Health

Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Regular use of hearing aids is associated with decreased death rates in U.S. adults with hearing loss, a new study out of USC found. The findings highlight the importance of encouraging people to use hearing aids and of ensuring everyone who needs hearing aids can get them, according to […]

PonyWang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, are warning the public that cases of the respiratory bacterial infection called pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been on the rise in the area. In Suffolk County, 108 cases of pertussis were reported or suspected in 2023. One hundred of those […]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Indoor mask requirements have been reinstated at all New York City public hospitals amid a rise in respiratory viruses including COVID-19 and flu. The mandate extends to the 11 hospitals, 30 health centers and five long-term care facilities run by NYC Health + Hospitals. The city’s health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin […]

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the seventh straight year, the Mediterranean diet has won the title of best overall diet in U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of best diets. The diet is endorsed by the American Heart Association for its cardiovascular benefits. The diet was shown to reduce the […]

Courtesy of Sean Cullen (NEW YORK) — Dr. Sean Cullen, of New York, was 9 years old when his 9-month-old brother Kevin died due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common respiratory virus. Today, nearly 30 years later, Cullen works as both a laboratory researcher and neonatologist at New York-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for […]

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 22 people were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Utah on New Year’s Eve, officials said. The Sevier County Sherriff’s Office (SCSO) said it received two medical calls from the building in Monroe East, about 170 […]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some hospitals across the United States are reinstating indoor masking rules amid rising cases and hospitalizations of respiratory illnesses including COVID-19 and influenza. Hospitals in at least six states — California, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington and Wisconsin — have put masking guidelines in place, according to an ABC News […]

JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After setting New Year’s resolutions, it is those days and weeks after January that can catch up with even the best of intentions. So how do you make your New Year’s resolution stick? Experts say it is important to remember it is a journey, not an overnight fix, especially […]

Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Goal-setting is top of mind when the new year rolls around, and vision boards are an increasingly popular tool for clarifying those goals and providing a boost of inspiration. Although vision boards often come up in more mystical conversations around manifestation or the law of attraction, it turns out […]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For at least a decade, Chris Van Bibber had been prevented from donating blood. The 35-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah — who is openly gay — was restricted due to rules set in place by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that did not allow sexually active […]