(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration will announce new building ventilation standards for schools and businesses on Thursday -- a welcome step for experts who feel the U.S. has long been behind the curve on using air filtration as a valuable tool to fight COVID-19. The new guidance, the latest addition…
(NEW YORK) -- In a digital age, children have access to around-the-clock news coverage of frightened refugees, gunfire and talk of a nuclear attack. Many American parents are wondering how media coverage of the war in Ukraine may be impacting their children. “We tend to believe that children are not…
(NEW YORK) -- Amid growing concerns about the impact of the pandemic on Americans' mental health, and the rollout of a new three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline this summer, advocates say local call centers across the nation remain underfunded and understaffed for an expected increase in call…
(NEW YORK) -- As experts warn of a growing mental health crisis among kids due to the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows the mental health struggles kids faced even prior to the pandemic. Between 2016 and 2020, the number of children ages 3 to 17 who were diagnosed with anxiety…
(NEW YORK) -- When the coronavirus receded across much of the globe last month and the omicron surge declined, many Americans were hopeful that was perhaps the signal that the United States was entering a new phase of the pandemic. However, new data indicators, domestically and internationally, suggest that the…
(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles Unified School District said it's keeping its mask mandate in place -- at least temporarily -- even as California drops its requirement for masks in indoor public settings. Several K-12 schools across the state dropped their face covering requirements Monday after the state lifted its…
(LOS ANGELES) -- Hailey Bieber is on the mend after experiencing stroke-like symptoms last week. Over the weekend, the 25-year-old model told her fans what happened on her Instagram stories and said it was "one of the scariest moments I’ve ever been through." "On Thursday morning, I was sitting at…
(ORO-MEDONTE, Ontario) -- When Chloe McKnight was born 15 months ago, she had what looked like a slight scratch on her forehead, according to her mom, Ashley McKnight. As Chloe grew, the mark grew too, becoming more prominent and beginning to resemble a red stain on her forehead, according to…
(NEW YORK) — Colorectal cancer is expected to claim the lives of more than 52,000 Americans this year, according to the American Cancer Society. This is why, as the world tries to return to a sort of normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors say health screenings -- particularly for cancer…
(NEW YORK) -- The beginning of daylight saving time marks the arrival of spring every year. For some, the time difference can cause feelings of fatigue or more serious health symptoms. First proposed over 200 years ago as an economical suggestion to maximize daylight hours and conserve candles, we continue to…
