waves of anti-trans policies are still in play today.
January 30, 2024
Dogs might have furry coats, but they can still get cold when the temperature drops.
January 30, 2024
Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to the deputy attorney general during the procedure
January 29, 2024
The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines says it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators
January 29, 2024
Tianeptine is dangerous as an active ingredient, but the products containing it have no quality control and could be contaminated with metals, microorganisms or other undisclosed drugs.
January 29, 2024
The British government says it will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors in an effort to prevent children becoming addicted to nicotine
January 29, 2024
USA Hockey is mandating neck laceration protection for all players under the age of 18
January 28, 2024
Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights
January 28, 2024
Federally funded community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans
January 27, 2024
Federally funded community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans
January 27, 2024
A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease known as highly pathogenic avian influenza is wreaking havoc on California poultry farms
January 27, 2024
A controversial new study from Oxford University experts says that more people using the internet has not really changed global mental health trends. The large study of over two million people from 168 countries, which was published in Nature Human Behaviour, tried to settle different ideas about how technology affects people’s minds. Even though they don’t see a clear threat, experts agree that they don’t have enough data to measure the effects in the real world. “There is no smoking gun to confirm that digital technologies are dangerously messing with the human psyche on a grand scale,” said co-author Andrew
January 27, 2024
Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research
January 26, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's cancer doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center say his prostate cancer prognosis is good and no further treatments will be needed after seeing him for a follow-up appointment Friday
January 26, 2024
A bill that would decriminalize all the strips used to test deadly drugs now goes to West Virginia's governor
January 26, 2024
King Charles III is in a hospital to undergo a procedure for an enlarged prostate — an extremely common condition among older men
January 26, 2024
Women in Texas and in other states with abortion bans are suing, asking for clarification on when medical exceptions could actually be granted.
January 26, 2024
Buckingham Palace says King Charles III been admitted to a private London hospital to undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate
January 26, 2024
Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught
January 26, 2024
Walgreens has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle allegations about service in some of the national pharmacy chain's Vermont stores during the coronavirus pandemic
January 25, 2024
The Minnesota Legislature has kicked off debate on whether to join the list of states that allow physician-assisted suicide
January 25, 2024
U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009
January 25, 2024
New Jersey's Democratic-led state government is considering legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for abortion
January 25, 2024
A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veteran Affairs to pay for and provide them gender-affirming surgeries
January 25, 2024
Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Assembly are set to pass a bill that would call for a binding statewide referendum to ban abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy
January 25, 2024
Humana surprised Wall Street again on Thursday with a lower-than-expected earnings forecast, as insurers that sell Medicare Advantage plans continue to struggle with rising care costs
January 25, 2024
A rhinoceros is pregnant through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that conservationists said could be used to try to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies
January 25, 2024
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear
January 24, 2024
The Washington state attorney general has announced a $149.5 million settlement agreement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis
January 24, 2024
A concerning new body of research shows that eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors in men have reached epidemic proportions, now impacting millions of American males across backgrounds. Analyzing federal health surveys over two decades, a 2022 study in the American Journal of Men’s Health estimates that 10 million boys and men nationwide will experience an eating disorder at some point – equal to the female incidence rate. That disturbing parity spotlights insufficient awareness and resources dedicated towards male-specific risks, diagnoses, and treatment, given outdated cultural biases positioning eating disorders as afflicting mainly young, thin white women. “The assumption among
January 24, 2024
New research shows that TikTok’s algorithms promote unhealthy eating and unrealistic body image among vulnerable teens. Based on their analysis of popular nutrition and weight videos, researchers from the University of Vermont claim that the “For You” feed, which never ends, contributes to harmful diet culture by subjecting young users to moralized, oversimplified messages from unqualified influencers. Led by senior author Dr. Lizzy Pope, director of UVM’s Didactic Program in Dietetics, the team raised alarms over TikTok overriding legitimate experts to promote thinness and restrictive dieting as the sole path to health. Researchers warn TikTok may fuel disordered eating and
January 24, 2024
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have extended an invitation to attend the president’s State of the Union address to a Texas woman who sued her state and lost over the ability to get an abortion to end a wanted pregnancy
January 24, 2024
From body snatching to Photoshop and virtual reality, the techniques of medical illustration have evolved. But its essential role in showing clinicians how to care for the body continues today.
January 24, 2024
Medics say hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people are unable to leave the main hospital in Khan Younis because of the fighting there
January 24, 2024
Thanks to Gen Z, conversations about mental health are finally coming out of the shadows through a new vocabulary permeating pop culture. Quirky terms like “stressy and depressed” and “menty b” are destigmatizing struggles previous generations brushed under the rug. But experts now debate if lighthearted lingo risks trivializing real illness or enabling avoidance of proper care. Trendy phrases help alleviate stigma, according to therapist Michael Dzwil. “Saying ‘I had a menty b’ takes control of the narrative,” he said of the slang meaning mental breakdown. Social media spaces allow young people to bond over shared troubles with peers facing similar
January 23, 2024
A proposal advancing in the Tennessee legislature would stop requiring lifetime registration as a violent sex offender for anyone convicted of engaging in sex work while living with HIV
January 23, 2024
Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law
January 23, 2024
The recent blast of cold weather has given alligators a chance to show off their way of coping with freezing temperatures
January 23, 2024
A North Dakota judge won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution if they perform an abortion to save a patient’s life or health
January 23, 2024
Martin Shkreli, known for once hiking the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals
January 23, 2024
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by U.S. states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its talc products, which
January 23, 2024
A Christian pastor says his small Ohio city would lose a beacon of light downtown if he has to close an around-the-clock ministry for homeless people and others seeking shelter
January 23, 2024
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported quarterly results just above Wall Street expectations, helped by strong sales of its blockbuster psoriasis drug
January 23, 2024
The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty
January 23, 2024
French healthcare company Sanofi has agreed to buy the drug development project INBRX-101 from its parent company Inhibrx Inc for around $2.2 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.
January 23, 2024
Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died after battling prostate cancer
January 22, 2024
More than 600,000 people served by the Memphis, Tennessee, water utility are on their fourth day of boiling water for drinking, brushing teeth and preparing food
January 22, 2024
U.K. health officials are urging millions of parents to book their children for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots during a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and the lowest vaccination rates in a decade
January 22, 2024
Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of addiction can change how researchers and clinicians approach treatments.
January 22, 2024
The findings push back against the notion that many transgender people end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with gender-affirming surgeries.
January 22, 2024
Although you get your fatty acid levels routinely checked at the doctor’s, rarely do clinicians and researchers consider the effects of their potentially harmful byproducts.
January 22, 2024
The study discovered that nonmedical personnel can provide the naloxone to an overdose victim in about one minute.
January 22, 2024
A U.N. report says the Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, a mahram
January 22, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris targeted Donald Trump for paving the way for abortion bans during a visit to the key battleground state of Wisconsin
January 22, 2024
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa
January 22, 2024
The Calgary Flames say forward Dillon Dube has been granted an indefinite leave to attend to his mental health
January 21, 2024
Sarah, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with a malignant skin cancer that was discovered during her treatment for breast cancer
January 21, 2024
Lebanese state media and health officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon
January 21, 2024
A spaniel with six legs that was found abandoned in a supermarket parking lot is now like other dogs after having her extra limbs surgically removed
January 20, 2024
Ohio's proposals for gender-affirming care could leave thousands of transgender adults scrambling to find medical providers who would be able to offer hormones and other services they rely on
January 20, 2024
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law after doctors told a woman with a nonviable pregnancy to wait in the parking lot until her condition worsened enough to qualify for an abortion
January 19, 2024
Thousands of opponents of abortion rights went marching in Washington after speakers urged the impassioned crowd to capitalize on the movement’s major victory in the Supreme Court and keep fighting until abortion is eliminated
January 19, 2024
Federal health officials are expanding a warning about salmonella poisoning tied to charcuterie meat snack trays sold at Sam's Club and Costco stores
January 18, 2024
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood
January 18, 2024
A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000
January 18, 2024
New research bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases in the U.S. Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections
January 18, 2024
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are highlighting the battle over abortion rights
January 18, 2024
A health official says one person has been killed and at least six injured after a second day of violent unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros
January 18, 2024
Shares of Humana are tumbling after the health insurer said it was still dealing with higher-than-expected care costs from its Medicare Advantage customers and it chopped earnings expectations
January 18, 2024
Mental health for teachers carries critical benefits for students.
