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Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 40% of street drug samples tested in Rhode Island contained the animal tranquilizer xylazine, according to a new analysis out of Brown University. It’s the latest sign that the drug, which causes sedation and can lead to skin infections and overdoses, is continuing to spread through the […]
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Life expectancy in the United States has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 26 years, new federal data shows. Two new reports, published early Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, found the death rate increased 5.3%, from 835.4 […]
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans are taking to the roads and to the skies as they travel to see family and friends for the holidays. While the holidays are being celebrated semi-normally for the first time in more than two years, the threat of multiple respiratory viruses lingers. Although cases of the […]
Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As parents and caregivers try to cope with the spread of flu, RSV and COVID-19 in what health experts are calling a “tripledemic,” some may look online for treatment and prevention tips. However, earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory warning people about fraudulent flu […]
adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new year is less than a week away and, for some, that may come as a relief. The holiday season can be stressful for many with all the planning, traveling and shopping. If you can relate, perhaps one of your resolutions for 2023 can be resetting your mental health. […]
Olga Rolenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New research is shedding light on just how much higher proportions of dangerous toxins people in minority communities are breathing in. Populations in racially segregated communities in the U.S. may be more likely to be exposed to a form of air pollution, according to a study published in Nature […]
MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One version of amoxicillin, a common antibiotic used to treat issues like ear infections in kids, is in short supply, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The shortage of amoxicillin means that parents and other caregivers may need to visit multiple pharmacies in order to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Matthew Perry lays bare his struggle with addiction in his new memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, and told ABC News’ Good Morning America he “can’t wait” for people to read it. “It’s really exciting that people will read this story and it will hopefully help a lot […]
Elizabeth Fernandez/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — Flu season is making an early comeback as flu-related hospitalizations are the highest in over a decade for this point in the season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been an estimated 880,000 cases of lab-confirmed influenza illnesses, 6,900 hospitalizations and 360 flu-related deaths nationally […]
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police officers, firefighters and other protection service employees had the occupation with the highest death rates from COVID-19 in 2020, new federal data shows. The report, published Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics — a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — looked at […]
