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The move could make cigarettes less addictive and easier to quit.January 15, 2025, 9:50 AMThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule on Wednes...
Meta -- the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp --announced on Tuesday it was ending third-party fact-checking.Some social media ...
For a moment, the threat of guac-ocalypse loomed over America. Had President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada gone into effect, the price...
In a new study examining the benefits of cold-water immersion, participants had reduced stress levels in the 12 hours following exposure. Charlie Chesvick/Ge...
Figures show practice continues eight years after pledge to end it, potentially impeding young people’s recoveryChildren and young people in England with ser...
Medical groups are expressing deep concern about the sudden removal or alteration of government data sets and webpages from agencies like the Centers for Dis...
More than 30% of tests came back positive for flu as of the week ending Feb. 1.Outpatient health care visits for flu illnesses are at their highest levels in...
NEW YORK -- They snooze in parking garages, on side streets before the afternoon school run, in nap pods rented by the hour or stretched out in bed while wor...
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly said that restricting abortion access at the national level would not be a priority in a second term. “My view...
The transmission of a new strain of the H5N1 bird flu to herds of dairy cows has raised concerns over how the virus is mutating. Andrew Fox/Getty Images
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The work and pensions secretary said those who think they were unable to work probably could with the right supportEd Miliband, the energy secretary, reporte...
Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at ag...
Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast.
But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the family egg producer (...
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates.
In late January, two school-age children fr...
Several parts of Southern California are currently under a windblown dust and ash advisory as deadly wildfires continue to burn across the region.The advisor...
Several health care centers are rescheduling non-emergency procedures.Health care centers and medical facilities remain closed as the devastating California ...
As bird flu continues to spread across the United States, questions have emerged about the risk of contracting the virus from milk and eggs.More than 150 mil...
Courts across the nation are debating whether LGBTQ+ people should be protected from discrimination. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesIn 2024, state legislatures in...
The report found a rise in visits related to burn and eye injuries.The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to fire and smoke inhalation ro...
In Wisconsin, where late last year Donald Trump said at a campaign stop, “I’m an environmentalist … I want clean air and clean water—really clean water,” man...
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