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Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Creating a surgeon general’s warning for social media is a necessary step to respond to the “defining public health challenge of our time,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told [Read More…]

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school [Read More…]

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on [Read More…]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rates of high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008-2021, but only 60% were treated for it, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Hypertension. “One [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on [Read More…]

Lian Yi/Xinhua/Getty Images (MEXICO) — The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that Mexican authorities believe the man with a rare human case of bird flu actually died from other co-morbidities. On June 5, the WHO [Read More…]

NY State Office For Aging (NEW YORK) — Helen Macura has always wanted a dog, but the Prohibition-era home she has lived in since 1945 isn’t safe for a potential pet. Her childhood dream of [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While experts and advocacy groups applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to not restrict nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, they warn access to medication abortion remains [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected on Thursday a bid by a group of antiabortion doctors that would have potentially blocked widespread access to a common abortion pill. In the [Read More…]

AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration failed to heed warning signs that there were mounting concerns with one of the nation’s largest infant formula makers, as a series of babies’ severe [Read More…]

Singer songwriter Usher walks through the Rayburn Room outside of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ office at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Eight-time Grammy award winner [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (BETHANY, Okla.) — An Oklahoma girl has become the first pediatric patient in the world to have robotic deep brain stimulation performed on her, two hospitals have announced. The patient, 8-year-old [Read More…]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared a national loneliness and social isolation epidemic throughout the country. He warned that about half of U.S. adults are experiencing considerable [Read More…]

The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (PHOTO: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Moderna’s combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older [Read More…]

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…]