Health

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new advisory from the U.S. surgeon general warns of an urgent public health issue regarding social media usage and youth mental health. In the new advisory, released Tuesday, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy calls for more research to determine the extent of mental health impacts on young people, including […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 12-year-old Massachusetts girl is being credited with helping save her twin brother’s life. Amelia Loverme was eating lunch with her twin brother Charlie and their classmates in the school cafeteria this month when Charlie began choking on a slice of cheese. “I was just really scared because I didn’t […]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, with experts across the country raising alarms about a growing mental health crisis. Over 94 million Americans experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression in the past four weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jake Goodman, a psychiatry resident doctor […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the popularity of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro continues to grow, some women are taking a closer look at whether the drugs could impact their chances of becoming pregnant. Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh told ABC News’ Good Morning America that she and her husband previously suffered four pregnancy losses […]

Lindsey Sutherland (NEW YORK) — An Illinois mom is opening up about how she advocated for her teenage daughter to get the correct diagnosis and treatment she needed after she started experiencing life-changing symptoms over a year ago. Lindsey Sutherland told Good Morning America her daughter Ayli started having unusual symptoms, such as a stiff […]

Jrgen Hopf / EyeEm/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An additional person has died in an outbreak linked to contaminated eye drops and more people are reporting they’ve lost their vision. The number of deaths has risen to four, according to an update issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday and […]

Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An advisory committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted in favor of drugmaker Pfizer’s application for a new RSV vaccine for pregnant people Thursday, two weeks after the federal agency approved the first RSV vaccine for older adults. The move is part of a multi-step regulatory process involving […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could eliminate flavored milk from school cafeterias. The agency opened a comment request in February for feedback on its proposal to revise long-term school nutrition standards, which includes less added sugars in school lunch and breakfast programs to “reduce children’s […]

Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An advisory committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to meet Thursday to discuss drugmaker Pfizer’s application for a new RSV vaccine for pregnant people, two weeks after the federal agency approved the first RSV vaccine for older adults. A new study published last month in the […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro used by some for weight loss experience a surge in popularity, they remain out of reach for many people. The reason is the medications’ cost, which can run more than $1,000 a month without insurance coverage. “Patients may not have [insurance] coverage, […]