Health

Hitoshi Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There have been dozens of eye drops pulled off shelves in the past year due to bacterial and fungal contamination, with multiple warnings issued by the Food and Drug Administration. Experts and advocates say one reason is likely that in-person faculty inspections slowed significantly during the pandemic, meaning there’s […]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Global cases of measles increased by 18% from 2021 to 2022, following a drop in vaccinations over the past few years, according to a new report Thursday from the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths due to measles have also increased globally by […]

Courtesy Lisa Dove (NEW YORK) — When Lisa Dove became a mom nearly two decades ago, her life quickly changed, and she started gaining weight. “I just didn’t have time to get to the gym or meal prep. It was just easier to go through the drive-through or go pick up a pizza, and not […]

Courtesy of Kimberly Manzano (NEW YORK) — After moving to Texas and getting engaged, Kimberly Manzano, 34, and her now-husband, 35, started trying to get pregnant in April 2022, hoping to share happy news with their friends and family at their wedding just a few months later. Although the couple didn’t find out they were […]

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States continues to be one of the “most dangerous developed nations” for childbirth, according to a new report released Thursday by March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the health of pregnant people and babies. The U.S. earned a D+ grade on its preterm birth […]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A proposed amendment in Florida that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution is currently at the center of a battle that could be taken up by the state’s Supreme Court. State Attorney General Ashley Moody and other groups have asked Florida’s highest court to prevent the […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Annual heat-related deaths worldwide for people over 65 are projected to increase by 370% through the middle of the century if global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, a new report says. The projection comes as heat-related deaths of adults over 65 have increased by 85% since the 1990s, according […]

Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — CVS Health is planning to remove one type of a common decongestant from shelves after an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was ineffective earlier this year. The products contain the oral formulation of phenylephrine (PE), which is found […]

Eleganza/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study released on Friday found that women who followed a heart-healthy diet reduced their risk of cognitive issues later in life. Doctors have long touted the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which was designed to lower blood pressure, and now a New York University Women’s Health […]

Australia Zoo (NEW YORK) — Bindi Irwin is opening up in her first TV interview since being diagnosed with endometriosis earlier this year, sharing her experience living with the pain before finding out about the condition. In an interview that aired Friday on Good Morning America, the 25-year-old conservationist said her journey with the diagnosis […]