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Doctors say loneliness and social isolation should be discussed in health visits
xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Physicians are calling for primary care doctors to ask patients about loneliness and social isolation at routine health checks and when managing chronic diseases as em...
Jun 01, 2024
Whooping cough cases on the rise, nearly three times as high as last year: CDC
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of whooping cough are on the rise across the United States, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.There have been at least 4,864 who...
Jun 01, 2024
LGBTQ+ people at higher risk of some cancers possibly, due to fear of discrimination
Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- Ahead of Pride Month, a new report has highlighted increased cancer risk for those who identify as LGBTQ+ as researchers say that LBGTQ+ people may be more likely to ...
May 31, 2024
Chicago health officials say city's measles outbreak is over
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) declared the city's recent outbreak of measles over on Thursday.CDPH said 42 days have passed...
May 31, 2024
Second human case of bird flu confirmed in Michigan, bringing total this year to three
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in Michigan, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. this year to three, health officials said....
May 31, 2024
More than 90% of chickenpox cases in New York City outbreak among unvaccinated people
SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly all the patients affected by an ongoing chickenpox outbreak in New York City are unvaccinated, according to a report published T...
May 31, 2024
Understanding diet, nutritional needs while on weight loss drugs
lacaosa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic have changed the way many Americans are eating and as people taking these medications reassess their relationship wi...
May 30, 2024
Three things to know as new study emphasizes need to give kids peanut butter at a young age
ollo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study is shedding more light on the importance of exposing kids to peanut products at a young age to help reduce the risk of an allergy later in life.The study, le...
May 30, 2024
HPV vaccine can reduce risk of multiple cancers in men, new study suggests
John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly two decades after the launch of the first HPV vaccine, mounting evidence shows that people who got vaccinated are dram...
May 29, 2024
Papua New Guinea landslide raises risk of disease outbreaks, mental health impacts
Emmanuel Eralia/ Getty Images(PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA) -- Outbreaks of disease could emerge following the devastating landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea, according to experts.A mountai...
May 29, 2024