January 18, 2024
The double health announcements from Britain’s royal family have put a spotlight on the private lives of the U.K.‘s senior royals
January 18, 2024
Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights while also allowing the procedure to be restricted in later stages of pregnancy
January 18, 2024
Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the estimated 60,000 injured people and daily arrival of hundreds more hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee said the situation in Gaza’s hospitals was the most extreme she had ever seen
January 18, 2024
A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors has been approved overwhelmingly by the Republican-led South Carolina House
January 17, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will not sign a proposed ban on tackle football for kids under 12
January 17, 2024
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević has died in Salt Lake City after suffering a heart attack
January 17, 2024
A major cholera outbreak has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000 in Zambia
January 17, 2024
Kensington Palace says the Princess of Wales has been hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery and will remain at the private London Clinic for up to two weeks
January 17, 2024
A growing body of research is finding a robust link between diet and sleep quality. But it’s not just the usual suspects like caffeine and alcohol that can get in the way of restful sleep.
January 17, 2024
A spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says a shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas has reached the Gaza Strip
January 17, 2024
Drug overdose deaths in New Hampshire have increased in recent years, and some residents want to hear more from the presidential candidates about how they'd help
January 17, 2024
China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual decrease as births dropped and deaths jumped
January 17, 2024
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley has been hospitalized in the Washington area with an infection and is receiving antibiotic infusions
January 17, 2024
A divide between abortion-rights activists over whether to include restrictions regarding the viability of the fetus on planned state ballot measures is roiling the movement
January 16, 2024
Two winners on the road back from alcoholism
January 16, 2024
Too often, signs of trouble are ignored until a problem becomes a crisis. Here are some clear warning signs residents should watch for.
January 16, 2024
Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.
January 16, 2024
A human rights group says that a political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed to provide him with proper medical care
January 15, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he's eager to return to the Pentagon after being released from a hospital where he was treated for complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from President Joe Biden
January 15, 2024
The heads of three major U.N. agencies are warning that Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population will suffer widespread famine and disease
January 15, 2024
Your immune system is often able to fend off pathogens it’s never seen before. But defending your body against all of them all at once is a tough challenge.
January 15, 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was “speechless” by the severity and immense destruction of the disaster zone he saw during the helicopter ride on his first visit to the country’s north-central region of Noto since the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes, amid worries about spreading diseases in evacuation centers
January 14, 2024
A prolonged dry spell is sweeping across the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir during the harshest phase of winter, leaving many people sick and farmers worried about impending water shortages
January 13, 2024
For a few hours every day or night, Dr. Suhaib Alhamss tries to sleep on a thin mattress in an operating room of the hospital he directs in the southern Gaza Strip
January 13, 2024
Quaker Oats has expanded a December recall of more than 40 products that may be contaminated with salmonella
January 12, 2024
President Joe Biden says it was a lapse in judgment for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin not to tell him about his hospitalization last week, but he still has confidence in the Pentagon chief
January 12, 2024
Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America
January 12, 2024
The Mississippi State Health Department says Jackson's water is safe to consume
January 12, 2024
For weary parents rolling up their sleeves for diaper duty, a bill in Kentucky would deliver tax relief when purchasing a necessity that adds up to a big expense
January 12, 2024
An Ohio woman who miscarried on the toilet then left will not be criminally charged for her handling of a home miscarriage
January 11, 2024
Self-advocacy and taking initiative have proven critical for autistic students who are also gifted, new research shows.
January 11, 2024
Post-pandemic burnout is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S. It has prompted many to think about abandoning their jobs
January 11, 2024
Swedish soccer coach Sven-Goran Eriksson says he has cancer and might have less than a year to live
January 11, 2024
The secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations due to prostate cancer surgery set off a political firestorm, launched multiple reviews and triggered calls for his ouster
January 11, 2024
Republican-led state legislatures are again considering bills restricting medical care for transgender youths and some adults the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law
January 11, 2024
A federal appeals panel says a Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding masks and other protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic can move forward
January 10, 2024
The Biden administration says 20 million people have enrolled for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, with still a few days left for signing up
January 10, 2024
Kale is the vegetable that divides people the most, going from being a star favorite to an over-the-top health risk. Health-conscious fans rave about the vegetable’s abundant nutrients – from vitamin A for immunity to lutein for eye health. They also point to compounds called glucosinolates, which show promise in cancer prevention. Yet critics argue that anti-nutrient properties and thyroid risks outweigh potential benefits for many people. So beyond trends, what does unbiased science conclude on balance about routinely eating these greens? Dr. Amy Litchman is the lead expert on the effects of nutrition at Stanford. She doesn’t believe either
January 10, 2024
Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that are frustrating parents and doctors
January 10, 2024
The head of the U.N. health agency says holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month
January 10, 2024
The NHL players union has launched a mental health program aimed at educating and helping players learn more about their own well-being and that of their teammates and families
January 10, 2024
Northern Europeans are more prone to multiple sclerosis than other ancestries and now a study of ancient DNA hints at why
January 10, 2024
Pakistan’s prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods killed 1,700 people in his nation
January 10, 2024
Gary Woodland had a brain tumor that produced anxiety and a fear of dying
January 10, 2024
President Joe Biden’s administration is facing criticism and credibility questions after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization was kept secret for days — even from the White House
January 10, 2024
Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates
January 10, 2024
California lawmakers are debating a ban on tackle football for children under 12 to reduce the risk of brain injuries under a bill that has cleared a key legislative hurdle
January 10, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had prostate cancer surgery and was later hospitalized in intensive care due to complications from that operation without President Joe Biden, Cabinet members or even his deputy knowing
January 09, 2024
About 21 million children are likely to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program
January 09, 2024
Fruit bats can eat up to twice their body weight in fruit a day. But their genes and cells evolved to process all that sugar without any health consequences − a feat drug developers can learn from.
January 09, 2024
A woman who dominated discussion about abortion during Kentucky’s campaign last year has stepped forward again
January 09, 2024
Doctors say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation
January 09, 2024
Less hype and more health care, please.
January 09, 2024
After scientists’ GPS tracking tag was violently removed from one shark’s dorsal fin, they were in for a surprise: The wound didn’t just heal, but the missing tissue grew back.
January 09, 2024
An unexpected case of rabies found in an animal can raise concerns for a potential outbreak. Proactive vaccination of both wildlife and people can help protect everyone.
January 09, 2024
Spain’s government says face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centers starting Wednesday due to a surge in respiratory illnesses
January 09, 2024
Authorities say suspected militants have shot and killed two police officers assigned to escort polio workers in northwest Pakistan during the nationwide campaign against polio
January 09, 2024
The Marine Corps says Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant, has had open heart surgery and is expected to return to full duty as the service's leader
January 09, 2024
New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics
January 08, 2024
Trail runners face big challenges figuring out proper food intake on rough paths. The steep up-and-down hills burn way more calories than running on flat roads. According to new statistics, more than 40% of people are unable to fuel their bodies adequately, resulting in both visible and invisible injuries. The study, surveying nearly 2,000 trail runners, reveals over 4 in 10 display symptoms of inadequate calorie consumption for required effort. Such nutritional deficits yield measurable harm. “Low energy availability occurs when the body doesn’t get enough calories to power vital processes after strenuous exercise,” explains lead researcher and elite trail
January 08, 2024
More women have joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022
January 08, 2024
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is teaming up with two nonprofits to launch a new fund that will make awards to champions of sexual violence prevention and that will support education and healing programs, predominantly for Black women and girls, with plans to raise $10 million over the next two years
January 08, 2024
Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton says she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren’t sure whether she would survive
January 08, 2024
New research shows colleges attract interest from higher-caliber students when the schools’ home states allow their citizens to get high.
January 08, 2024
Pope Francis is calling for a universal ban on what he calls the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood
January 08, 2024
A roadside bomb has exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others
January 08, 2024
The Pentagon is releasing new details about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s nearly weeklong hospitalization
January 07, 2024
An animal shelter in Poland appealed to the public to adopt or temporarily shelter some of its dogs through a dangerous cold spell
January 07, 2024
Pioneering surgeon Roy Calne, who led Europe’s first liver transplant operation, has died aged 93
January 07, 2024
U.S. officials say that senior Biden administration leaders, members of Congress and top Pentagon officials were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday
January 06, 2024
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its annual session
January 06, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday, due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure
January 05, 2024
The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues
January 05, 2024
U.S. health officials say that recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches tied to lead poisoning in U.S. kids contained chromium, a chemical element that can be toxic
January 05, 2024
Health officials say at least two dozen people in 14 states were sickened by salmonella poisoning tied to recalled meat snack trays sold at some Sam’s Club stores
January 05, 2024
The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse with 38 states reporting high or very high levels for respiratory illnesses
January 05, 2024
A new federal study finds that people taking popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions
January 05, 2024
A petition initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution has reached the necessary number of verified signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot
January 05, 2024
Do those scenic vacation photos filling your feed spark joy or leave you depleted? Mounting clinical research reveals social media’s double-edged impact on mental health. Behind the veil of likes and filters lies a complex psychological chain reaction that both connects and isolates users. As you mindlessly scroll through the highlight reels of acquaintances living their best lives, a slither of envy turns to inadequacy before cascading into full-blown anxiety. Yet moments later a new notification alerts you to an old friend reaching out across the distance thanks to the very same platforms facilitating FOMO fueling your funk. The takeaway?
