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No link to foreign country with pneumonia outbreak in Ohio county: Medical director
ATU Images/Getty Images(MASON, Ohio) -- A county in Ohio has recorded 142 cases of pediatric pneumonia since August, caused by a mix of known infections, including common cold, strep and a bacterial i...
Dec 01, 2023
Suicides by firearm reach all-time high, rising 11% since 2019: CDC
Mats Silvan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Suicides by firearm have reached an all-time high, increasing 11% between 2019 and 2022, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
Nov 30, 2023
Gen Z, millennial women face historic headwinds when it comes to their health: Report
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Progress in women's health since the 1960s is backsliding, with millennial and Gen Z women facing heightened risks to their physical well-being and safety co...
Nov 30, 2023
Biden administration to send free COVID tests to schools nationwide this winter
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In another effort to get Americans to test for COVID-19 this winter, the Biden administration announced it would begin distributing tests for free to all sc...
Nov 29, 2023
Number of suicides in the US in 2022 reaches record level: CDC
xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of suicides in the United States has hit a record high, new provisional federal data shows. In 2022, an estimated 49,449 people died by suicide, which is 3%...
Nov 29, 2023
US life expectancy rose in 2022 due to fewer deaths linked to COVID-19: CDC
National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System(NEW YORK) -- After two consecutive years of declines, life expectancy in the United States increased between 2021 and 2022, new ...
Nov 29, 2023
Cannabis use does not reduce long-term heroin use, study finds
Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- People with heroin dependency don't use less of that drug if they start also using cannabis, according to a new study. The findings cast some doubt on th...
Nov 29, 2023
Women who have reported mistreatment while giving birth say CDC report validates their trauma
Cavan Images/Getty Images(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- She delivered a healthy child, but left the maternity ward traumatized and ashamed. "The most happy moment in my life is at the same time the most terrib...
Nov 28, 2023
What to know about the respiratory illnesses surging in some parts of China
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A surge of respiratory illnesses related to flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other infections has been sweeping across some parts of China and mainly inf...
Nov 27, 2023
Protecting babies from RSV this holiday season: What parents need to know
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A record number of people are expected to travel during the upcoming holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving -- just as respiratory illnesses are risi...
Nov 23, 2023
