Health News - Page 9

Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?

8 Aug 2024, 7:45 AM PST

After baby’s death, Kentucky parents sue infant formula maker at center of 2022 crisis

8 Aug 2024, 7:44 AM PST

UN health agency convening experts to determine if the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global emergency

8 Aug 2024, 4:25 AM PST

Chinese court upholds ruling against unmarried woman who sued hospital for right to freeze her eggs

7 Aug 2024, 11:55 PM PST

EPA issues rare emergency ban on pesticide that damages fetuses

7 Aug 2024, 7:34 PM PST

Day passes at hotels and resorts offer downtime, relaxation on the cheap

7 Aug 2024, 6:54 AM PST

Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris

7 Aug 2024, 4:04 AM PST

New York City’s freewheeling era of outdoor dining has come to end

6 Aug 2024, 7:04 PM PST

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal

6 Aug 2024, 5:44 PM PST

High schoolers’ mental health shows small improvement in a US government survey

6 Aug 2024, 1:54 PM PST

Teen vies for record solo flight to 7 continents in bid to raise money for childhood cancer research

6 Aug 2024, 9:54 AM PST

Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity

5 Aug 2024, 9:34 AM PST

Massachusetts governor says Steward Health Care must give 120-day notice before closing hospitals

4 Aug 2024, 8:15 AM PST

More US schools are taking breaks for meditation. Teachers say it helps students’ mental health

3 Aug 2024, 10:36 PM PST

Younger adults are going public with their digestive problems. Experts say it’s mostly a good thing

3 Aug 2024, 10:34 AM PST

IBS and digestive trouble are in the spotlight on social media. Here’s what you should know

3 Aug 2024, 8:14 AM PST

Gambia may have upheld its ban on female cutting, but the fight goes on away from parliament

3 Aug 2024, 3:44 AM PST

Mpox cases have surged by 160% in Africa so far this year, but few treatments and vaccines available

1 Aug 2024, 11:14 AM PST

Mpox outbreaks declared in Kenya and Central African Republic. The race is on to contain the spread

31 Jul 2024, 5:04 PM PST

Biden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on border

31 Jul 2024, 2:24 PM PST

FDA warns about more ground cinnamon tainted with lead. Here’s what you need to know

31 Jul 2024, 8:24 AM PST

US will buy flu shots for farmworkers in a bid to prevent bird flu from getting worse

30 Jul 2024, 3:04 PM PST

More women are ending pregnancies on their own, a new study suggests. Some resort to unsafe methods

30 Jul 2024, 12:34 PM PST

Here’s what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris Olympics

30 Jul 2024, 4:14 AM PST

USDA moves to limit salmonella in raw poultry products

29 Jul 2024, 11:14 PM PST

Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training for the second day over poor water quality in the Seine

29 Jul 2024, 10:14 PM PST

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant

29 Jul 2024, 9:44 PM PST

Midwest sees surge in calls to poison control centers amid bumper crop of wild mushrooms

29 Jul 2024, 7:44 PM PST

Blood test for colon cancer screening is approved by US regulators

29 Jul 2024, 7:14 PM PST

Wildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution, study says

29 Jul 2024, 5:44 PM PST

Crews battle wildfires across the US West and fight to hold containment lines

29 Jul 2024, 5:34 AM PST

Infants’ tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says

28 Jul 2024, 11:35 PM PST

Paris officials are confident water quality will improve to let Olympians swim in the Seine

28 Jul 2024, 12:14 PM PST

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be coming to your doctor’s office. Here’s what to know

28 Jul 2024, 4:24 AM PST

After years of fighting Iowa’s strict abortion law, clinics also prepared to follow it

27 Jul 2024, 11:55 PM PST

Recall of Boar’s Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

27 Jul 2024, 3:24 PM PST

Olympic triathletes hope the Seine River is clean enough for swimming after recent rains

27 Jul 2024, 10:25 AM PST

Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application

26 Jul 2024, 9:34 AM PST

Senate committee votes to investigate Steward Health Care bankruptcy and subpoena its CEO

25 Jul 2024, 7:35 PM PST

North Korean charged in cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA and military bases

25 Jul 2024, 6:45 PM PST