Health

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine for pregnant women to prevent RSV in infants, the agency announced on Monday. Abrysvo has been approved as a maternal vaccine to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in babies from birth through 6 months of age, according to …

People who contracted COVID-19 will be at a heightened risk for developing health problems, according to the results of a new study published Monday. The study, published in Nature Medicine, analyzed the health records of nearly 140,000 U.S. veterans who’d been infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic. The results were …

Authorities are warning parents and teachers to be on the lookout for drugs that don’t always look like drugs, especially as a new school year gets underway. For example, there are vapes disguised as school supplies — highlighters in particular. Some highlighter vapes are even available in kid-friendly flavors such …

As artificial intelligence continues to move into the health care arena — showing up everywhere from ultrasound screenings to drug development to doctors’ offices — some patients may be uncertain, curious or concerned about how it will impact them or their medical care. Dr. Harvey Castro, an emergency medicine physician …

Diagnoses of early-onset cancers — those affecting people 50 and younger — spiked between 2010 and 2019, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open this week. The fastest-growing type was gastrointestinal cancer, which rose 14.80%, followed by cancer of the endocrine system (8.69%) and breast cancer (7.7%). Gastrointestinal …

Health officials in Maryland say that a positive case of “locally acquired” malaria was detected in the National Capital Region. The Maryland Department of Health said it confirmed and reported the malaria case. It said that the individual didn’t recently travel outside the U.S. or to any other state.  Maryland …

The fastest growing population to try marijuana these days is not rebellious teenagers. Guess again.  New research from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual federal report that began over 50 years ago to provide up-to-date data on the use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs as well as …

The average age at which women experience menopause in the U.S. is 51, when they likely still have decades of living ahead of them — yet for many, that “change of life” is rarely spoken about today. Trista Sutter, who was the first woman to appear on the reality series …

World public health agencies are tracking a highly mutated strain of the virus that causes COVID-19. The newly discovered strain, referred to as BA.2.86, has been designated as a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization (WHO) “due to the large number of mutations it carries.” “More data are …

Women around the world are choosing to freeze their eggs (a process known as oocyte cryopreservation) more frequently. This is especially true among the youngest adult generations. The number of egg-freezing cycles increased from 16,786 in 2020 to 24,558 in 2021, according to a U.S.-based study from the Society of …