When Jonathan Isaac, a prominent basketball player for the Orlando Magic, explained why he chose not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, he tapped into a dispute that has been simmering for mont

Data Continues to Show that Americans Need at Least 5 Hours Per Week of Physical Activity to Prevent Some Cancers A new report finds more than 46,000 cancer cases annually in the United States could

Sitting too much drags down your mental health. Here's how to get moving Enlarge this image toggle caption Cha Pornea for NPR Cha Pornea for NPR Of all the ways in which the pandemic has affected Am

Giv­ing Sanofi’s flu vac­cine to­geth­er with a boost­er shot of Mod­er­na’s Covid-19 vac­cine to the el­der­ly ap­pears to be just as safe as ad­min­is­ter­ing the two apart, the two com­pa­nies re­p

Erica Hensley Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting The number of diabetes cases among adolescents has nearly doubled since 2001, according to a new study by the American Medical Associatio

Info U.S. Cities With the Highest Rates of Hypertension Reynaldo Villar | 09.09.2021 In the last months of his tenure, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a call to action against the nation’s m

(CNN) Throughout August, the risk of dying from Covid-19 was 11 times higher for unvaccinated adults than for fully vaccinated adults in the United States, according to new data published by the US Ce

In August, the head of the World Health Organization condemned plans to widely distribute booster shots in wealthy countries, calling for a moratorium. The shots would yield a far greater return if th

Global TB deaths are rising — and COVID gets the blame Enlarge this image toggle caption Michele Spatari /AFP via Getty Images Michele Spatari /AFP via Getty Images TB patients have become collatera

For most of her adult life, Amy Bielawski has gone without health insurance. Her small Atlanta-area business, which provides entertainment for parties and events, didn’t bring in enough revenue to af

Corporate Dems are trying to prevent the government from securing lower prices for drugs that the government already funded. Last week, we learned that Merck is planning to charge Americans 40 times

“You’re a child killer and a child abuser!” the woman said loudly as she exited. Raymond adjourned the meeting after only five minutes, according to a video of the session. Soon afterward, a woman in

Researchers in the Netherlands are developing "virtually painless" injections without needles in what they hope is a breakthrough that will ease fear and encourage vaccinations. The "Bubble Gun" uses

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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, according to a collab

If you had to choose the most relatable subject ever, it would have to be Psychology, since it is literally the study of the human behavior – your behavior. So it’s no wonder that things you do instin

Conclusion: The results of the study indicated that vitamin D related genetic variants were implicated in severe COVID-19 in adults. This could direct prevention strategies based on population specifi

Over the past year, discussions—sometimes heated ones—about ending the COVID-19 pandemic have largely focused on the availability, effectiveness, and safety of vaccines. But in early October, Merck re

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 13, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released new voluntary sodium targets for commercially processed, packaged and prepared foods. The targets, first

Further studies are needed to corroborate observations and identify mechanisms. Phthalate exposures were associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Abstract Context Accelerating eviden

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for the food industry to voluntarily reduce the amount of salt in their food in updated guidance released Wednesday, a move that seeks to curtail the

Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in hundreds of consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children's toys, may contribute to some 91,000 to 107,000 pr

(CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will be lowering its targets for sodium content in processed, packaged, and prepared foods, but not to levels recommended for cutting the ri

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — RSV cases are on the rise and now a concern leading into winter months. Cases are spiking to numbers that haven’t been seen since 2019. The respiratory virus typically impac

Ms. Sward said that an industry that lied about hooking generations on a deadly product that killed millions was now positioned to control the next iteration of the nicotine market. “The industry has

© Provided by Slate Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo Read a partner piece in Slate about what life is like for immunocompromised people who haven’t gotten good immune responses from their vaccin

Vaccines cut the risk of developing severe COVID-19 by at least 90%, a study of 23 million people finds. COVID-19 vaccine protection lasted for at least five months in people aged 50 to 75, it found.

The guidelines, which are not yet final, have the potential to affect tens of millions of adults who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease, which continues to be the leading cause of death in th

An influential U.S. panel of experts changed its recommendations for people who take low dosages of aspirin in order to prevent first heart attacks or strokes. The U.S. Preventative Services Task For

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A condition coming from COVID-19 that impacts children is causing a local pediatrician to ask parents to be on the lookout. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, or MIS-C for short, c

But the mortality plateau is often debated. Even if it’s true that the risk of death levels off, this won’t necessarily result in super-agers living longer than before. Susan Alberts, a Duke Universit

The result was that too little was done in the early weeks to stop Covid spreading, despite evidence from China and then Italy that it was a virus that was highly infectious, caused severe illness and

The next time the world faces an outbreak of a fast-spreading and deadly new pathogen, governments must act swiftly and be ready to restrict travel or mandate masks even before anyone knows the extent

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A faculty member at the College of Veterinary Medicine has received funding to improve the efficacy of medicines against one of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases. David Russell, the Will

The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meetings come less than a month after U.S. regulators authorized Covid booster shots of Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine to a wide ar