Health

Rochelle Broder-Singer was 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a common form of breast cancer last year. She caught it early thanks to diligent screenings, but as a woman with dense breast tissue, it wasn’t just a mammogram she needed.

According to the World Health Organization, vaccines prevent 4 to 5 million deaths per year worldwide.

The biohacking movement has taken the health and wellness industry by storm with many people following the techniques. However, some doctors recommend caution. 

With temperatures rising across the country and school out for the summer, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children safe around water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. It’s also......

U.S. health officials on Tuesday warned doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records.

Miami-Dade County has reported the most cases of dengue, a virus that spreads through the bite of an affected mosquito, in 2024 across the 50 U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

33 million Americans have food allergies, according to Food Allergy Research and Education. That’s about 1 in 10 adults and 1 in 13 children.

According to Food Allergy Research and Education, a national advocacy group, 32 million Americans have food allergies – about 5.6 million of them are children, which is a number that is growing.

‘Hopefully somebody else hears me, hears this story and decides to put together an emergency plan for their child’

Food labels must identify, using its common name, the food source of all major food allergens used to make the food in in the ingredient list or immediately after or next to the list, in a separate “contains statement”.

The safety of approved mRNA vaccines is well-established and, as with other vaccines, continues to be monitored by multiple surveillance systems.

A new study finds that patients hospitalized for Covid were less likely to suffer severe kidney damage if they were vaccinated.

Hofood99 Inc. recalled packages of Enoki mushrooms nationwide over possible listeria contamination.