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How to talk to kids after 19 children, two adults killed in Texas school shooting
ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 19 children and two adults are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. [Read More…]

FDA warns against storing avocados in water as seen in viral social media hack
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recent viral TikTok food hack has been dubbed unsafe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Videos of halved avocados submerged in bowls or containers of water have bubbled [Read More…]

Billie Eilish opens up about having Tourette’s syndrome: ‘I have made friends with it’
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Billie Eilish is opening up about living with Tourette’s syndrome. In a new episode of David Letterman’s series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, the singer, who was diagnosed [Read More…]

Pediatrician answers parents’ questions about COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer’s release of data showing its three-shot COVID-19 vaccine is 80% effective among children under the age of 5 is welcome news for parents anxious to [Read More…]

First increase in births reported in seven years, CDC finds
Jupiterimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of births increased in the United States for the first time in seven years, according to a new federal report. Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers for [Read More…]

1 confirmed, 6 presumptive monkeypox cases in US, government releasing vaccines for exposed
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With seven people in the U.S. now confirmed or presumed to have monkeypox, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the risk remains [Read More…]

FDA advisers to meet to discuss COVID-19 shots for kids, vaccines for fall
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of Pfizer’s new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine data for children under the age of 5, which was released on Monday, the Food and Drug Administration has set new, [Read More…]

Pfizer three-dose COVID vaccine 80% effective against symptomatic omicron infection for youngest children
Justin Tallis – Pool / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In long-awaited data, Pfizer said its 3-dose vaccine was 80% effective against symptomatic omicron COVID-19 infection among children 6 months to under 5 years old. [Read More…]

Florida health officials investigating third possible monkeypox case in US
Jepayona Delita/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida health officials are investigating what they describe as a “presumptive” monkeypox case, making it the third possible case of the virus in the U.S. as [Read More…]

Jennifer Lopez says sleep is her biggest beauty secret
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Lopez is dishing about all her beauty secrets. In her latest On the JLo newsletter, the superstar, who announced that she would be sharing all her [Read More…]

Sixth child dies in connection to mysterious hepatitis cases with unknown cause
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another child in the U.S. has died in connection with the mysterious cases of severe hepatitis that have been occurring among children around the country and the globe, officials [Read More…]

NYC investigating possible case of monkeypox as global infections rise
Courtesy WHO twitter account (NEW YORK) — New York City health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox as they reported more infections across the globe. The New York City Department of Health and Mental [Read More…]

CDC urges second booster for older, high-risk Americans amid nation’s latest COVID-19 surge
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Following the nation’s latest COVID-19 resurgence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday that it is “strengthening” its recommendation for Americans over the age of 12 [Read More…]

Officials expected to decide on new COVID-19 vaccine design in early July
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal regulators are expected to decide on a new COVID-19 vaccine design in early July, which would allow vaccine companies to begin production for rollout this fall and winter, [Read More…]

First monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Massachusetts resident has tested positive for monkeypox, health officials confirmed Wednesday, making it the first case of the rare virus detected in the United States [Read More…]

Monkeypox cases detected in US, Europe, but experts caution against comparing it to COVID-19
Jepayona Delita/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Countries in Europe and North America are continuing to report more cases of monkeypox, but experts say the disease so far does not pose a serious risk [Read More…]

CDC advisory panel greenlights booster shots for children ages five to 11
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory committee has given the green light for Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots to be given to children ages 5 [Read More…]

World ‘woefully’ unprepared for COVID-19 and remains ill-equipped for next pandemic, report finds
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The world was “woefully” unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, and remains vulnerable to the next major “catastrophic” health crisis, a panel created by the World Health Organization concluded. “COVID-19 [Read More…]

Feds issue urgent warning on baby formula scams exploiting shortage
AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The dire shortage of baby formula has forced frustrated parents to scour social media for enough supplies to feed their children — their desperation now becoming a target for scammers [Read More…]

1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Massachusetts resident has tested positive for monkeypox, health officials confirmed Wednesday, making it the first case of the rare virus detected in the United States [Read More…]