Health

RyanJLane/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, Frank Yiannas, has announced he is resigning from his post. His departure comes in the wake of last year’s infant formula shortage, throughout which Yiannas held a prominent leadership role. The decision also comes amid the ongoing HHS-OIG audit into whether the FDA […]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New data from the American Heart Association highlights the major impact COVID-19 had on cardiovascular health and death rates during the first year of the pandemic. At least 928,741 Americans died from cardiovascular disease-related causes in 2020, the annual statistical report revealed. That represents the largest one-year increase since […]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will not review or allow the marketing of cannabidiol, or CBD, products as food items or dietary supplements. Up until recently, the health agency has not allowed any company to make claims about health benefits from wellness CBD products. The […]

Guido Mieth/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Only about half of adults in the United States are meeting physical activity guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new research shows. The report, published Thursday by the CDC looked at the percentage of American adults aged 18 and older who are getting 150 minutes of […]

Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Danish concept of “hygge,” or “coziness,” can help fend off the seasonal blues. Spending time with loved ones and creating a cozy ambience with scents, lighting and sounds can improve mood and reduce stress during the wintertime. “Hygge is a mindset — an attitude and approach to living […]

Rainer Puster / EyeEm / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called “zero COVID” policies. The deaths, which were reported on Monday by the National Health Commission and occurred in Beijing, are the first recorded […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is a testing kit that the FDA authorized in May that is one swab for all three viruses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have been at least 15 million reported flu-like illnesses, […]

James/Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the past few weeks, reports have emerged of sporadic shortages of over-the-counter children’s medications including Children’s Tylenol, Motrin and ibuprofen in some locations. It comes amid a respiratory virus season that started earlier than usual with the highest number of flu and RSV cases seen in […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Break out the gloves and hats: bitter cold is moving in, bringing what could be the coldest Christmas in decades for parts of the U.S. On Friday morning, the wind chill — what temperature it feels like — will drop to minus 7 degrees in Dallas and 1 degree in […]

Morgan Miller/Instagram (NEW YORK) — The wife of Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller is opening up about a health scare they faced with their 3-year-old son, one of the couple’s eight children. Morgan Miller shared on Instagram Tuesday that their son, Asher, was taken to the hospital after suffering what she described as a […]