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Getty Images – STOCK/dowell (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has significantly fallen as a leading cause of death in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new provisional data published Thursday [Read More…]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, ended weeks of speculation after selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. During his time as a member [Read More…]

Elva Etienne/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Youth who identify as LGBTQ+ reported higher rates of poor mental health and experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender and heterosexual peers, a new U.S. survey found. [Read More…]

Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Red Cross said Monday that it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage, and extreme heat may be partly to blame. In a press release, the organization said [Read More…]

Mark says he can now play Solitaire, send text messages and watch movies, all without the use of his hands. — Synchron (NEW YORK) — An American man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become [Read More…]

HUIZENG HU/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A study published earlier this week found several dark chocolate products may be contaminated with heavy metals, setting off concerns about overexposure. For the analysis, published in the journal [Read More…]

Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gen X and Millennials in the U.S. are at greater risk for 17 cancers than were previous generations, a major new study revealed. Researchers at the American Cancer Society [Read More…]

FDA (NEW YORK) — Several New York distributors have recalled ground cinnamon products that were potentially contaminated with increased levels of lead. According to an announcement posted on the Food and Drug Administration website Monday, [Read More…]

Google Maps Street View (PORTLAND, Ore.) — A lawsuit is accusing an Oregon health care system of negligence after more than 2,000 patients were possibly exposed to HIV and hepatitis. The plaintiffs — known as [Read More…]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about a popular medication used for weight loss. The FDA says it has received reports of people overdosing [Read More…]

HUIZENG HU/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a new rule that aims to protect consumers from foodborne illnesses by significantly reducing salmonella in poultry products that make it onto [Read More…]

ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization announced Monday that it has launched an initiative to help accelerate the development of a human bird flu vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK/Patricio Nahuelhual (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday morning approved a blood test to screen for colorectal cancer in certain individuals. The blood test, known as Shield [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK/Tang Ming Tung (NEW YORK) — As summer begins to wind down and many children and teenagers across the U.S. get ready to head back to school next month, it also means [Read More…]

Jonathan and Mercedes Sandhu are the parents of identical quadruplets, who are all now home after three months in the NICU. — Texas Children’s Hospital/The Sandhu Family (HOUSTON) — A family in Texas has welcomed [Read More…]

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Infant mortality rates in the United States increased by 3% in 2022, according to a new federal report published early Thursday morning. Researchers from the Center for Disease Control [Read More…]

wsfurlan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed consideration of a long-anticipated proposal to ban formaldehyde (FA) in hair-relaxing products, which some studies have linked to certain types of cancers. [Read More…]

mrs/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several health departments in the U.S. say they have detected West Nile virus in mosquito samples. Although the average number of actual West Nile cases is significantly lower than the [Read More…]

Products sold at the deli, especially those sliced or prepared at the deli, can be contaminated with Listeria. Image via CDC. (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans [Read More…]

Isabella Strahan shared she is cancer-free after revealing she was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year. — Isabella Strahan/YouTube (NEW YORK) — Isabella Strahan is on her road to a full recovery! In [Read More…]