Health

Shana Novak/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study is offering more information for women about whether the type of birth control they take increases their risk of breast cancer more than another. The study, published Monday in PLOS Medicine, found that new forms of progestin-only hormonal birth control — including pills, patches, implants and […]

Jrgen Hopf / EyeEm/ Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The death toll of an outbreak linked to contaminated recalled eye drops has risen and more people have lost their vision. According to an update issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, the number of deaths has risen from one to three. What’s […]

FDA (NEW YORK) — Some of Gerber’s powdered infant formula products that were manufactured at a facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, have been voluntarily recalled due to possible bacterial contamination. The infant formulas are “being recalled out of an abundance of caution due to potential presence of cronobacter sakazakii,” Perrigo Company, which makes the recalled […]

WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that a powerful veterinary sedative is being combined illicitly with fentanyl, making it even more dangerous. DEA issued a public safety alert about the widespread threat posed by a mixture of a non-opioid animal sedative called xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” and fentanyl. […]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the fungus Candida auris is spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities. Also known as C. auris, reports of cases linked to the drug-resistant fungus have doubled in 2021. In addition, the fungus is behind an outbreak […]

EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flight attendants are renewing calls to ban children 2 years and younger from sitting in the laps of their adult caregivers and parents while flying, citing safety concerns that have come under the spotlight again following recent incidents of mid-air and extreme turbulence. Many domestic airlines including American Airlines allow […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will be hosting the cast of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso at the White House Monday to discuss the importance of talking about mental health. Several actors from the hit show including Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein will visit to discuss […]

Sydney Benes with head of security Nate Sanders at Sullivan’s Pub. Sanders said Benes is looking to press charges against the two men who pushed her chair down the stairs and damaged it. — Julia Zukowski (ERIE, Pa.) — Sydney Benes, a Mercyhurst University student whose unattended wheelchair was pushed down stairs in a viral […]

A 28-week ultrasound of the baby’s head shows normal brain structures that should have formed and then separated in the midline are not there. — Courtesy Kylie Overdorf (NEW YORK) — Kylie Beaton was looking forward to having her second child later this year. Now, she’s faced with carrying an unviable pregnancy to its end […]

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, public health experts can point to clear instances where the United States succeeded in beating back the virus and others where it didn’t. Even as the virus continues to spread, data from the Centers for Disease […]