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Another COVID-19 variant is rising abroad. Doctors say there's no need to panic
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, a descendent of the Omicron variant, are on the rise in some parts o...
May 28, 2025

RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women -- and why it matters
Franklin Jacome/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19...
May 28, 2025

Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than five years after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the United States, hundreds of people ...
May 24, 2025

Measles cases reach 1,046 in US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Measles cases have reached 1,046 as the virus continues spreading across the United...
May 23, 2025

FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Kike Rincon/Europa Press via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a major policy change, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to limit acce...
May 21, 2025

Measles cases reach 1,024 in the US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 1,024, according to new Centers for Disease Control and ...
May 16, 2025

Florida becomes 2nd state to ban fluoride from public drinking water
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(DADE CITY, Fla) -- Florida became the second state in the country after Utah to ban local governments from adding fluoride to...
May 15, 2025

RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during congressional hearings
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publi...
May 14, 2025

US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC
Manusapon Kasosod/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, accor...
May 14, 2025

HHS reverses NIOSH firings that stripped coal miners' health protections
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images(MORGANTOWN, WV) -- The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reversed the firings of m...
May 14, 2025