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In this May 13, 2025, file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks at a press conference on the World Trade Center Health Program at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Congress [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Colorectal cancer was once viewed as being mostly diagnosed among middle-age and older adults, but that’s changing. Research shows more adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s are being diagnosed [Read More…]

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least [Read More…]

Airport health authorities wearing protective masks monitor passengers from international flights arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, January 25, 2026. Suvarnabhumi Airport Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several countries, including Thailand [Read More…]

Jayanta Bhattacharya, director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing in Washington, DC, US, on [Read More…]

In this photo illustration a girl looks at the screen of her smartphone on April 16, 2021 in Bonn, Germany. (Ute Grabowsky/Photothek via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — So-called “night owls” may face a higher [Read More…]

Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an “ICE Out” day of protest on January 23, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions have urged Minnesotans to participate in what [Read More…]

Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on October 14, 2025 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of [Read More…]

Wine/Drinking/Alcohol (CREDIT: Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Long-term alcohol use has been linked to higher risks of colorectal cancer, according to a study published Monday in the journal Cancer. Researchers found that [Read More…]

Stock image of a sick person. (Guido Mieth/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Flu activity is starting to decline nationwide, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimated on Friday [Read More…]

Woman weighing herself (Zave Smith/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — High blood pressure and body mass index, or BMI, may be directly linked to the increased risk of developing vascular dementia, according to a new study [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK ) — Fewer people are dying from heart disease, but the condition is still the leading cause of death in the U.S., a new report from the American Heart Association (AHA) [Read More…]

Ojos De Hojalata/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Red Cross declared a severe emergency blood shortage on Monday and called on people to donate. The humanitarian organization, which says it’s the largest supplier [Read More…]

(SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C.) — At least 88 new measles cases in South Carolina have been confirmed amid the state’s outbreak, bringing the total number of infections to 646, state health officials said Tuesday. The majority [Read More…]

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Flu activity continues to remain elevated across the U.S., according to newly [Read More…]

Boxes and vials of the Measles, Mumps, Rubella Virus Vaccine at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As [Read More…]

(SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C.) — At least 99 new measles cases are being reported in South Carolina amid the state’s outbreak. This brings the total number of cases in the state to 310. There are currently [Read More…]

A sign advertising flu testing is seen in front of a pharmacy in Orlando. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Flu activity continues to remain elevated throughout the United States, according to newly [Read More…]

The new food pyramid released by the Department of Health & Human Services, Jan. 7, 2026. (HHS) (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new federal dietary guidelines on Wednesday, [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration announced new federal dietary guidelines [Read More…]