(NEW YORK) -- When the recent COVID-19 wave fueled by the omicron variant hit the U.S., no one expected it would lead to the number of deaths it did. As of Wednesday, the nation is reporting 2,200 new COVID daily deaths on average. While this is lower than the 3,400-peak…
(WASHINGTON) -- As the United States enters a third year of the coronavirus pandemic, kids' mental health continues to be a growing issue. Kids' health, school and after-school activities continue to be disrupted by the pandemic, while over 200,000 children under 18 in the U.S. have lost a parent or…
(NEW YORK) -- It's been two months since New York City opened the first-ever overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United States, and public health experts said the clinic is already saving lives. OPCs are a form of harm reduction, which is a set of strategies to minimize the negative effects…
(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a rise in eating and tic disorders among teenage girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Echoing prior research, the proportion of emergency department visits with eating disorders doubled among adolescent girls; those for tic disorders approximately tripled during…
(NEW YORK) -- New Mexico and Virginia this week joined a growing number of states, cities and local communities that are going “mask optional” as omicron variant cases start to decline nationwide. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lifted the state's indoor mask mandates on Thursday and Virginia Gov. Glenn…
(NEW YORK) -- A Tennessee family is speaking out to share memories of their 7-year-old daughter, who died Feb. 7, less than 72 hours after testing positive for COVID-19. "She was just a happy, healthy, normal, beautiful soul," Jennifer Graviss said of her daughter, Adalyn. "She was just so sweet,…
(NEW YORK) -- Boosters helped reduce the risk of contracting the omicron variant after it spread at a convention in New York City, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday. In the report, the authors describe "a large indoor convention in New…
(NEW YORK) -- Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research. Scientists who studied two species of mosquitoes that spread diseases such as dengue, Zika and West Nile fever -- Aedes…
(NEW YORK) -- Linda Evangelista is sharing photos of herself several months after suffering from a cosmetic procedure that she alleges left her "brutally disfigured." The legendary supermodel, 56, discussed with People what life has looked like for her after revealing last September that a cosmetic CoolSculpting procedure had allegedly…
(NEW YORK) -- After months of unrelenting surges, COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are falling rapidly across the United States, a welcome reprieve for many Americans, who are hoping that the decline will herald the beginning of the end of a difficult two years and a return to a much-awaited normalcy.…
