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Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare, marking a milestone for Democrats in their yearslong push to [Read More…]

Courtesy Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (NEW YORK) — With one delivery, Graham and Stephanie Freels became first-time parents, times five. Stephanie Freels, 27, gave birth on June 4 to five babies [Read More…]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Semaglutide, the active ingredient in drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, is also effective at reducing symptoms of heart failure, new research shows. A study published this month in the New [Read More…]

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just weeks into the new school year, districts in multiple states are canceling in-person classes for several weeks due to respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, among students and staff. Two [Read More…]

SolStock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Although lunch boxes and insulated containers to ensure temperature control have largely taken the place of brown paper bags at lunchtime, there are still a few easy-to-follow food safety practices [Read More…]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The updated COVID vaccine should become available in mid-September, along with a likely recommendation that everyone should get the booster shot, U.S. health officials said this week. The timeline [Read More…]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials are urging the public to plan ahead when it comes to scheduling their vaccinations, as this year may look a little different than previous [Read More…]

FDA (NEW YORK) — Kroger and Food Lion shoppers who have purchased frozen veggies should check their freezer for products that have been recalled over potential listeria contamination. Twin City Foods, Inc. issued a voluntary [Read More…]

tzahiV/Getty Images, STOCK (SONOMA, Calif.) — California health officials have issued an advisory after several people who competed in a Tough Mudder run and obstacle course competition last weekend fell ill with as-yet unexplained symptoms. [Read More…]

LightEyez and Dr. Berne’s (NEW YORK) — Consumers should not purchase and immediately stop using certain eye drops due to potential bacterial or fungal contamination, according to a warning issued by the Food and Drug [Read More…]

pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Asthma-related emergency room visits spiked in New York in June following a wave of toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires, according to new federal data. Researchers looked at ER visits [Read More…]

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over $1.4 billion has been awarded to clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines, the development of a new monoclonal antibody, and new vaccines and therapeutic technologies, the Department of Health [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations tick up in the United States, multiple institutions say they are reinstating mask mandates, at least temporarily. Morris Brown College, a historically Black college and [Read More…]

Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two cases of a rare mosquito-borne disease have been reported in Alabama, including one death, according to officials. The cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) occurred in Spanish Fort, [Read More…]

Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness about the potential mistreatment of and discrimination against women receiving maternity care during pregnancy and delivery in the United States. [Read More…]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics suggests there is a link between more screen time for babies and developmental delays. Researchers in Japan looked at survey data [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19 after it was detected in the United States. Named [Read More…]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The source behind a norovirus outbreak that sickened a few hundred people last year has been identified, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease [Read More…]

thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NFL Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s televised sudden collapse on Jan. 2 appears to have significantly raised awareness of lifesaving CPR, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). The [Read More…]

Courtesy of Aubrey Vailoces (NEW YORK) — Aubrey Vailoces, a mom of three, was breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter in her Maui home last week when she said alarms started going off and she saw her [Read More…]