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07 Apr

Flu Shot Offers Clear Protection for Kids, New Study Finds

The flu shot reduced kids’ hospitalizations and outpatient visits for seasonal flu by up to 60% from 2021 to 2024, according to new research.

06 Apr

One Child Is Injured Every 35 Minutes by Cleaning Products, New Study Warns

More than 240,000 ER visits highlight the ongoing risks from detergents, bleach, and other daily household cleaners for children under five.

03 Apr

A Good Cry Isn’t Always Good for You, Study Finds

Tears don’t automatically bring relief—and can sometimes make you feel worse, according to a new study. It all depends on why you’re crying.

Graco Recalls Infant Car Seats Over Structural Issue

Graco Recalls Infant Car Seats Over Structural Issue

Some baby car seats are being recalled after a safety issue was found during testing.

Graco is voluntarily recalling select SnugRide Turn & Slide car seats due to a structural problem identified during post-production lab testing.

The company said the recall affects a limited number of products sold in the United States between J...

Preschoolers' Solitary Screen Time Could Mean Behavior Problems, Language Difficulties Later On

Preschoolers' Solitary Screen Time Could Mean Behavior Problems, Language Difficulties Later On

Allowing a screen to babysit your preschool child could blunt their intellectual and emotional development, a new study says.

Preschool and kindergarten kids with up to a half-hour daily of unsupervised screen time wind up with poorer communication skills and a lower vocabulary, researchers found.

In turn, these language problems con...

The Flu Vaccine Can Lower Your Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke — Even If You Wind Up Infected

The Flu Vaccine Can Lower Your Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke — Even If You Wind Up Infected

The influenza vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of a flu-related heart attack or stroke, even among folks who become infected after vaccination, a new study reports.

The systemic inflammation caused by a flu infection is known to increase short-term risk of heart problems, and the flu vaccine has been shown to reduce this risk by p...

Combo Heat Waves/Droughts Will Affect Billions A Year By 2100, Researchers Project

Combo Heat Waves/Droughts Will Affect Billions A Year By 2100, Researchers Project

Extreme heat waves combined with bone-dry droughts will occur five times more often by century’s end under current climate policies, a new study says.

These dangerous heat wave/drought combos are already more common and will continue to increase as climate change affects the globe, researchers reported April 7 in the journal Geop...

Herbal Drug Kava Poses Increasing Health Threat In U.S., CDC Warns

Herbal Drug Kava Poses Increasing Health Threat In U.S., CDC Warns

Poison center calls about the herbal drug kava have surged in the United States in recent years, a new study says.

Calls rose 383% between 2011 and 2025 as kava became more widely known and available in the U.S., researchers reported in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Re...

Long COVID Linked to Heart Health Risks

Long COVID Linked to Heart Health Risks

Folks with long COVID face a higher risk for serious heart problems — even younger adults who were never sick enough to be hospitalized, new research suggests.

Long COVID is the collection of ongoing symptoms some patients endure after recovering from an acute COVID infection, such as fatigue and respiratory symptoms. 

It&...

New Cervix-On-A-Chip May Revolutionize STI Treatment

New Cervix-On-A-Chip May Revolutionize STI Treatment

When it comes to studying sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which is often done on animals, scientists have long faced a major hurdle: Mice are not humans.

But researchers from the universities of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia have changed the game by shrinking the human cervical environment down to the size of a thumb drive.

Scientists Test New Ways To Regrow Joints Damaged by Arthritis

Scientists Test New Ways To Regrow Joints Damaged by Arthritis

Good news: Scientists may be closer to a new way to treat arthritis.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) said several experimental treatments could help regrow cartilage and bone in folks with osteoarthritis.

The condition affects about 32 million Americans and happens when joints wear down over time.

Thre...

Wawa Recalls Drinks Over Undeclared Milk Allergen

Wawa Recalls Drinks Over Undeclared Milk Allergen

Several popular drinks sold at Wawa are being recalled because they may contain an undeclared milk allergen.

The recall includes 16-ounce bottles of Wawa:

  • Iced tea lemon

  • Iced diet tea lemon

  • Diet lemonade

  • Fruit punch

The drinks were sold at stores in Pennsylvania, Ne...

