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Health Secretary Xavier Becerra breaks down Medicare drug price talks
Thierry Monasse/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, there was a key provision that the Biden administration fought hard for. For years, private insuranc...
Aug 17, 2024
Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels
Roger Harris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were at the same time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont...
Aug 16, 2024
What does it mean that the WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency?
Felix Zahn/Photothek via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The spread of a newer strain of mpox in Africa led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a public health emergency of internatio...
Aug 15, 2024
Breaking the taboo of menopause: 10 commonly asked questions answered
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Actress Halle Berry is among the new wave of women in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond speaking out about menopause to take the conversation out of the shadows...
Aug 15, 2024
Why the Summer Olympic Games in Paris may have been a COVID 'success' story
USA's Noah Lyles celebrates with his bronze medal during the medal ceremony Men's 200m Final at the Stade de France on the fourteenth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. (Martin Rickett/PA ...
Aug 15, 2024
Water bead-related ER visits among kids rose over 130% between 2021 and 2022: Study
pablohart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pediatric water bead-related emergency room visits increased over 130% in one year, a new study published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine shows.Water ...
Aug 15, 2024
More people are dying from dementia, according to new study
sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Deaths from dementia have tripled in just 21 years, according to a new study published in The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders.In 1999, about 15...
Aug 14, 2024
WHO declares mpox a public health emergency as newer strain spreads in Africa
Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday"Today, the Emergency Commit...
Aug 14, 2024
What to know about biological aging and maintaining your health as you grow older
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A growing body of research suggests that age is more than just a number.Regardless of how many birthdays you've celebrated, your overall health may depen...
Aug 14, 2024
Routine blood tests are not reliable for diagnosing long COVID, study finds
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Current routine blood tests are not a reliable way of diagnosing long COVID, according to a new study.The researchers, who published their findings in the Annal...
Aug 14, 2024