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Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Firearms surpassed car accidents as the No. 1 killer among children and teens, according to startling new data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday. As firearm deaths for all Americans reached a new peak in 2020 — 45,222 — researchers said the numbers were […]

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that the public health agency is looking into a cluster of hepatitis cases among children. According to a press release, the federal agency is studying nine hepatitis cases in Alabama “of unknown origin in children ranging in age […]

ArtBoyMB/Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Maine) — A Maine resident has died from a rare but potentially dangerous tick-borne illness, health officials said. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it has confirmed a fatal case of Powassan virus, an illness spread by the bite of infected deer (aka black-legged) or woodchuck (aka groundhog) […]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When a judge on Monday overruled the mask mandate on public transportation, parents with kids too young to be vaccinated felt renewed anxiety about the country moving too quickly toward pre-pandemic normalcy while they were still stuck in a pre-vaccine world. But there is hope that parents will be able […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Dozens of high school students in California contracted COVID-19 after attending their prom. San Mateo High School held the party on April 9 at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, about 18 miles away. Following the event, however, 90 out of the 600 students who attended tested positive […]

HCA Healthcare’s Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (NEW YORK) — A 1-year-old girl is back at home in Nebraska after receiving life-saving treatment in Colorado, including a surgery with magnets that helped connect a large gap in her esophagus. Harper and her fraternal twin sister, Gabriella, were born prematurely on Feb. 22, 2021, at 23 […]

FatCamera/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Common prenatal tests done to test for genetic abnormalities are the subject of a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA issued a notice Tuesday warning people about the risk of “false results, inappropriate use and inappropriate interpretation of results” from non-invasive prenatal screening tests, also […]

Petri Oeschger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During her pregnancy with her first child, Emily Brown said she planned to have a natural, non-medicated birth. But the way Brown, 34, of Oklahoma, ended up giving birth to her daughter was through a cesarean section when she went into labor at 32 weeks. “I remember just being […]

Kilito Chan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study found that meat labels may be misleading shoppers in search of beef “raised without antibiotics.” Labels represent an important source of information for consumers who are trying to reduce their consumption of cattle treated with antibiotics, and in so doing, push down the overall demand for […]

Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Confusion abounded after a federal judge in Florida struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel mask mandate Monday. The mandate, first announced in January 2021, required travelers to wear masks on airplanes, in airports and other travel hubs, and while riding public transit. But Judge Kathryn […]