anyaberkut/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Three airports in the United States will screen passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of an outbreak of a new coronavirus that's in the same family as SARS, MERS and the common cold, health officials
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CatLane/iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) -- An HIV campaign in Utah was suspended over raunchy condom packaging it featured, according to the state's health department.
Condom wrappers had taglines that Gov. Gary Herbert deemed inappropriate, prompting him to urge the Department
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Pornpak Khunatorn/iStock(NEW YORK) -- This year's flu shot isn't an exact match for the flu strain that's been circulating most widely, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get it, health experts say.
"The influenza vaccine protects against various strains,
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Peopleimages/iStock(ATLANTA) -- The number of drinks Americans are consuming per bingeing episode has increased dramatically, according to a new study.
The annual number of binge drinks among adults who reported binge drinking jumped on average from 472 in 2011
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HAKINMHAN/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A few weeks into January can be a time New Year's resolutions starts to die.
Jan. 17 has even become known as "Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day" because it's such a common time for resolutions to
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smolaw11/iStock(TOKYO) -- Japan on Thursday reported its first case of a new coronavirus, which has infected 41 people in China, sparking concern about the virus's potential to spread during Chinese New Year next week, when millions are expected to
... Read More
FatCamera/iStock(NEW YORK) -- New research shows for the first time that women's blood vessels, both large and small arteries, age at a faster rate than men's.
The findings,
published Wednesday in JAMA Cardiology, challenge the long-held belief that
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Motortion/iStock(NEW YORK) -- We're taught the basics about the female body in sex ed. But after milestones for women like getting your period and giving birth, many women feel uninformed about the basics of their reproductive system -- especially
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Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Women with more active sex lives may experience menopause later in life, according to the results of a 10-year study.
Published by the Royal Society Open Science,
the study showed that women who reported weekly
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Valeriya/iStock(NEW YORK) -- While the Affordable Care Act ushered in huge improvements in access to health care for black and Hispanic adults in the United States, that progress appears to have stalled, according to new research.
Between 2013 and
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Courtney Lee Simpson/Facebook(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) -- Two Idaho teachers have come up with an eye-opening way to remind students to wash hands during flu season.
Last month, Jaralee Metcalf, a behavior specialist at Discovery Elementary School in Idaho Falls,
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jittawit.21/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It's been a persistent question on the campaign trail and during debates, whenever presidential hopefuls Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tout their respective Medicare for all plans: How much is this going
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P_Wei/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Roderick Sewell had almost reached mile 26 of the grueling Ironman triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, when he felt himself starting to slow down.That was until he heard the cheering from the crowd growing -- and
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vadimguzhva/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Suzanne Ryan weighed nearly 300 pounds when she decided to make a change.
Ryan, a mom from the San Francisco area, started following the ketogenic diet, a diet focused on foods high in fat and low
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Kuzma/iStock(BOSTON) -- A former executive of Insys Therapeutics was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison as part of the first federal case meant to hold an opioids manufacturer criminally accountable for the ongoing epidemic in the country.
... Read More
anyaberkut/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Three airports in the United States will screen passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of an outbreak of a new coronavirus that's in the same family as SARS, MERS and the common cold, health officials
... Read More
CatLane/iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) -- An HIV campaign in Utah was suspended over raunchy condom packaging it featured, according to the state's health department.
Condom wrappers had taglines that Gov. Gary Herbert deemed inappropriate, prompting him to urge the Department
... Read More
Pornpak Khunatorn/iStock(NEW YORK) -- This year's flu shot isn't an exact match for the flu strain that's been circulating most widely, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get it, health experts say.
"The influenza vaccine protects against various strains,
... Read More
Peopleimages/iStock(ATLANTA) -- The number of drinks Americans are consuming per bingeing episode has increased dramatically, according to a new study.
The annual number of binge drinks among adults who reported binge drinking jumped on average from 472 in 2011
... Read More
HAKINMHAN/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A few weeks into January can be a time New Year's resolutions starts to die.
Jan. 17 has even become known as "Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day" because it's such a common time for resolutions to
... Read More
smolaw11/iStock(TOKYO) -- Japan on Thursday reported its first case of a new coronavirus, which has infected 41 people in China, sparking concern about the virus's potential to spread during Chinese New Year next week, when millions are expected to
... Read More
FatCamera/iStock(NEW YORK) -- New research shows for the first time that women's blood vessels, both large and small arteries, age at a faster rate than men's.
The findings,
published Wednesday in JAMA Cardiology, challenge the long-held belief that
... Read More
Motortion/iStock(NEW YORK) -- We're taught the basics about the female body in sex ed. But after milestones for women like getting your period and giving birth, many women feel uninformed about the basics of their reproductive system -- especially
... Read More
Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Women with more active sex lives may experience menopause later in life, according to the results of a 10-year study.
Published by the Royal Society Open Science,
the study showed that women who reported weekly
... Read More
Valeriya/iStock(NEW YORK) -- While the Affordable Care Act ushered in huge improvements in access to health care for black and Hispanic adults in the United States, that progress appears to have stalled, according to new research.
Between 2013 and
... Read More
Courtney Lee Simpson/Facebook(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) -- Two Idaho teachers have come up with an eye-opening way to remind students to wash hands during flu season.
Last month, Jaralee Metcalf, a behavior specialist at Discovery Elementary School in Idaho Falls,
... Read More
jittawit.21/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It's been a persistent question on the campaign trail and during debates, whenever presidential hopefuls Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tout their respective Medicare for all plans: How much is this going
... Read More
P_Wei/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Roderick Sewell had almost reached mile 26 of the grueling Ironman triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, when he felt himself starting to slow down.That was until he heard the cheering from the crowd growing -- and
... Read More
vadimguzhva/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Suzanne Ryan weighed nearly 300 pounds when she decided to make a change.
Ryan, a mom from the San Francisco area, started following the ketogenic diet, a diet focused on foods high in fat and low
... Read More
Kuzma/iStock(BOSTON) -- A former executive of Insys Therapeutics was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison as part of the first federal case meant to hold an opioids manufacturer criminally accountable for the ongoing epidemic in the country.
... Read More
