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State health department raises alarm as campus flu outbreak climbs to over 500 cases
Michael Hickey/Getty Images(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) -- Public health officials are investigating an influenza outbreak at a Michigan university that has resulted in more than 500 cases, as several schools h...
Nov 17, 2021
Drug overdose deaths hit new high in US during the pandemic
EHStock(NEW YORK) -- More than 100,000 people in the U.S. died of a drug overdose during the first year of the pandemic, a nearly 29% increase from the same time period in 2019, the Centers for Diseas...
Nov 17, 2021
Eating disorder hospitalizations doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows
ronstik/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The number of people who were hospitalized for eating disorders in the United States doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. The increase in in-patient tr...
Nov 17, 2021
Mom shares warning about extreme thirst, wet diaper after son diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes
Courtney Moore(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- November is National Diabetes Month. Around 1.6 million people in the United States have type 1 diabetes, including 200,000 young people under the age of 20,...
Nov 17, 2021
COVID vaccine can be bundled with a child's routine shots, doctors say
Geber86/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It's perfectly acceptable for 5- to-11-year-olds preparing to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 also to receive other protective shots they may have missing during the pan...
Nov 17, 2021
Fauci says 3-shot vaccine should be 'standard,' warns of winter 'double whammy'
PinkOmelet/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- With winter closing in and coronavirus case rates creeping up once again, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning that the vaccines' waning immu...
Nov 16, 2021
Which states have opened COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all?
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn(NEW YORK) -- With COVID-19 infection rates steadily increasing across the country, a growing list of states are now moving ahead of federal authorization, to recommend booster...
Nov 16, 2021
NYC sanitation workers suspended without pay over alleged fake COVID vaccine cards
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- Several dozen New York City sanitation workers have been accused of submitting falsified vaccination cards to satisfy the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and they've bee...
Nov 16, 2021
Premature births continue to rise for Black, Native American mothers: Report
Jana Richter/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The rate of babies born premature in the United States has declined for the first time in six years, but experts warn it is not a cause for celebration, as a maternal ...
Nov 16, 2021
Connecticut nursing home COVID-19 outbreak results in 89 infected, 8 dead
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- A nursing home in Connecticut is recovering from a significant coronavirus outbreak, after 89 residents and staff tested positive for the virus, facility leadership repor...
Nov 15, 2021