(NEW YORK) -- Children ages 8 and older should be screened by physicians for anxiety, according to new guidelines published Tuesday. The new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force apply to children who are not showing recognized symptoms of anxiety or depression and who do not have a…
(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster for younger children Wednesday. The Pfizer booster has been authorized for children aged 5 and older and the Moderna booster for children aged 6 and older. When the new boosters were initially authorized in September,…
(NEW YORK) -- More evidence of polio has been detected in New York City wastewater, according to the state Department of Health. So far, only one case of polio has been identified, in a previously healthy 20-year-old man from Rockland County who developed paralysis in his legs, local officials said.…
(NEW YORK) -- Maternal care is becoming increasingly difficult to access in the United States, according to a report released Tuesday by the March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the health of pregnant people and babies. More than a quarter of counties in the U.S., 36%, have…
(NEW YORK) -- Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida's surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related deaths in young men, calling the study poorly designed and dangerously misleading. The warning against vaccines from Dr. Joseph Ladapo is the latest move by…
(NEW YORK) -- Influenza cases are rising in the United States as the country prepares for a potentially severe season. During the week ending Oct. 1 -- the latest date for which data is available -- there were 969 cases of influenza A and 52 cases of influenza B reported…
(HOUSTON) -- Carly Miller, a neonatal intensive care unit nurse in Texas, spent six months by the side of one of her most critically ill patients, a baby named Conrad. Now Miller, 27, a nurse at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, gets to spend the rest of Conrad's life by…
(NEW YORK) -- Shayla, a 22-year-old from Georgia, said she had days during the coronavirus pandemic when it was a struggle to get out of bed. The part-time college student said she was out of work for a time due to restaurants being closed during the lockdown, and in addition…
(NEW YORK) -- As colder weather arrives and people head indoors in Europe, a COVID-19 wave may be looming on the continent -- and could signal what's to come for the United States. Data from the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control shows cases…
(NEW YORK) -- About 2.55 million middle and high schoolers in the United States reported using e-cigarettes, an increase of 21.5% from those who reported using those products last year, a new federal study shows. The study, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S.…
