Health

SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly all the patients affected by an ongoing chickenpox outbreak in New York City are unvaccinated, according to a report published Thursday. The outbreak was first identified by city health officials in October 2022 and was found to be among people who recently migrated from or through […]

Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in Michigan, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. this year to three, health officials said. The most recent case in Michigan is in a farmworker who was exposed to cows infected with bird flu, also known […]

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Ahead of Pride Month, a new report has highlighted increased cancer risk for those who identify as LGBTQ+ as researchers say that LBGTQ+ people may be more likely to smoke, drink alcohol or be living with obesity — all linked to cancer — and that they also may […]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) declared the city’s recent outbreak of measles over on Thursday. CDPH said 42 days have passed — two full incubation periods for measles — without any new cases confirmed. On March 7, 2024, Chicago health officials confirmed the city’s first measles case […]

ollo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study is shedding more light on the importance of exposing kids to peanut products at a young age to help reduce the risk of an allergy later in life. The study, led by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and published Tuesday, […]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic have changed the way many Americans are eating and as people taking these medications reassess their relationship with food, diet experts are offering helpful nutritional tips to add to your wellness plate. Registered Dietitian Maya Feller spoke with ABC News’ Good Morning […]

Emmanuel Eralia/ Getty Images (PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA) — Outbreaks of disease could emerge following the devastating landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea, according to experts. A mountainside collapse early Friday buried villages in the Enga province, located in the northern region, under rock, soil and rubble — wiping out homes, schools and […]

John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly two decades after the launch of the first HPV vaccine, mounting evidence shows that people who got vaccinated are dramatically less likely to develop HPV-related cancers in adulthood. HPV is a common viral infection that causes an estimated 690,000 cases of cancer every year […]

Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Diagnoses of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have surged in the United States over the last several years, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, which examined data from more than 45,000 parent responses to the 2022 National Survey […]

Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Getty Images (WALTHAM, M.A.) — A Massachusetts man has been charged with misleading a woman into taking medication to end her pregnancy under the guise that he was giving her iron and vitamin pills, according to officials. Robert Kawada, 43, and the woman were in a relationship when she became pregnant, according to Middlesex […]