(NEW YORK) -- Theo Huot de Saint-Albin was a 9-year-old elementary school student when he first contracted COVID-19 in July 2020, near the start of the coronavirus pandemic.Four years later, as much of the world has moved on from the pandemic and resumed normal life, Theo, now nearly a teenager,…
(NEW YORK) -- Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. has issued a voluntary recall of some of its hand sanitizer products due to the presence of alcohol denatured with methanol, which poses significant health risks to consumers.Forty lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80% and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel were…
(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of women between ages 50 and 74 are not receiving life-saving mammograms, according to new federal data.Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at the prevalence of mammography use over a two-year period, in a report published Tuesday.Mammography use varied by state and…
(NEW YORK) -- A new study evaluating older adults with a high risk of heart attacks or strokes has found that salt substitutions may be linked to a lower risk of death, specifically from heart disease and stroke.The study was a meta-analysis of several studies primarily based in Asia, where…
(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- As many turn their eyes to the skies to watch the solar eclipse, some with vision impairment are turning their ears to a new gadget.The LightSound is a 3D-printed device, about the size of a cell phone, which can register the changing brightness of light. It then…
(NEW YORK) -- Despite abortion being on the November ballot in Florida, pro-abortion groups say a six-week ban going into effect next month will have devastating consequences for women in the Southeast.The Florida Supreme Court issued two decisions earlier this week, allowing a question on the November ballot that would…
(NEW YORK) -- Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, was first detected in 1996 among birds in China, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One year later, an outbreak occurred in Hong Kong that resulted in 18 human cases, including six deaths,…
(NEW YORK) -- Costco members love the big box retailer for its wide selection of goods but now the warehouse club is wading into specialized health care and expanding its partnership with Sesame to offer exclusive pricing on weight loss programs.Sesame said Tuesday in a press release that Costco will…
(NEW YORK) -- After years of holding community meetings and knocking on doors, community activists are now seeing action about an invisible risk raising concerns about cancer in their communities.A recently announced rule from the Environmental Protection Agency would reduce an estimated 90% of ethylene oxide emissions from the facilities…
(NEW YORK) -- Although still confident the risks of avian flu to the human population are low, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention senior official told ABC News they are taking seriously dairy cows being infected in at least 11 farms and, most recently, a human dairy farmer in…
