Health

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With seven people in the U.S. now confirmed or presumed to have monkeypox, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the risk remains low and there’s no evidence the virus has evolved to be more transmissible. “This is not COVID,” Jennifer McQuiston, deputy […]

Caroline Long (NEW YORK) — Eva Long was a funny, bright and goofy child who became a talented singer, piano player and songwriter in her teen years, according to her mom, Caroline Long. She was also someone who battled depression, an increasingly common mental health struggle among teenagers, but one that Long said Eva worked […]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer’s release of data showing its three-shot COVID-19 vaccine is 80% effective among children under the age of 5 is welcome news for parents anxious to get their young children vaccinated more than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]

Jupiterimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of births increased in the United States for the first time in seven years, according to a new federal report. Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics found there were 3,659,289 babies born in 2021, a 1% increase […]

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With seven people in the U.S. now confirmed or presumed to have monkeypox, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the risk remains low and there’s no evidence the virus has evolved to be more transmissible. “This is not COVID,” Jennifer McQuiston, deputy […]

Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of Pfizer’s new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine data for children under the age of 5, which was released on Monday, the Food and Drug Administration has set new, tentative dates for when its advisers will meet to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine applications for children. The FDA said it […]

Jepayona Delita/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida health officials are investigating what they describe as a “presumptive” monkeypox case, making it the third possible case of the virus in the U.S. as global infections continue to rise. The case is being investigated in Broward County and appears to be related to international […]

VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Lopez is dishing about all her beauty secrets. In her latest On the JLo newsletter, the superstar, who announced that she would be sharing all her beauty tips with her followers, said that getting enough shut-eye is her most important beauty secret of all. “We don’t […]

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another child in the U.S. has died in connection with the mysterious cases of severe hepatitis that have been occurring among children around the country and the globe, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Friday. Investigators learned of the additional death on Thursday, Dr. […]

Courtesy WHO twitter account (NEW YORK) — New York City health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox as they reported more infections across the globe. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said in a press release Thursday that the patient is being cared for at NYC Health + Hospitals / […]