(NEW YORK) -- Social media is abuzz with people sharing stories about weight loss using Ozempic, a drug designed to regulate insulin. Now, doctors are weighing in with context about this influential drug. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ozempic, also known as semaglutide, as a treatment for…
(NEW YORK) -- Home births in the United States reached the highest level in three decades during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The report's findings show the…
(NEW YORK) -- An Arizona woman is opening up about her five-year cancer battle to help inspire other women to take charge of their health. Alison O'Neill, now 49, said she first noticed a tiny mark on her cheek in 2017. "It looked like anything all of us have had…
(NEW YORK) -- A biochemist who said she went on a quest to figure how to eat to get her body to "work optimally" is sharing her tips. Jessie Inchauspé is known as the "glucose goddess" by her more than one million followers on Instagram, where she helps explain how…
(NEW YORK) -- Parents and medical providers are being called on to be careful with prescription cough medication as overdoses among children are on the rise. Calls to poison control centers in the United States reporting the ingestion of prescription cough medicine by children rose by 158% between 2010 and…
(NEW YORK) -- A child under the age of 5 has died due to complications from flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, health officials in California confirmed on Monday. The California Department of Public Health did not release additional details on the child or their illness, but noted this…
(ATLANTA) -- While respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has been surging among children in the United States, older adults are being affected as well. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that senior citizens are being hospitalized with the virus at this point in the season at…
(ATLANTA) -- A judge on Tuesday overturned Georgia's six-week abortion ban, ruling that it is not constitutional. The so-called "heartbeat bill" was signed into law in 2019 by Gov. Brian Kemp but was prevented from going into effect following legal challenges. In July, three weeks after the Supreme Court reversed…
(NEW YORK) -- People who smoke marijuana were more likely to have certain types of lung damage than people who smoked cigarettes, according to a new study that reviewed lung scans of smokers. The researchers who led the study say their findings suggest smoking marijuana may be more harmful than…
(NEW YORK) -- A Washington state mother is warning about the dangers of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, after her 7-month-old daughter was hospitalized with the illness. Mya Walker said her daughter, Ariella Rain, was a happy, healthy baby until the end of October, when she started developing symptoms of…
