Health

Jon Cherry/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York state reported its first case of eastern equine encephalitis in nearly a decade on Friday. The rare mosquito-borne virus was detected in Ulster County, the New York State Department of Health said. The individual is hospitalized, it said. The Ulster County Department of Health is currently investigating […]

Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person’s health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a new approach is taking hold. Body roundness index, or BRI, is gaining prominence as a way of predicting one’s health risk by taking into account more […]

In this Jan. 25, 2024, file photo, a used Narcan brand Naloxone nasal spray rests on the street after paramedics and police responded to a suspected fentanyl drug overdose in Portland, Oregon. — Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — The estimated number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have been dropping […]

Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Newer three-dimensional imaging is more effective at detecting breast cancer and may improve long-term outcomes, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine. The study, which analyzed more than 272,000 breast cancer screenings over 13 years, showed that 3D mammography, known as […]

Gerard Rivest/500px/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — While Los Angeles County is reporting three locally acquired cases of dengue this year — which is rare for the region — there have been at least 3,085 cases nationally of locally acquired virus so far this year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]

Courtesy Ryley Hopper (NEW YORK) — A man who was left paralyzed after diving into a swimming pool as a teenager was recently able to drive again for the first time, eight years after his injury. Ryley Hopper, 27, got behind the wheel of a specially equipped van on Aug. 14, his first time driving […]

Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (TEL-AVIV, Israel) — The last day of the polio vaccination campaign is wrapping up in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The campaign was launched after the first case of polio in Gaza in more than 25 years was recently detected. Health officials from the WHO, the Hamas-run […]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report by March of Dimes found that over 5.5 million women live in U.S. counties experiencing limited to no access to maternity care resources that include hospitals or birthing centers, obstetric care or obstetricians. The report is the latest by the maternity care-centric nonprofit to highlight a […]

Emilija Manevska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elevated levels of lead have been found in 12 of 36 ground cinnamon products and spice blends, according to a Consumer Reports article published Thursday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not set lead-level thresholds for spices, but three of the products exceeded a proposed cutoff set by […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health care was one of the topics at the forefront of Tuesday night’s debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said he was interested in replacing the Affordable Care Act — also known as “Obamacare” — but implied that he didn’t have any specific plans […]