Health

darrenirwin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — English bulldogs suffer from severe health effects due to the way they are bred, a new study says. Experts are now calling for breeders to change their practices to ensure the longevity of the beloved dog breed. The mastiff-type breed, characterized by its stout stature, wrinkled face and pushed-in nose, […]

Yanukit Raiva / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study points to prior COVID-19 infection as a possible culprit for the global wave of severe hepatitis cases among children — though experts caution the true cause is still a medical mystery. Researchers in Israel added evidence for the theory in a small study published […]

Donato Fasano/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A committee of advisers at the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of authorizing the Moderna vaccine for kids ages 6 through 17, paving the way to add one more vaccine to the options available for this age group. Currently, only Pfizer’s vaccine is available for […]

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Facing a growing mental health crisis among America’s teens and young adults, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says the problem is not something adults can fix alone. Adults need “to make sure that we’re hearing from kids so that their stories are our guiding light,” Murthy […]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In recent months, several strict abortion laws have been passed across the United States, banning the procedure after a certain number of weeks. Most have limited exceptions, such as in cases of incest or rape, and some only allow abortion to “save the mother’s life.” If the Supreme Court […]

Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Connecticut woman has died from the rare tick-borne disease Powassan virus, the state’s Department of Public Health announced. This is the first fatality recorded in the state and the second in the U.S. this year after a Maine resident died from POWV in April. According to the DPH, the […]

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Cases of monkeypox are continuing to crop up around the globe as the outbreak of the rare disease keeps spreading. As of Thursday, at least 1,260 cases have been detected in countries where the virus is not endemic, with the overwhelming majority reported in North America and […]

Courtesy Chalise Smith (NEW YORK) — At 49 years old, Chalise Smith made a big decision. She committed to becoming a surrogate for one of her daughters, 25-year-old Kaitlyn Munoz, who for years had been struggling with infertility and had undergone egg retrieval and in vitro fertilization in an effort to start a family with […]

Courtesy Karen Cohn (NEW YORK) — Fifteen years after her son’s drowning death, a Connecticut mom has channeled her family’s grief and tragedy into a lifesaving mission, working to spread awareness about swimming and water safety. Although it’s an important issue that applies year-round, it’s especially timely with the official start of summer coming up […]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the early months of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, breakthrough cases among fully-vaccinated people were a statistical anomaly. Preliminary clinical trial data offered an optimistic outlook for the months ahead, with many Americans hoping a vaccine would be their ticket to a return to normalcy. However, last summer, when […]