Health

Children who spend more time looking at tablets or television screens as infants are likely to be less physically active as they enter school age, a new study has found....Read More

The U.S. is ramping up its response to the coronavirus as it spreads, officials said Tuesday, as they expand airport screenings to 20 cities and develop potential vaccines and drug treatments for the disease....Read More

Researchers found that people who underwent bariatric surgery had measurable changes in their lungs and trachea, including less airway obstruction, helping them breathe easier....Read More

CDC officials said Monday they are considering increased screenings for travelers from China as cases of coronavirus increase in the Asian nation, and the world — though they caution that the risk of spread remains low....Read More

Researchers note in a new study that current rates of asthma-related ER visits are more than twice as high in areas that were once redlined in eight California cities, despite the practice being relegated to history....Read More

A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests barbershops may be a good place to test black men for type 2 diabetes and educate those with prediabetes because of their stature as community meeting places....Read More

Researchers say that some pot products — especially combustibles and concentrates, such as wax and budder — are more likely to keep teens coming back for more, suggesting cannabis control efforts get product specific....Read More

More than 15 million Americans have fallen ill from a far more common bug — the flu — according to the latest estimates from the CDC....Read More

The CDC has confirmed the second U.S. case of Wuhan coronavirus as a woman in Chicago, noting that the agency is evaluating 63 other samples for potential infection. But risk of spread remains low....Read More

First-time mothers may be able to reduce their risk for delivering pre-term by taking low-dose aspirin, a new study by researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has found....Read More