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PhotoAlto/Eric Audras/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Up to one in five young athletes ages 10 to 31 may have pre-hypertension, a precursor to high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. More than 20% [Read More…]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In summer 2022, the global mpox outbreak seemed poised to overwhelm the U.S. with cases rising exponentially every week and no signs of slowing. A successful public health campaign [Read More…]

JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Walking or running with a weighted vest can enhance workouts and offer numerous health benefits. In addition to walking and running, weighted vests can be utilized in activities like [Read More…]

Gins Wang/Getty Images (MEXICO) — The World Health Organization confirmed Wednesday the first-ever fatal case of a subtype of bird flu in Mexico. It is the first laboratory-confirmed human case of the H5N2 strain of [Read More…]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study analyzing maternal mortality rates found that nearly two-thirds of maternal-related deaths in the U.S. happen up to a year after a woman has given birth. The [Read More…]

DEA.gov (NEW YORK) — A panel of independent advisers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted against recommending approval of psychedelic treatment — along with therapy — to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during [Read More…]

Bowls of ants, grasshoppers, ant eggs, white cricket, giant water beetle, bamboo caterpillar and silkworm are arranged at Insects In The Backyard restaurant at Changchui market in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 16, 2017. (Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Plenty of travelers, whether visiting a new city or returning somewhere familiar, can relate to the surprise and delight of seeing your step count after a day of strolling the [Read More…]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Physicians are calling for primary care doctors to ask patients about loneliness and social isolation at routine health checks and when managing chronic diseases as emerging research suggests it could [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of whooping cough are on the rise across the United States, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. There have been at least 4,864 whooping [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Ahead of Pride Month, a new report has highlighted increased cancer risk for those who identify as LGBTQ+ as researchers say that LBGTQ+ people may be more likely [Read More…]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) declared the city’s recent outbreak of measles over on Thursday. CDPH said 42 days have passed — two full incubation periods for [Read More…]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic have changed the way many Americans are eating and as people taking these medications reassess their relationship with food, diet experts are [Read More…]

ollo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study is shedding more light on the importance of exposing kids to peanut products at a young age to help reduce the risk of an allergy later in [Read More…]

John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly two decades after the launch of the first HPV vaccine, mounting evidence shows that people who got vaccinated are dramatically less likely to develop [Read More…]

Emmanuel Eralia/ Getty Images (PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA) — Outbreaks of disease could emerge following the devastating landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea, according to experts. A mountainside collapse early Friday buried villages [Read More…]

Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Getty Images (WALTHAM, M.A.) — A Massachusetts man has been charged with misleading a woman into taking medication to end her pregnancy under the guise that he was giving her iron and vitamin pills, [Read More…]

Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Diagnoses of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have surged in the United States over the last several years, according to a new study from the Centers for [Read More…]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA advisory panel — the Medical Devices [Read More…]

Ana Maria Serrano/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Among younger women with breast cancer, it may be possible for many to have a baby after their diagnosis thanks to advances in breast cancer care, new research [Read More…]