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DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a summary on Friday that it is preparing for the “possibility of increased risk to human health” from bird flu following an outbreak among dairy cows and two confirmed human cases. However, the federal health agency also said the […]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA advisory panel — the Medical Devices Advisory Committee — recommended FDA approval of the Shield blood test on Thursday night, finding it to be safe and […]

Ana Maria Serrano/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Among younger women with breast cancer, it may be possible for many to have a baby after their diagnosis thanks to advances in breast cancer care, new research suggests. In a study of about 200 women ages 40 and younger with non-metastatic breast cancer who wanted children, roughly […]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — Disabled North Carolina residents say a mask restriction that is under consideration in the state legislature would make it harder for them to access parts of their communities, pushing them back into isolation. “This law says to them that you are not welcome in our community and we don’t […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chloe Burke, a 25-year-old upcoming Miss Texas contestant, will be in Washington D.C. Thursday to lobby for the HEARTS Act and Access to AEDs Act. Access to AEDs (or Automated External Defibrillators) is a deeply personal issue to Burke, who suffered a cardiac arrest in 2019 at […]

Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — Louisiana is moving closer to classifying the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — as a “controlled dangerous substance,” putting them in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications. If a new bill becomes law, possession of the the […]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — A second person in the United States has been infected with bird flu, health officials said Wednesday. The case was identified in a Michigan farmworker who had regular exposure to livestock-infected bird flu, or avian influenza, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said. The Centers […]

fhm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The health effects from extreme heat will soon take an even bigger toll on disadvantaged communities, according to a new report. As global temperatures continue to climb, a growing number of people living in disadvantaged communities will be impacted by health-threatening heatwaves, a report released Wednesday by the ICF Climate […]

sshepard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) around the world is increasing and is a “major concern” for health officials, according to a new report published Tuesday from the World Health Organization (WHO). The report found four curable STIs — chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis — are responsible for more […]

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid the growing popularity of drugs used for weight loss like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, one question has remained for users, what happens if they were to stay on the drug for years? Now, a new study released earlier this month by Novo Nordisk, the maker […]