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Using your phone on the toilet raises your risk of hemorrhoids, study suggests
Antonio Hugo Photo/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- People who use their smartphones while sitting on the toilet face are at higher risk for painful, itchy hemorrhoids, according to new research ...
Sep 04, 2025
Florida surgeon general says state is moving to 'end all vaccine mandates'
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Florida is moving to "end all vaccine mandates" in the state, Florida Surgeon ...
Sep 03, 2025
More than 1,000 current, former HHS employees sign letter calling on RFK Jr. to resign
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. ...
Sep 03, 2025
Former CDC directors say RFK Jr. is endangering Americans' health
sshepard/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Richard Besser explains why he and other former directors of the CDC wrote an op-ed criticizing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handling of the CDC an...
Sep 01, 2025
Doctors may need to rethink decades of routine beta blocker use for some patients after a heart attack, studies suggest
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A large new study conducted in Spain and Italy found that beta blockers, drugs often used to slow the heart rate and lower blood pressure, did not provide clear be...
Aug 29, 2025
COVID cases, hospitalizations ticking up in the US but remain lower than last year
A COVID-19 At-Home Test kit showing positive results. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases are ticking up in the U.S. as children head back to school and the countr...
Aug 29, 2025
FDA expands warning of radioactive shrimp as 2 more brands are recalled
A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Ad...
Aug 29, 2025
Showdown at CDC as director refuses to leave post, amid pressure from Trump administration
Susan Monarez, nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensi...
Aug 28, 2025
FDA approves updated COVID vaccines with restrictions on who can receive them
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for some Americans.The vaccines were approved for use in adults aged 65 and olde...
Aug 27, 2025
New Mexico man diagnosed with plague in state's 1st human case this year: Officials
Yersinia pestis, bacteria responsible for the plague, seen under optical microscopy. (Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesP(VALENCIA COUNTY, N.M.) -- A New Mexico man has been diagnosed with plague...
Aug 26, 2025