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KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kirstie Alley’s unexpected death at age 71 has put a spotlight on colon cancer, the disease that took her life. Alley had been recently diagnosed with colon [Read More…]

Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For a New Year’s resolution that lasts, start now, start simple and be specific. Almost half of all Americans make a New Year’s resolution each year, research shows. [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, but women may not be receiving the same treatment, according to [Read More…]

ljubaphoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some schools across the United States have been closing early in an attempt to stem influenza outbreaks. In Maine, students at Casco Bay High School in Portland were dismissed early [Read More…]

DBenitostock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There’s been a substantial increase in firearm-related deaths in the United States over the past three decades and Black men are the most affected, according to new research from a [Read More…]

Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez says she knows firsthand the worry that comes with being a parent amid what some health experts are calling a “tripledemic,” with high rates of flu, [Read More…]

Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health officials are making another urgent push to encourage flu and COVID vaccinations, as multiple respiratory viruses swirl around the country inundating both pediatric [Read More…]

Jamie Grill/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Between 2000 and 2020, reports to poison centers for child and teen marijuana use increased by 245%, according to a new study from the Oregon Health and Science University. [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County may soon reimpose indoor mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in the area. During a press conference Thursday, LA County Public Health Director [Read More…]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. is facing a surge of respiratory viruses, mainly driven by COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Flu and RSV have appeared earlier than usual and have [Read More…]

Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Health officials are warning of a “triple threat” of flu, RSV and COVID-19 across the country and hospitals are continuing to see a surge in pediatric RSV [Read More…]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering updating its blood donation policy, which currently places some restrictions on blood donations from sexually active gay and bisexual men. In a [Read More…]

Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The number of HIV tests and people diagnosed with the virus dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new federal data. The report, published Thursday by the Centers for [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday it will expand wastewater testing for polio to select communities across the U.S. after a person tested [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Older people have always been known to be one of the groups at highest risk of death from COVID-19, but they now make up a larger share than ever before. [Read More…]

LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Actress Mena Suvari is opening up about her struggles with mental health in the hopes that her honesty will make other mothers feel less alone. “I struggle [Read More…]

Virojt Changyencham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Approximately 10 million adults have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to CHADD, a respected ADHD organization founded in 1987. Now, some telemedicine services which advertise an easy path to get [Read More…]

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hailey Bieber, who suffered a mini-stroke earlier this year, is opening up about another health complication. Bieber, 26, shared on Instagram Monday that she has a cyst [Read More…]

Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Promising data shows that an Alzheimer’s drug can slow cognitive decline. In a phase III clinical trial, with results published Tuesday in The New England Journal of [Read More…]

Lucia Romero Herranz / EyeEm (ATLANTA) — Two-third of states across the country are reporting either “very high” or “high” levels of influenza-like activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report. [Read More…]