January 05, 2024
Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region
January 05, 2024
Federal officials have cleared the way for Florida to begin importing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada
January 05, 2024
More than 6 million people receive benefits through the nation’s food assistance program for women, infants and children, which is known as WIC
January 05, 2024
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022
January 05, 2024
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.
January 05, 2024
Supportive relationships, economic stability and exercise are among the building blocks that develop resilience.
January 05, 2024
Rafael Nadal has concerns over his surgically repaired left hip just two wins and a loss into his comeback from a year-long injury layoff and just over a week before the Australian Open
January 05, 2024
A 74-year-old woman died alone in the hospital last year
January 05, 2024
Does urine wash safely down the drain, or could peeing in the shower come back to bite you? New research reveals doing your business while bathing exposes surprising health risks between the tiles. As you stand there enjoying the steamy warmth enveloping your body, that familiar tingling urge suddenly strikes. You reason just a little pee can’t hurt anything amid the soothing hot water cascading over your feet. Yet growing scientific evidence demonstrates even this seemingly harmless shower move harbors hidden hazards that could seriously dampen your day if you let down your guard while soaping up. Repeated exposure to
January 05, 2024
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says access to medical marijuana in the state should expand to include more health conditions
January 04, 2024
Eli Lilly has launched a unique website to connect U.S. patients seeking obesity treatment to doctors, dieticians and its new weight-loss drug, Zepbound
January 04, 2024
A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont’s law that allows people who are terminally ill to end their lives has died in Vermont
January 04, 2024
Long-held Republican opposition to broader health care coverage may be softening in Georgia and Mississippi
January 04, 2024
Veteran guard Ricky Rubio, who stepped away from his playing career and the Cleveland Cavaliers this season to concentrate on his mental health, says his NBA career is over
January 04, 2024
Long-term goals can be hard to stick to if the benefits are only way off in the future. Research suggests ways to focus on the here and now to help you ultimately achieve your more far-off targets.
January 04, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the promise of using mRNA as medicine. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers need to identify the right diseases to treat.
January 04, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on how fragmented medical care can be. Relational, or person-centered, medicine is attempting to provide solutions.
January 04, 2024
Talking about violence with teens and tweens is very different from the conversation you’ll have with younger children.
January 04, 2024
The longest planned strike in the history of Britain’s state-funded National Health Service has entered its second day of six with doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over requests for some to return to work to cover urgent needs
January 04, 2024
More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face a post-holiday spike in flu and other illnesses
January 03, 2024
Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer's drugs seep inside the brain faster — using sound waves to jiggle a temporary opening in its protective shield
January 03, 2024
Suicide-prevention barriers at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge have been completed more than a decade after officials greenlighted a project to install stainless-steel mesh nets on both sides of the 1.7-mile bridge
January 03, 2024
Better training and supervision make younger workers less vulnerable to injuries.
January 03, 2024
Radiotherapy takes many forms: from directing powerful high-energy beams toward specific areas of the body to placing radioactive seeds right next to tumors.
January 03, 2024
Most of us struggle with making those New Year’s resolutions stick
January 03, 2024
Thousands of doctors have walked off their jobs in Britain at the start of a six-day strike that's set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service
January 03, 2024
A federal appeals court in New Orleans says the Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require that Texas hospitals provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy
January 02, 2024
New research shows thousands of women in the U.S. have stocked up on abortion pills just in case they need them
January 02, 2024
In Latin America, only Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic maintain total abortion bans
January 02, 2024
The Dominican Republic is one of four Latin American countries criminalizing abortion without exceptions
January 02, 2024
Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression
December 31, 2023
Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its marketing work with Purdue Pharma helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis
December 30, 2023
California will soon become one of the first states to provide free health care to all low-income immigrants living in the state illegally
December 30, 2023
U.S. officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes
December 30, 2023
An Idaho judge has denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban
December 30, 2023
West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established up by the settlement of opioid lawsuits
December 29, 2023
Mexico's president is trying to end the woes of patients throughout the country, who are often told they need a specific medicine — but the hospital in question doesn't have it
December 29, 2023
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has broken from his party and vetoed legislation banning all gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes’ participation in girls and women’s sports
December 29, 2023
Documents show the risks toxic substances posed in the underground capsules and silos where Air Force nuclear missile crews have worked since the 1960s
December 29, 2023
Driving a car with the opposite foot or shaving with the other hand would be major challenges for anyone
December 29, 2023
A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement
December 28, 2023
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people
December 28, 2023
Obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are capturing the attention of celebrities and showing promising results in helping people shed pounds
December 28, 2023
African scientists warn that discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make an mpox outbreak in Congo worse
December 28, 2023
Pennsylvania saw a tenfold increase in deaths of older adults following an abuse or neglect complaint over the past few years
December 28, 2023
Heat exhaustion is the cause of death of a Brazilian fan who attended a concert of singer Taylor Swift in November, according to a forensics report obtained by The Associated Press
December 27, 2023
A wildfire that tore through the heart of the Hawaii island of Maui this summer showed how older residents are at particular risk from disasters
December 27, 2023
The Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and Mideast expert has been appointed the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian aid to Gaza, where there are more than 2 million desperate civilians in need of food, water and medicine
December 26, 2023
How to structure your workout − resistance then aerobic training or vice versa − depends on your exercise goals.
December 26, 2023
Online, direct-to-consumer health care has grown well beyond its roots mostly treating hair loss and acne or selling birth control pills
December 26, 2023
The New York Jets will wait to see what Zach Wilson’s health status is over the next day before deciding on a starting quarterback against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night
December 25, 2023
Two Denver-area paramedics have been convicted of giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019
December 23, 2023
Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is acquiring Karuna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a new antipsychotic, in a $14 billion deal
December 22, 2023
A lawsuit by a Seattle hospital says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas
December 22, 2023
U.S. health officials say flu and COVID-19 infections are expected to ramp up in the coming weeks
December 22, 2023
A medical examiner's report concludes that former NFL player Mike Williams died from a rare form of sepsis related to dental health problems
December 22, 2023
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is practicing despite remaining in the NFL’s concussion protocol
December 22, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss
December 22, 2023
The U.N. health agency says reported cases of dengue globally increased tenfold over the last generation
December 22, 2023
Health officials in Hamas-run Gaza say the Palestinian death toll there has surpassed 20,000
December 22, 2023
New federal guidelines that dropped an abstinence requirement before gay men in monogamous relationships can give blood are opening a new pool of potential donors
December 22, 2023
Some American senior citizens have a new companion to help them combat loneliness: a robot
December 22, 2023
Some California farming communities have been plagued for years by problems with their drinking water due to nitrates and other contaminants in the groundwater that feeds their wells
December 22, 2023
A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals
December 22, 2023
Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription discriminated against her on the basis of her sex
December 22, 2023
Old Dominion coach Jeff Jones has been hospitalized in Honolulu after suffering a heart attack
December 21, 2023
As the calendar flips to January, Lucy is tempted by the glossy magazine covers at the grocery checkout, promising rapid weight loss through restrictive regimens. She eyes the bold declarations to “Lose 10 Pounds Fast!” and “Drop 2 Sizes By Spring!” After indulging over the holidays, part of Lucy feels drawn to make an ambitious weight loss pledge for the new year. Yet the 35-year-old mom worries about falling short of rigid goals that could torpedo her self-esteem. This January, Lucy contemplates a different approach. Across America, the annual ritual of New Year’s resolutions often focuses squarely on diets and
December 21, 2023
A report from the United Nations finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are starving because there's not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago
December 21, 2023
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to legalize medical marijuana after the war with Russia left thousands of people with post-traumatic stress disorder that many believe could be eased by the drug
December 21, 2023
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republicans plan to unveil a proposal soon to legalize medical marijuana in the state and could vote on it sometime in 2024
December 21, 2023
More than five years ago, someone left a kitten with twisted back legs at a Missouri animal shelter
December 21, 2023
An Ohio prosecutor says it's not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried at her home, regardless of the pressure that national attention is bringing to her case
December 20, 2023
Homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, have reached a new, somber record
December 20, 2023
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie is outlining his plan for addressing the latest wave of the nation's drug crisis
December 20, 2023
Parents are opting out of school vaccinations at the highest rate ever
December 20, 2023
The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December, with air quality so bad it was placed first on a list of the world’s most polluted cities for a second straight day
December 20, 2023
Parents of children who posted sky-high blood lead levels after eating potentially tainted apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches are worried about their kids' futures
December 20, 2023
A trauma-informed therapist discusses how grief affects the brain and highlights the role of a sixth stage of grief – finding meaning – in the healing process.
