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A rising number of Americans has attempted suicide in recent years — and increasing numbers have died — according to a new analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry has found....Read More

Children and adolescents infected with the new coronavirus tend to suffer from mild COVID-19 symptoms, but their role in disease transmission remains unclear, new research findings released Wednesday reveal....Read More

New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday suggests that the number of Americans with high cholesterol may be declining....Read More

The Trump administration has announced plans to send teams working under the direction of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to all 50 states to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing....Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved a new test for COVID-19 that allows users to collect their own samples for evaluation, and is expected to be available in the next few weeks....Read More

New York started collecting blood samples Monday from 3,000 randomly selected people for antibody testing as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic....Read More

Calls to poison control centers across the United States “increased sharply” at the beginning of March, likely as a result of the increased use of disinfectants and cleaning products in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....Read More

Spending more time playing — and limiting their screen time — may help reduce risk for developing autism-like symptoms as they age, a new study has found....Read More

Pre-eclampsia and other high blood pressure disorders experienced during pregnancy may increase a child’s risk for mental health disorders later in childhood, a study published in the journal Hypertension suggests....Read More

Women receive fewer medications after a heart attack and are more likely to die than men, a study by the European Society of Cardiology said on Friday....Read More