Health
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Cantaloupes linked to deadly salmonella outbreak in 34 states, CDC reports new hospitalizations
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning consumers about a multistate salmonella outbreak…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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