December 20, 2023
You likely know that the sight and smell of food can trigger cravings. But internal cues from your gut and your brain play just as important a role in the decisions you make around food.
December 20, 2023
Repeatedly in recent years, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has stipulated that the threat of abortion remains its preeminent priority
December 20, 2023
Abortion is going to be a major issue in the U.S. again in 2024, the second full year after the nation's top court ended a right to abortion and making it largely a state issue
December 20, 2023
It's clear when states ban abortion
December 20, 2023
Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are now throwing the items away
December 20, 2023
Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are now throwing the items away
December 20, 2023
The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children has raised fresh concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago
December 19, 2023
St. Louis political leaders and people connected to a shuttered nursing home are calling for accountability after the facility's sudden, unannounced closure
December 19, 2023
Travys Carinci typically logs almost 60,000 air miles monthly, crisscrossing Australia for work. But the veteran airline operations manager skips steamy showers upon returning home from grubby planes and airports despite yearning to scrub off germs. Why forgo a steamy shower? The health of the human body’s largest organ – the skin. “I skip overly hot showers which, even though it is tempting after a long flight, is a surefire way to dry out your skin,” Carinci revealed to Condé Nast Traveller, urging cooler cleansing for frequent flyer skin integrity. After inevitably contacting dubious surfaces and strangers gate-to-gate for hours, travelers
December 19, 2023
The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s new reproductive rights amendment is urging a local prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home
December 19, 2023
Childhood adversity can put people at risk of perpetrating domestic violence in the future. Having a supportive social network and learning ways to regulate the stress response, however, can help.
December 19, 2023
Probiotics are great for your gut, but which sources contain the most beneficial bacteria? Newly developed sensors are helping scientists figure it out.
December 19, 2023
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped up if webpages or documents are improperly formatted.
December 19, 2023
California regulators have approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses
December 19, 2023
The number of kindergartners in public school plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic
December 19, 2023
Thousands of kids went missing from schools during the pandemic
December 19, 2023
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders says his quarterback son Shedeur Sanders will participate in spring practice after recovering from a broken bone in his back
December 19, 2023
Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is out for at least the next two weeks because of a sprained right ankle suffered against the New York Knicks last Friday
December 18, 2023
U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” lead levels in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal
December 18, 2023
Some people experience blissful slumber simply by rubbing their feet together before bed, and TikTokers can’t stop raving about the soothing sleep technique they call “cricketing.” The practice mimics crickets’ tendency to constantly fidget their legs as a self-calming behavior. And while the motion may appear odd, science and firsthand accounts affirm its incredible power lulling the body into peaceful relaxation ideal for rapid sleep onset. Over 50 million TikTok views extoll cricketing’s virtues through posters demonstrating pre-bedtime foot rubs while praising their effectiveness. “It’s comforting!” one commenter declared. And the mounting buzz even surprised longtime nightly practitioners unaware of
December 18, 2023
The largest nursing home in St. Louis has closed suddenly, forcing about 170 residents to be bused to other facilities
December 18, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is conducting more on-site inspections of polluting industrial sites than at any time since the COVID-19 pandemic began
December 18, 2023
A deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe continues to grow
December 18, 2023
Attorneys for a Kentucky woman who sued demanding the right to an abortion have withdrawn the lawsuit after the woman learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
December 18, 2023
Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how school-based interventions affect students.
December 18, 2023
Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones and the circadian rhythm could be to blame.
December 18, 2023
Aden Holloway scored 15 points with six assists and Jaylin Williams had 14 points to help Auburn beat USC 91-75 as the Trojans’ Bronny James continued to work his way back to the court after suffering cardiac arrest
December 17, 2023
Federal drug officials are warning Georgia to shelve its plans to be the first state to allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana
December 17, 2023
Luton says its captain Tom Lockyer is undergoing tests and scans at hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during a Premier League game
December 17, 2023
A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company that was awarded lucrative contracts to supply protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic
December 17, 2023
Starting with the new year, Indiana will implement a universal reimbursement rate for a therapy commonly used by children with autism, at a rate significantly less than what healthcare providers received on average in the past
December 17, 2023
As the year comes to an end with holiday parties and crowds, mask-wearing is much more off than on around the country even as COVID’s long tail lingers
December 17, 2023
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is having surgery for a broken hip after falling at a concert in Los Angeles
December 16, 2023
Quaker Oats has recalled several of its granola products because it says the foods could be contaminated with salmonella
December 16, 2023
In Mexico, activists from Catholics for the Right to Decide are helping women reconcile their faith and abortion rights
December 16, 2023
Suburbs in South Florida that have swung toward Donald Trump are where the “Obamacare” health care program is more popular than anywhere else in the country
December 16, 2023
An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agency’s response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history
December 15, 2023
Solomon Thomas was lost, stuck in a dark place mentally while desperately trying to overcome the anxiety, depression and sadness that gnawed at him
December 15, 2023
A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children
December 15, 2023
A group of scientists in New York set traps for local wildlife, such as possums and raccoons, for months, ranging from Staten Island to Queens. Their goal was not to tag and release the animals but rather to thoroughly examine and swab them for pathogens that could be harmful to humans before the creatures disappeared back into the shadows of the city. Their goal is to shield city people from animal diseases that might be hidden among the furry residents who live off the main road in the large city. The Columbia University researchers aim specifically to trace coronaviruses and
December 15, 2023
A young couple in Beijing endured a nauseating ordeal after discovering a hidden pipeline had secretly been supplying their kitchen taps with toilet water for over six months. Only upon developing an unshakable cough and strange outbreaks of hair loss did the pair finally trace the source of their deteriorating health back to drinking and cooking with liquid siphoned straight from the latrine. According to boyfriend Mr. Tan, subletting an apartment with his girlfriend earlier this year initially proceeded smoothly until the roommates noticed concerning changes to their wellbeing soon after moving in. His hacking cough worsened while acne and
December 15, 2023
A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy has gone up in smoke in two Dutch cities as “coffeeshops” began selling the country’s first legally cultivated cannabis
December 15, 2023
Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.
December 15, 2023
An attorney for Idaho has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking clarity about the medical exemptions to the state’s broad abortion bans
December 15, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic threw off everyone’s life, but it was especially hard for people in their late 20s and early 30s, as goals and plans were delayed or abandoned due to lockdowns. This sense of falling behind is referred to as a “quarter-life skip” by psychologists. Dubbed the “pandemic skip,” the phenomenon describes a sentiment especially acute among teens, 20-somethings, and 30-somethings – that lockdowns slammed brakes on growing up itself. According to psychologists, this view is based on reality: without those happy events that shape adulthood, important stages of growth would have stayed dormant. “I’m 26 but feel 23,”
December 14, 2023
Resolutions symbolize our desire for self-improvement and the optimism accompanying a new year’s blank slate. These annual pledges aim to enhance lives by changing undesired traits, meeting personal goals, or kicking bad habits. However, ambitions often exceed follow-through. Early excitement yields to obstacles as resolutions crumble by February. Understanding the psychology behind resolutions can reveal why they fail along with science-backed strategies for finally making our promises stick. The alluring idea of reinvention draws us each January 1st. A new calendar encourages reflection while triggering the “fresh start effect” psychologically. As holidays end, we crave departing from stress and excess
December 14, 2023
A federal agency says a chemical leak that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry plant in 2021 could have been prevented
December 14, 2023
Three major U.S. retailers — Amazon, Target and Walmart — say they’re suspending sales of water-bead products marketed to young children due to growing safety concerns
December 14, 2023
New research reveals much online hate speech stems less from malice than hunger for approval, ensuring trolls keep posting to chase “likes” from their bile. Cornell University investigators found users glowing with praise for early toxic posts reliably return with amplified attacks next, hooked on the viral attention rather than targets’ hurt. “It now appears that the same dynamics that can make some online relationships intensely positive can also fuel friendly feelings among those who join together online in expressing enmity toward identity groups and individual targets,” said scholar Joseph Walther of Harvard. Walther argues digital bonds formed through shared
December 14, 2023
Abortion clinics in Ohio are pushing for a court to strike down abortion restrictions now that voters have enshrined abortion rights into the state Constitution
December 14, 2023
A disturbing new lawsuit alleges extended solitary confinement and willful neglect killed a mentally ill county jail inmate after nearly 3 weeks locked naked in a padded cell. Attorneys for Joshua McLemore’s family argue his untreated schizophrenia psychosis kept him from eating or drinking despite guards delivering food, ultimately causing fatal organ failure. According to court filings, police brought the 29-year-old McLemore to emergency services after finding him dazed in his apartment mid-psychotic break in summer 2021. But he soon faced arrest for erratic behavior like pulling a nurse’s hair, then transfer to Jackson County Jail on charges of battery
December 14, 2023
Members of the House have introduced a bill, likely the last of the year, they hope may one day stomp out Parkinson's disease
December 14, 2023
Workers angry that a proposed smoking ban in Atlantic City's casinos seems to be going nowhere protested by lighting up during a state government hearing Thursday in Trenton
December 14, 2023
The Biden administration is initiating a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio
December 14, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year
December 14, 2023
U.S. officials recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from overseas manufacturers, including the company behind Elf Bar
December 14, 2023
Some of winter’s effects have been tied to cultural norms and practices, while others likely reflect our bodies’ innate biological responses to shorter days and colder weather.
