Practicing hygge can help you beat the ‘winter blues’: Here’s how

Practicing hygge can help you beat the ‘winter blues’: Here’s how

(NEW YORK) -- The Danish concept of "hygge," or “coziness,” can help fend off the seasonal blues. Spending time with loved ones and creating a cozy ambience with scents, lighting and sounds can improve mood and reduce stress during the wintertime. “Hygge is a mindset -- an attitude and approach…
Tips for resetting your mental health in 2023

Tips for resetting your mental health in 2023

(NEW YORK) -- The new year is less than a week away and, for some, that may come as a relief. The holiday season can be stressful for many with all the planning, traveling and shopping. If you can relate, perhaps one of your resolutions for 2023 can be resetting…
Misinformation on RSV, flu spread online: What parents need to know

Misinformation on RSV, flu spread online: What parents need to know

(NEW YORK) -- As parents and caregivers try to cope with the spread of flu, RSV and COVID-19 in what health experts are calling a "tripledemic," some may look online for treatment and prevention tips. However, earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory warning people about…
How to stay safe from COVID, flu while traveling for the holidays

How to stay safe from COVID, flu while traveling for the holidays

(NEW YORK) -- Americans are taking to the roads and to the skies as they travel to see family and friends for the holidays. While the holidays are being celebrated semi-normally for the first time in more than two years, the threat of multiple respiratory viruses lingers. Although cases of…
An animal tranquilizer is showing up in the nation’s illicit drug supply

An animal tranquilizer is showing up in the nation’s illicit drug supply

(NEW YORK) -- More than 40% of street drug samples tested in Rhode Island contained the animal tranquilizer xylazine, according to a new analysis out of Brown University. It’s the latest sign that the drug, which causes sedation and can lead to skin infections and overdoses, is continuing to spread…
How to stay safe in cold as frigid temperatures hit

How to stay safe in cold as frigid temperatures hit

(NEW YORK) -- Break out the gloves and hats: bitter cold is moving in, bringing what could be the coldest Christmas in decades for parts of the U.S. On Friday morning, the wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- will drop to minus 7 degrees in Dallas and…
Why we’re seeing shortages of children’s over-the-counter medicine

Why we’re seeing shortages of children’s over-the-counter medicine

(NEW YORK) -- Over the past few weeks, reports have emerged of sporadic shortages of over-the-counter children's medications including Children's Tylenol, Motrin and ibuprofen in some locations. It comes amid a respiratory virus season that started earlier than usual with the highest number of flu and RSV cases seen in…