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American children age five and younger could receive COVID-19 vaccine shots as soon as June 21, the White House said this week....Read More

The use of graphic images and warnings on cigarette labels led smokers to hide the packs but not change their smoke habits, a health study published Thursday revealed....Read More

About 3 grams per day of omega-3 fatty acids appears to be the optimal dose to help lower blood pressure, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Hearts Association....Read More

The millions of people in the United States fitted with pacemakers and insulin pumps need to remember that the devices that keep them healthy use software, meaning they are susceptible to hacking....Read More

British public health officials recommend that people who test positive for monkeypox should abstain from sex....Read More

Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions given to non-hospitalized American children in 2017 led to at least $74 million in excess healthcare costs, according to a study released Thursday....Read More

A new global study found that national cancer care spending shows no relationship to population-level cancer mortality rates, leaving the United States with only slightly better outcomes despite higher spending....Read More

Non-hospitalized U.S. children were given at least $74 million worth of “inappropriately prescribed” antibiotics in 2017, according to a study released Thursday....Read More

According to research published on Tuesday, mothers who give birth to twins are more lucky than they are biologically unique — a conclusion that goes against previous research done on the issue....Read More

Concerns about the monkeypox virus continue to grow as Canadian authorities investigate that country’s first case and New York City deals with a new case of the zoonotic disease....Read More