December 14, 2023
Drug development takes a great deal of time, money and effort. While future profits play a big factor in which diseases gets prioritized, advocacy and research incentives can also tilt the scale.
December 14, 2023
Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy have urged a judge to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial
December 14, 2023
A Florida mother tearfully testified that her family could be torn apart if the state's ban on trans health care for children is allowed to take effect
December 13, 2023
A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation's largest fertility clinics is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor
December 13, 2023
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have called for “compassion” in the case of a woman whose health deteriorated as she unsuccessfully sought an abortion in Texas, but they stopped short of criticizing the state’s law
December 13, 2023
Oregon and Washington authorities say they are making the war on fentanyl a top priority
December 13, 2023
People have complained about headaches specifically from red wine for thousands of years, but science is only now closing in on an explanation for the phenomenon. A new study proposes that an antioxidant found in grape skins hampers the body’s processing of alcohol, allowing buildup of a toxic compound that triggers migraines in susceptible drinkers. While all alcoholic beverages can cause headaches, red wine appears particularly linked to painful “wine headaches” arising shortly after a glass rather than next-morning hangover. Researchers have puzzlingly struggled to account for why despite red wine containing many ingredients also found in other foods not
December 13, 2023
A new brain imaging study shows that traumatic memories use different neural paths than normal memories. This shows that they work as vivid pieces of a current event rather than processed past memories. Findings from the study help us understand how traumatic memories stay with us for a long time. They shed light on why they keep coming back as flashbacks and night terrors, which are common symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Study co-author Daniela Schiller from Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine remarked, “The brain doesn’t appear to be in a state of memory; rather, it seems to
December 13, 2023
Just months after filing for bankruptcy, SmileDirectClub announced it was shutting down its global operations and halting its teeth-aligner treatments
December 13, 2023
Medical debt will no longer appear on the credit reports of New York residents
December 13, 2023
Erin Coleman grew alarmed as her 14-year-old daughter increasingly used TikTok and Instagram not for entertainment or memes but to search for videos about mental health conditions. Over months of scrolling, the teen became convinced social media clips matched her own struggles and she likely had depression, ADHD, autism, extreme germophobia, and more. “Each week, she would come up with another diagnosis,” Coleman recalled. “If she perceives any resemblance between herself and someone else, she believes she possesses the same qualities.” Ultimately medical testing revealed Coleman’s daughter suffered mainly from severe anxiety rather than the entire catalogue. “Even now, she
December 13, 2023
Medication abortion is the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S. Mifepristone is one of the two drugs used and it will go in front of the U.S. Supreme Court next year
December 13, 2023
Two of Russia’s top swimmers who could be eligible for the next year’s Olympics have been drug tested by their country’s anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023
December 13, 2023
A Swedish study has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health concerns
December 13, 2023
Even parents who don’t drink much throughout the year may have a few extra eggnogs at a Christmas party or beers while watching the Super Bowl. And that has implications for how they treat their kids.
December 13, 2023
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States
December 13, 2023
Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases.
December 13, 2023
Repeated recalls of eyedrops are drawing new attention to the limited powers U.S. regulators have to oversee medical products made overseas
December 13, 2023
Pfizer’s forecast for sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment next year falls more than $5 billion short of the Wall Street consensus
December 13, 2023
Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980 as experts warn that rising temperatures and rapid urbanization are accelerating the pace of infections
December 13, 2023
With winter here and thoughts of cuddling up by a warm fire starting to circulate, many are wondering if it’s wise to commit while still navigating the ups and downs of college life. Although bonds can ease fears of the future and strengthen everyday communities, some bonds made in the midst of scholastic stress and loneliness may not be beneficial to development in the long run. When one’s job, priorities, and sense of self undergo continuous transformations until maturity takes its ultimate shape, it becomes imperative to regularly assess one’s relationships to ensure their well-being.. Making the most of limited
December 12, 2023
While survey data suggests 60% of Americans believe daily showers are essential, but experts say that there is no magic bullet when it comes to personal hygiene; rather, the appropriate number of baths each week is contingent on a wide range of individual health variables. No matter what, scientific knowledge about the when why, and how of lathering can help us understand our different skin types better. Those exercising heavily or prone to abundant perspiration should certainly wash away accumulating sweat regularly. Letting pores clog risks breakouts and infections, while scalp oils similarly merit shampooing too for some prone to
December 12, 2023
Millions seeking digestive relief turn to diagnostic kits promising personalized answers on triggering foods. However, experts argue evidence doesn’t support home sensitivity tests flooding the alternative wellness market and making big claims on customized health insights. Behind marketing suggesting custom diets curing bloating and discomfort lurk problematic science and potential harms meriting caution before buying. Mainstream medicine makes limited distinctions around adverse food reactions beyond clear-cut allergies and intolerances like lactose or gluten. Still, companies sell hair mineral scans or blood antibody screens purportedly unveiling specific inflammatory triggers. These expensive, unreliable results often severely restrict diets without clinical basis. Seeking
December 12, 2023
Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents
December 12, 2023
The Texas Supreme Court's rejection of a mother of two's request for an exception under the state's restrictive abortion ban has laid bare the high threshold women in many states must meet to get the procedure
December 12, 2023
For mothers and fathers in besieged Gaza, the devastating war has subverted all expectations of childbirth and parenthood
December 12, 2023
Attorneys for a pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion say she's learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
December 12, 2023
From COVID-19 vaccines to cancer treatments and beyond, the flexibility of mRNA-based therapies gives them the potential to prevent and treat many types of diseases.
December 12, 2023
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that repealed a law requiring women to purchase a separate insurance rider if they intend to receive an abortion in the future
December 12, 2023
Tyreek Hill sat out a big portion of Miami’s 28-27 loss to the Tennessee Titans with an ankle injury after he landed awkwardly while being tackled in the first quarter
December 12, 2023
Decking halls with boughs of holly and twinkling trees spreads yuletide cheer for many holiday celebrants. But amid the backdrop of nostalgic decor emerges a seasonal syndrome sabotaging merriment for some. Invisible allergens riding evergreens trigger classic respiratory and skin symptoms creating “Christmas tree syndrome” – the sad fate of developing runny noses, coughs or rashes instead of cozy comfort from the symbolic centerpiece. Culprits range from specific pollen species to generic irritants like mold, dust and pesticides. Real varieties pose more concerns with natural volatile oils and shedding pine needles. But cheap synthetic trees harbor other hazards after years
December 12, 2023
A nationwide air traffic controller shortage has forced intensely demanding schedules and deteriorating working conditions, fueling a dangerous increase in mistakes guiding planes. Fatigued and demoralized, some controllers report nodding off during shifts while others show up drunk – alarming violations jeopardizing passenger safety. Hundreds of incident reports describe distraught employees struggling with impossible overtime burdens amid understaffing crisis levels. Controllers manage unfathomable stress directing thousands of lives daily. But current excessive strains break even the most dedicated. While recent years saw traffic rebound from the pandemic, controller numbers significantly declined over the past decade despite elevated retirements requiring replacement.
December 12, 2023
The World Health Organization says five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year
December 11, 2023
Courts in several states are hearing challenges to abortion bans this week
December 11, 2023
Attorneys for a pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. say she has left the state to obtain the procedure
December 11, 2023
The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children
December 11, 2023
Spices have been prized commodities for centuries. Today, ‘warm’ flavors boost our health and spirits in fall and winter.