This New Method May Make French Fries Lower in Fat

This New Method May Make French Fries Lower in Fat

Love French fries but not the extra fat? Scientists say they may have found a way to make them healthier without losing their crunch.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign say combining traditional frying with microwave heating could reduce how much oil fries absorb.

The goal? To make fried foods healthier while ...

U.S. Plans Tariffs up to 100% on Some Brand-Name Drugs

U.S. Plans Tariffs up to 100% on Some Brand-Name Drugs

The United States is planning new tariffs on some name-brand medicines.

The move could affect drug prices and how medicines are made.

Officials say tariffs could reach as high as 100% on certain imported drugs that are still under patent protection.

But many companies may be able to avoid those higher costs.

The Trump adm...

Cheap Blood Test Might Spot Cancers, Other Diseases

Cheap Blood Test Might Spot Cancers, Other Diseases

A simple and cost-effective blood test might be able to help detect multiple cancers and other diseases, a new study says.

The test works by analyzing DNA fragments in a person’s bloodstream and could offer a powerful and affordable approach to screening for cancer and other health problems, researchers reported April 6 in the Pr...

Having a Baby? You May Need to Travel Farther Than Before

Having a Baby? You May Need to Travel Farther Than Before

More pregnant women have to drive long distances to get the maternity care they need, a new study says.

U.S. counties that lost all hospital-based obstetric services have been hardest hit, researchers recently reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In those counties, the number of women of childbearing age ...

Portable Scanner Spots Vision Issues in Poorer Communities

Portable Scanner Spots Vision Issues in Poorer Communities

Imagine having your eye health checked while waiting for a prescription at a pharmacy or in the midst of your daily commute.

A newly developed AI-powered scanning device might make such on-the-go ophthalmic care available, so people can have their eye health assessed at any place and any time, researchers wrote in the journal Scientifi...

Danger at Home: Cleaning Products Are Harming Kids

Danger at Home: Cleaning Products Are Harming Kids

Detergent pods continue to be hazardous for young children.

Hundreds of thousands of American babies, toddlers and preschoolers have wound up in an ER for problems owing to household cleaning products, a new study says.

An estimated 240,800 children 5 and younger visited emergency rooms between 2007 and 2022 after being injured or po...

Could a High-Dose Flu Shot Lower Your Alzheimer's Risk?

Could a High-Dose Flu Shot Lower Your Alzheimer's Risk?

A high-powered flu shot might help reduce seniors’ risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says.

Seniors who got a high-dose flu vaccine had a nearly 55% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s, researchers reported earlier this month in the journal Neurology.

This high-dose jab – four times stronger than the st...

Americans May Be Losing Trust for AI in Health Care: Survey

Americans May Be Losing Trust for AI in Health Care: Survey

The number of Americans who want artificial intelligence (AI) involved in their health care is declining, a new survey says.

Only 42% are open to AI being used as part of their care, down from 52% in 2024, according to the poll commissioned by Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.

In addition, fewer people believe that...

Disputing Link, Raw Dairy Farm Recalls Raw Cheese After Outbreak

Disputing Link, Raw Dairy Farm Recalls Raw Cheese After Outbreak

A California dairy farm has recalled its cheddar cheese "under protest" after federal health officials linked it to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened nine people.

The recall follows weeks of pressure from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which urged the company to pull the products from shelves.

The company, ...

New Plan Aims To Track Microplastics in U.S. Drinking Water, EPA Says

New Plan Aims To Track Microplastics in U.S. Drinking Water, EPA Says

U.S. officials are taking a closer look at what’s in America’s drinking water, including microplastics and leftover medications.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to add these substances to its list of priority pollutants, a move that could spur more research and regulations.

EPA Administrator...

New White House Budget Plan Would Reduce HHS Funding by Billions

New White House Budget Plan Would Reduce HHS Funding by Billions

The Trump administration is proposing major cuts to federal health spending, including a more than 12% reduction to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The proposed 2027 budget would give HHS about $111.1 billion, down roughly $15.8 billion from its current funding.

The plan comes from President Donald Trump, but ...

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