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Poison center reports for child marijuana use rose 245% in last 20 years: Study
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 Sc...
Dec 05, 2022
Los Angeles County mask mandate could return as COVID cases rise
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 confe...
Dec 02, 2022
New study finds some natural hair loss supplements may actually work
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pumpkin seed oil, zinc and other nutritional supplements may help with hair loss, according to new research published in JAMA Dermatology. Researchers in Boston...
Dec 02, 2022
Suffering from flu, RSV or COVID-19? How you can tell the difference
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 t...
Dec 02, 2022
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advises on flu, RSV and COVID-19
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 su...
Dec 02, 2022
How FDA's forthcoming blood donor policy change could help address stigma about gay and bisexual men
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 sex...
Dec 01, 2022
HIV tests dropped by one-third during COVID-19 pandemic: CDC
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, publis...
Dec 01, 2022
CDC expands polio wastewater testing to Michigan and Pennsylvania
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 ...
Nov 30, 2022
More than 90% of COVID deaths occurring among elderly adults: CDC
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. As ...
Nov 30, 2022
"American Beauty" actress Mena Suvari opens up about postpartum depression
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...
Nov 30, 2022