December 11, 2023
Heart rates that are too slow or too fast can sometimes be lethal. Medical implants can help the heart get its rhythm back.
December 11, 2023
Two dental experts explain that these furthest-back molars may be a not-so-necessary leftover from early human evolution.
December 11, 2023
Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s, has died at the age of 95 at her home in the United States
December 11, 2023
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia
December 11, 2023
A British Palestinian surgeon who spent weeks in the Gaza Strip during the current Israel-Hamas war as part of a Doctors Without Borders medical team says he's given testimony to a British war crimes investigation unit
December 09, 2023
The Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis
December 09, 2023
The Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis
December 09, 2023
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is back with the team after undergoing an emergency appendectomy
December 08, 2023
Obstacles to obtaining an abortion are more common since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022
December 08, 2023
Obstacles to obtaining an abortion are more common since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022
December 08, 2023
A pregnant woman in Kentucky has filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year
December 08, 2023
U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease
December 08, 2023
Pope Francis has made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai
December 08, 2023
House lawmakers are demanding information on federal efforts to stop the influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China
December 08, 2023
It’s important to identify the root causes of your stress and to find the coping mechanisms that work best for you.
December 08, 2023
Many of the Americans getting this debt relief are nurses, teachers, first responders, Peace Corps volunteers and social workers.
December 08, 2023
A large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good as annual mammograms for certain breast cancer survivors
December 08, 2023
Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian militants and unleashed fighting with local gunmen in which six Palestinians were killed
December 08, 2023
A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people _ three in the U.S. and five in Canada
December 07, 2023
Health officials are releasing the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million
December 07, 2023
The dreaded soreness that follows a workout often seems like just part of the process as your body gets stronger. But what actually causes sore, strained muscles days after a tough workout? And do things like massage guns or hot tubs actually help you recover faster, as everyone claims? New research explains why our muscles protest so much in the first place. It turns out it might not be lactic acid or tiny tears in muscle fibers causing the hurt, as experts used to think. And the common fixes people swear by may just provide temporary relief without addressing the
December 07, 2023
A Kentucky child is dead and a Missouri infant has brain damage from the same kind of bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year
December 07, 2023
The Biden administration is putting pharmaceutical companies on notice
December 07, 2023
South Korea's Olympic committee is pushing to send hundreds of athletes to a navy training center to enhance their mental toughness ahead of the Paris Olympics
December 07, 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in sometimes angry testimony to Britain’s inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday defended himself against suggestions that his indifference and failure to heed the advice of scientists led to thousands of unnecessary deaths
December 07, 2023
Polish Nobel Peace Prizer winner and former President Lech Walesa says he is improving after being hospitalized with COVID-19
December 07, 2023
The killing of a visiting nurse in Connecticut is sparking renewed calls to better protect health care workers from what has been a rise in violence across the country
December 07, 2023
A Texas judge has given a pregnant woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state’s ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year
December 07, 2023
Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen in public that the 23-year-old Black man had “excited delirium,” a disputed condition critics say is unscientific and rooted in racism
December 06, 2023
The White House is pushing back a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that quickly sparked criticism from anti-smoking groups
December 06, 2023
When Sheila first suggested to her husband Jim that they go to an event for monogamous couples, he reluctantly agreed, hoping that she could enjoy her sense of adventure. But neither of them expected the strong desire to explore even further after becoming friends with another nice couple there. As middle-aged parents of two teenage children stuck in an affectionless rut, Jim and Sheila saw their family-oriented responsibilities were slowly suffocating the carefree pair who had met in a bar almost 20 years ago. Because they wanted to get away, they went to a polyamorous retreat that promised “sexy fun.”
December 06, 2023
A walk down any health store aisle will show you shelves full of supplement bottles that are calling to people who are stressed out or sad. Labels that look good say that herbs, oils, vitamins, and nutrients will help you deal with life’s mental storms. But can a pill really make you feel better or calm your worries down? Experts say that there is little to no evidence to back popular supplements for anxiety and depression, despite what marketers say. While some natural options like St. John’s wort show glimmers of potential benefit, data quality and clinical impact lag far
December 06, 2023
Fifty-two endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles suffering from “cold stun” are rehabbing at four facilities in Florida after a flight on a private plane from the New England Aquarium in Massachusetts
December 06, 2023
A growing wellness trend touts icy plunges as self-treatment for anxiety, depression and other mental health woes. From TikTok’s #ColdPlunge community to Netflix documentaries on extreme athlete Wim Hof’s frigid endurance challenges, the notion of therapeutic benefits from voluntarily induced hypothermia proliferates in pop culture. And while evidence remains limited and risks plentiful, some preliminary research does suggest cold water immersion may improve certain markers of mood and resilience. Proponents claim subjecting the body to freezing temperatures counterintuitively promotes relaxation and calm after the initial shock. The hypothesis makes physiologic sense – activating the stress response stimulates release of hormones
December 06, 2023
U.S. health officials have launched an inspection of a plant in Ecuador that made the cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to dozens of cases of acute lead poisoning in U.S. children
December 06, 2023
Electroconvulsive therapy often evokes inaccurate images of seizing bodies and smoking ears. Better understanding of how it reduces depression symptoms can illuminate new ways to treat mental illness.
December 06, 2023
New research provides evidence for the first time that the primary chemical in Roundup is reaching people in nearby homes, and it isn’t just from the food they eat.
December 06, 2023
Authorities say dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence
December 06, 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that his government was too slow to grasp the scale of the COVID-19 crisis
December 06, 2023
A 23-year-old woman who recently started her first nursing job at a New Hampshire hospital was attending a training session on cardiac arrest when she, herself, suffered the medical emergency
December 06, 2023
A new survey shows 55% of Black patients said they feel like they must be very careful about their appearance to be treated fairly at medical visits
December 05, 2023
If you’re having a panic attack, TikTokers say sour candy may help calm your nerves. This advice seems to have some scientific backing, with mental health experts confirming that sour candies like Warheads can serve as an effective distraction during moments of high anxiety. When anxiety begins to spike and panic sets in, eating an intensely tart candy can offer “faster relief” by giving the brain something else more immediate to focus on, says therapist Catherine Del Toro. This redirects the brain’s attention away from the anxiety, providing a brief respite in which symptoms can subside. The key seems to
December 05, 2023
Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who said the airline discriminated against pregnant and breastfeeding employees
December 05, 2023
A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis is asking a court to let her have an abortion
December 05, 2023
Greece’s health ministry is seeking police help against hoaxers who tried to scare foreign tourists out of several Athens short-term rental apartments by inventing a bedbug crisis
December 05, 2023
CVS Health is introducing changes to how its prescription drug pricing model works, and that could lead to some savings for customers starting next year
December 05, 2023
Inert ingredients are added for purposes other than killing pests and are not required under federal law to be tested for safety or identified on pesticide labels.
December 05, 2023
Last year, children were handcuffed and sent to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation at least 117 times from schools in Wicomico County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore
December 05, 2023
More than $950,000 has been raised for the recovery of one of the three college students of Palestinian descent who was shot in Vermont and is currently paralyzed from the chest down
December 04, 2023
The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed
December 04, 2023
This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated up in 2011.
December 04, 2023
The Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids
December 04, 2023
A member of the chain crew at a game between Detroit and New Orleans was taken to a hospital with a dislocated knee that occurred when Saints running back Alvin Kamara was tackled into him
December 04, 2023
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was checked for a concussion and left Sunday’s game against San Francisco in the fourth quarter
December 04, 2023
Houston Texans rookie receiver Tank Dell will miss the rest of the season after breaking his left fibula against the Denver Broncos
December 03, 2023
With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks have turned their focus on contagious effects on human health
December 03, 2023
As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed
December 03, 2023
An appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive family planning grants — but only in Ohio
December 01, 2023
Krysta Carson had been getting Botox injections without issue for 20 years leading up to the cosmetic procedure that would abruptly end that streak. The 52-year-old singer and model from Seattle opted for filler injections in 2015 seeking to restore a more youthful appearance after one too many people mistook her for looking significantly older. But what began as a routine cosmetic treatment to smooth developing laugh lines rapidly morphed into a nightmare ordeal culminating in necrosis so severe her nose fully detached. Now after 200 reconstructive surgeries, Carson still requires a prosthetic nose to breathe. She continues sharing her
December 01, 2023
For the first time, the typical age of teen suicide in Los Angeles County has dropped to just 16 years old. This was the shocking news. Also, the number of girls who kill themselves has gone up to almost half of all student deaths this school year. These alarming figures from county medical examiners expose a youth mental health crisis worsening despite years of prevention efforts. Now, families who have lost a loved one say that strict school rules that are supposed to keep kids safe may be making teens even more depressed after the pandemic. When 17-year-old Jeramie Naya
December 01, 2023
U.S. health officials say flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections may be peaking
December 01, 2023
A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies
December 01, 2023
Pfizer shares sank Friday when the drugmaker announced that it was abandoning a twice-daily obesity treatment after more than half the patients in a clinical trial stopped taking it
December 01, 2023
Dozens of young Israeli men and women who survived the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre at a rave party in southern Israel have been taking part in support sessions to help deal with their trauma at a retreat in Cyprus
December 01, 2023
Native American families have endured generations of systematic child removal, but the grief, loss and trauma that birth mothers still experience have been largely overlooked.
