Health

The New York State Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would legally protect New York doctors who prescribe abortion pills to patients living in states where the procedure has been outlawed.  The bill passed the New York State Assembly by a 99 to 45 margin, and cleared the state Senate last …

Stomach pain is one of the most common complaints among kids, but most parents have trouble pinpointing the cause and taking action to relieve it, a new poll found. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, polled 1,061 randomly selected adults with kids between the ages of three …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Common cancer drugs are running short due to ongoing supply chain issues, forcing doctors to make tough decisions about treating patients., a new survey shows  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) says 90% of cancer centers in the U.S. are affected by shortages of two main drugs.  …

Death rates from breast cancer have been on a steady decline in recent decades, dropping 43% between 1989 and 2020. The average risk of dying from breast cancer in the five years after an early diagnosis has fallen from 14% to 5% since the 1990s, according to a recent study …

About 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss — and most of them wait several years before seeking help, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Rockville, Maryland.   “Sound-induced hearing damage is irreversible and commonly associated with other hearing disorders, …

Like it or not, mosquitoes have arrived for the summer — and beyond their annoying, itchy bites, they also bring the risk of disease, most notably the West Nile virus (WNV). Since the West Nile virus first entered the U.S. in 1999, it has become the leading cause of mosquito-borne …

Meet Ava, an exuberant, happy nine-year-old. Perhaps it’s a bit mind-bending to learn that she was born, by all appearances, a boy. Ava’s mother said, “Even before she could talk, she gravitated towards all the girly toys, and colors, and when she could talk she would say, like, ‘I wish …

Some dads might get gift cards, steak dinners or new golf clubs for Father’s Day. Yet Jose Calixto, 56, received something far more significant for the occasion this year. A few weeks ago, Jonathan Calixto, 30, saved his father’s life by donating a healthy kidney. “I never hesitated,” the son …

When Celina Martin was expecting her first child, her concerns extended beyond delivery.  “I’ve been dismissed, often for age, for a lack of education or this perceived lack of education, even for just asking too many questions,” Martin told CBS News. “I’ve been dismissed just on such small things. There’s …

Health officials around the country are reporting cases and positive samples of the West Nile virus.  In Iowa, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that the first case of West Nile virus infection was reported this year in an older adult — age 61-80 years — from Plymouth County. The …