Health

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be hospitalized with the flu in the United States, new federal data shows. A new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday looked at data from the 2009-10 through the 2021-22 flu seasons — excluding the 2020-21 […]

lambada/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Women who use chemical hair-straightening products may be at a higher risk for uterine cancer, and Black women may be more affected due to their higher rate of use, according to a new study. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, found an association that women who self-reported […]

Caíque de Abreu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 30% of Americans living with diabetes who are uninsured may ration their insulin to save money, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard Medical School, the City University of New York’s Hunter College and consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen determined the prevalence of insulin rationing by […]

Courtesy Nicole Edwards (NEW YORK) — A Pennsylvania mom is raising awareness and celebrating limb differences one year after her daughter, who also has a limb difference, was born. Nicole Edwards posted a TikTok video on Oct. 7 of what she would have told herself and other parents facing what she and her husband, Bryan […]

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A United Nations report published Tuesday showed women’s and children’s health have backslid due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change. The report, titled Every Woman Every Child Progress Report, found that since 2020, rates of anxiety and depression, food insecurity […]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases are continuing to decline in the United States as the outbreak keeps showing signs of receding. As of Oct. 12, the U.S. recorded a seven-day average of 60 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the lowest average recorded since June 29, which […]

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Health care giant Cigna improperly obtained tens of millions of dollars in Medicare funding by making certain Medicare Part C recipients seem sicker than they actually were, the federal government alleged in a civil lawsuit filed Monday. Cigna submitted false and invalid diagnoses to artificially inflate the payments it would […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — In the blink of an eye, Kirsten Riemer said her life changed one day in the doctor’s office. “I was working full time and mother to a 3-year-old child, and I found myself getting increasingly tired,” Riemer said. “[My doctor] came in and he just said, ‘You have leukemia and […]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some state officials as well as abortion providers are trying to find workarounds to help patients who want to end their pregnancies after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since the late June ruling, at least 12 states have ended nearly all abortion services, according to the Center for […]

Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a new recall following a separate one which dogged them for the better part of this year, Abbott, which has been the largest infant formula manufacturer in the U.S., is now voluntarily recalling bottles of their largest, most popular kind of formula, Similac, from their manufacturing facility in Columbus, […]