December 01, 2023
Devotees of two Catholic saints — Damien and Marianne of Molokai — want to see where they spent a pivotal part of their lives caring for Hawaii’s leprosy patients
December 01, 2023
Devotees of two Catholic saints — Damien and Marianne of Molokai — want to see where they spent a pivotal part of their lives caring for Hawaii’s leprosy patients
December 01, 2023
Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people after fighting in the Gaza Strip resumed
December 01, 2023
U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source
November 30, 2023
A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos continues to go nowhere
November 30, 2023
Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, was choking on food during a luncheon when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky performed the Heimlich maneuver on her
November 30, 2023
A damning 300-page British inquiry report reveals that electrician David Fuller’s unfathomable 15-year spree violating over 100 corpses could have been prevented. Fuller ultimately faced conviction for 1987 double homicide cold cases, prompting discovery of his mortuary necrophiliac acts. However, the inquiry condemned systemic “failures of management, governance, regulation and processes” enabling his crimes. Authorities uncovered Fuller’s acts after tying DNA from decades-old murder scenes to the 69-year-old electrician. This launched inquiries into mortuary breaches at two Kent hospitals where Fuller worked. Investigators subsequently unearthed over 10 million disturbing media files within the killer’s residence. Among these were timestamped photos
November 30, 2023
Corey Perry says he has begun working with mental health and substance abuse experts to discuss his struggles with alcohol after the Chicago Blackhawks terminated his contract for engaging “in conduct that is unacceptable” and against team policies
November 30, 2023
As man’s best friend, dogs enrich our lives in countless ways – easing anxiety, reducing loneliness, spurring physical activity, and even potentially lowering cardiovascular disease. However, these beloved pets can also transmit illness-causing germs to humans through bites, scratches, face licks, or accidental ingestion of feces. Thankfully, simple precautions can greatly mitigate sickness risks for people snuggling up to their furry companions. Veterinarians caution that dogs harbor diverse bacteria, parasites, and fungi transmissible to humans – including salmonella, E. coli, campylobacter, giardia, cryptosporidium, hookworm, and roundworm. These can spark gastrointestinal troubles like diarrhea or abdominal pain. Dogs may also spread
November 30, 2023
Bronny James has been cleared by doctors for a full return to basketball four months after suffering a cardiac arrest
November 30, 2023
Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans’ yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease
November 30, 2023
AbbVie is spending more than $10 billion to add a potential blockbuster cancer treatment as cheaper versions of the drugmaker’s all-time best seller, Humira, cut into sales
November 30, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed the strongest overhaul of lead in drinking water rules in more than three decades
November 30, 2023
Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS
November 30, 2023
The United States is ill-prepared to ensure housing and care for the growing ranks of America's older people
November 30, 2023
The trendy acrylic nail extensions glamming up hands from coast to coast bring an unsightly downside – the terrifying possibility of chronic green nail infections. Some technicians allegedly do a poor job of applying the product, which allows bacteria to enter via the press-on plastic tips and causes a visible fungus that is very difficult to remove. Los Angeles dermatologist Dr. Sermed Mezher urgently highlighted the phenomenon on TikTok after treating numerous cases of the “beautician’s nightmare” condition nicknamed “The Greenies.” His video and warnings detail how the causative microbe thrives inside moisture trapped under cheap fill acrylic bonds slightly
November 29, 2023
A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available
November 29, 2023
A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix
November 29, 2023
Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which lost control of the legislature in the country's recent general election
November 29, 2023
Elton John has addressed Britain’s Parliament at an event honoring his dedication to fighting HIV in the U.K. and beyond
November 29, 2023
The gentle parenting movement has exploded in popularity on social media. But is it good for kids or parents?
November 29, 2023
Questions about food insecurity can be less straightforward than they appear.
November 29, 2023
When just one of the thousands of microRNAs in people go awry, it can cause diseases ranging from heart disease to cancer.
November 29, 2023
The Vatican says Pope Francis is stable but is still having trouble breathing as a result of a lung inflammation that forced him to cancel a weekend trip to Dubai
November 29, 2023
New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the agenda for his first three months in office
November 29, 2023
A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics ”did nothing” to help an ailing Elijah McClain and instead injected him with a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative during a 2019 police stop
November 29, 2023
Pollution is causing respiratory illnesses and deaths to rise in Indonesia's island of Java, including the capital, Jakarta
November 29, 2023
Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history
November 29, 2023
If your cold or cough seems worse at night, science confirms it’s not your imagination. Physicians identify biological rhythms, hormone fluctuations and body positioning as key factors aggravating overnight symptoms. Simple home remedies like hydration, humidifying and cough drops can ease disruption, but understanding the body’s natural circadian cough cycle helps normalize the experience. Tuning into the outsized reaction at one point of the daily clock offers reassurance while combatting its severity. Specifically, our inner sleep/wake programming directs key immune cells to rev up activity after dark seeking pathogens. But their well-intended efforts also spark inflammation temporarily compounding congestion, irritation
November 28, 2023
U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic
November 28, 2023
Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders
November 28, 2023
The Mayo Clinic has announced a $5 billion expansion plan that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades
November 28, 2023
A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain with operations in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals
November 28, 2023
Detroit residents with past-due bills are facing water shut-offs again after a reprieve during COVID-19. At the same time, providers are also raising rates.
November 28, 2023
Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 17 Philadelphia parents about how their family uses digital media. Here they offer tips to promote healthy, balanced media habits for kids.
November 28, 2023
France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas
November 28, 2023
Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act
November 27, 2023
The FDA warned against clinicians prescribing compounded formulations of ketamine absent careful monitoring, citing harms from the anesthetic’s growing unsupervised use as an alternative depression remedy. Citing adverse event reports, regulators targeted exploitative telehealth and direct-to-consumer providers, feeding surging patient demand for psychedelic therapy, showing promise in stubborn mental illness. But nuances separating legitimate supervised protocols from dangerous DIY usage fuel debates on avoiding over-correction given ketamine’s steadfast restrictions limiting medical access. Specifically the agency alert aims distinguishing between supervised ketamine injections administered in clinics from uncontrolled usage filling online prescriptions remotely. Its caution calls out compounding pharmacies specially mixing
November 27, 2023
Modern evidence increasingly challenges long-accepted baselines about “normal” human body temperature established over 150 years ago. Recent studies of large populations find average readings substantially lower than the near-universal 98.6 Fahrenheit etched into medical lore. That leaves unsettled debates around properly identifying fevers amid shifting data that both reveals we run cooler today and highlights natural individual variations. With core measures declining below standardized cutoffs, some propose personalizing fever benchmarks while others argue widening diagnosis criteria risks overlooking serious infection. The new normal results prime modern medicine to revisit physiological assumptions rooted in a different era. In the late 1860s,
November 27, 2023
This week the FDA proposed banning hair straighteners containing formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, targeting products marketed mainly for Black women despite over a decade of evidence on cancer risks. The agency determined frequent chemical straightener use significantly elevates uterine cancer chances, with toxicity also linked to breast and ovarian malignancies. But though the FDA itself deemed formaldehyde carcinogenic in 2015, only mounting publicity and Congressional regulation recently prompted concrete plans to halt allowable exposure from cosmetics. Specifically, the agency now moves to outlaw hair products emitting formaldehyde directly or through release from compounds that convert to the chemical through air
November 27, 2023
Chlorine is a widely used industrial chemical that’s frequently a factor in toxic accidents and workplace injuries. A pharmaceutical expert explains why it’s so hazardous.
November 27, 2023
No matter your age, if you’re being bullied − there’s help out there.
November 27, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the work habits of people around the world, with millions working from home, at least for part of their week
November 27, 2023
The Vatican says Pope Francis is receiving antibiotics intravenously to treat a lung inflammation but that he doesn't have pneumonia
November 27, 2023
China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus
November 26, 2023
The Vatican says Pope Francis went to the hospital for tests after he came down with the flu
November 25, 2023
Officials say they have stopped digging to rescue 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India after the drilling machine broke down
November 25, 2023
The number of people sickened by salmonella from cut and whole cantaloupes has more than doubled in a week
November 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 1.35 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry
November 24, 2023
The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak
November 24, 2023
In a series of moves experts say signal a shift in how developing countries deal with pharmaceuticals, South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers, pushing back on policies that deny treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV
November 24, 2023
When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell
November 24, 2023
Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them
November 24, 2023
Authorities in several West African countries are trying to manage their huge diphtheria outbreaks
November 23, 2023
The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The numbers are staggering − but also falling fast as US coal plants close.
November 23, 2023
The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court
November 23, 2023
The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children
November 23, 2023
U.S. health officials are reporting more cases of children sickened by fruit puree pouches that were recalled due to lead contamination
November 22, 2023
UConn guard Azzi Fudd will miss the remainder of the season with a noncontact knee injury she sustained last week during practice
November 22, 2023
President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on St. Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency – among the worst results a U.S. community has seen in decades
November 22, 2023
Poland’s new parliament has begun debating the reinstatement of government funding for in vitro fertilization
November 22, 2023
Forensic anthropologists are specialized scientists who analyze the skeletal remains of the recently deceased to help authorities figure out who the person was and what happened to them.
November 22, 2023
The man who fatally shot five coworkers in April at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote in his journal that he wasn’t sure if his mental health struggles would preclude him from purchasing a gun
November 22, 2023
A 64-year-old woman in Taiwan was disturbed from sleep for several nights by strange noises and sensations in her left ear, only to discover the startling source – a live spider and its shed exoskeleton dwelling inside her ear canal. Documented in a recent case study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the arachnid intruder measured just 2-3 millimeters, or around 1/10 inch. But its movements and activity generated disturbing sounds described as “abnormal beating, clicking and rustling.” Beyond disrupted sleep, the woman reported feeling a “creature moving” inside her ear over several days. The sensations prompted her to
November 21, 2023
Four out of five people in Mexico who got influenza shots so far this year turned down the government's recommendation they get Russian or Cuban COVID-19 boosters at the same time
November 21, 2023
Veterinarians across multiple states are investigating an unusual respiratory illness spreading among dogs that resists antibiotics and can lead to pneumonia. First detected a few months ago, over 200 cases have now emerged in Oregon, with additional reports from Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and potentially Illinois. Experts remain unsure of the exact cause but describe the disease as a likely viral infection passed through close contact, resulting in coughing, discharge and lethargy. While researchers characterize the outbreak more as a chronic nuisance than major threat, they advise vigilance and caution from owners as they work to pinpoint the
November 21, 2023
Palestinian health officials in Gaza say they have lost the ability to count the dead because of the collapse of the enclave's health system and the difficulty of retrieving bodies from areas overrun by Israeli tanks and troops
November 21, 2023
The U.K.'s chief medical adviser has told a public inquiry that Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020
November 21, 2023
Viruses can get into cells in several ways. Figuring out how to stop them from entering in the first place is a key to developing better vaccines and stopping future pandemics.
November 21, 2023
High levels of diarrhea, scabies and respiratory infections have been reported as bombing campaign progresses – and children are the most vulnerable.
November 21, 2023
Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for mental health started during her husband's 1966 campaign for governor, when she spoke almost daily with Georgia families struggling to get help for their loved ones
November 21, 2023
Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson has been suspended again for violating the league's playing rules designed to protect players' health and safety
November 21, 2023
Walking is rightfully lauded as an accessible, enjoyable activity with proven health benefits. But science shows that making even part of your regular walk a jog or run delivers advantages in less time. While both provide a path to fitness, running edges out walking for improving cardiovascular health and longevity based on key research. With a thoughtful progression, it’s possible to transition gradually from walking to running within two months or less. It’s simple why walking is so popular worldwide – it requires no equipment except shoes and can be done almost anywhere. Studies confirm walking helps lower anxiety, depression,
November 20, 2023
While commonly used interchangeably, “anxiety attack” and “panic attack” refer to distinct conditions, each with significant differences. Learning to identify each can help assess when professional treatment may be needed. While both create distress, their causes, onset, severity and duration vary. Recognizing the divergence equips individuals to better manage symptoms. Unlike panic attacks, anxiety attacks have no formal clinical definition. The presence of those conditions is not explicitly recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, the DSM-5 defines anxiety as a feature of disorders like generalized anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD and more. Anxiety often relates
November 20, 2023
Dietary supplements claim to be able to ‘boost your immune system’ to combat disease. But attaining immune balance through a healthy lifestyle and vaccination is a safer bet to keep in good health.
November 20, 2023
Policymakers rely on models during uncertain times to figure out how their choices could affect the future. Over the pandemic, an ensemble of many COVID-19 models outperformed any one alone.
November 20, 2023
A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 people and infecting more than 8,000
November 20, 2023
Americans can order four free COVID-19 tests again online
November 20, 2023
A top World Health Organization official described the hospital situation in Gaza as ‘catastrophic’ on Monday, saying most are no longer functioning and what remains will likely be overwhelmed by thousands of births expected in the next month
November 20, 2023
Bronny James warmed up with his USC teammates before a game for the first time this season Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest in July
November 20, 2023
The World Health Organization says 31 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” have been evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital and will be transferred to Egypt for specialized care
November 19, 2023
Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization law is facing a backlash amid a surge in public drug use fueled by fentanyl and an increase in synthetic opioid overdose deaths
November 19, 2023
The first planeload of Palestinian children wounded in the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip has reached the United Arab Emirates, part of a pledged relief effort by the country to aid 1,000 children
November 18, 2023
Election officials around the country are stocking up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone after a series of suspicious mailings — some containing traces of fentanyl — were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states
November 18, 2023
Veterinary laboratories in several states are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs
November 18, 2023
Kirk Cousins is in recovery mode from a torn right Achilles tendon
November 17, 2023
U.S. health officials said at least 43 people have been sickened in 15 states by salmonella linked to certain whole and cut cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products
November 17, 2023
Holiday meals may be changing for millions of Americans struggling with obesity and taking a new generation of weight-loss drugs
November 17, 2023
K-pop superstar Rosé has joined U.S. first lady Jill Biden at a mental health event to talk about how even famous people grapple with emotional struggles
November 17, 2023
Hip-hop legend and marijuana aficionado Snoop Dogg says he’s going to stop smoking
November 17, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead
November 17, 2023
A New York woman who died Sunday from cancer has raised enough money to erase million of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help
November 17, 2023
U.S. health officials say at least seven states are seeing high levels of the flu and that cases are rising in other parts of the country
November 17, 2023
About 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to their country of origin from Pakistan, the U.N. health agency warned, weeks after authorities began expelling foreigners living in the country illegally
November 17, 2023
Female bodies have an advantage in endurance ability that means Paleolithic women likely hunted game, not just gathered plants. The story is written in living and ancient human bodies.
November 17, 2023
The turkey doesn’t have to be the star this Thanksgiving. Vegetable side dishes are packed with nutrients − depending on how you prepare them, they can help keep you energized this holiday season.
November 17, 2023
One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many
November 17, 2023
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has a sprained right wrist that forced him out of his team's 34-20 loss to Baltimore
November 17, 2023
China has agreed to curtail shipments of the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of the U.S. overdose epidemic
November 16, 2023
RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states
November 16, 2023
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year
November 16, 2023
Rafael Nadal says he is sure he’ll be returning to competition after missing nearly all of 2023 with a hip injury that required surgery
November 16, 2023
U.S. health inspectors found a host of sanitation and manufacturing problems at an Indian plant that recently recalled eyedrops sold in the U.S. The problems include cracked floors, barefoot workers and manipulated testing records
November 16, 2023
One of the thorniest problems of the 21st century is how to get people to eat less meat
November 16, 2023
The rise of sports betting has made gambling addiction a bigger issue on college campuses, but there are steps universities can take to address it.
November 16, 2023
Remains of naval aviators killed in Washington state training flight to return home
Florida's convicted killer clown released from prison for the murder of her husband's then-wife
Mother holds out hope after daughter injured in shooting fights for her life
Forest Service: 822,000 acres amounting to $214 million of timberland damaged by Helene
How disease detectives’ quick work traced deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
Grocery store that stopped raising prices to help people with food inflation may face closure
TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection as sit-down restaurant struggles continue
Florida Panthers top Dallas Stars 4-2 and sweep 2-game series in Finland
Two goals for Harry Kane as Bayern Munich beats Union Berlin. Frankfurt scores 7
Friend of surfer hospitalized by Maui shark attack acclaims his perseverance