Category: Health News
Taking Charge of Your Breast Cancer Risk
Posted by Sheree Crute | Oct 27, 2022 | Health & Wellness, Health News, Top Feature, Uncategorized | 0
2022: A New Year of Hope and Healing
Posted by Sheree Crute | Jan 7, 2022 | COVID-19, Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Rural Black Women Turn to Each Other, Mutual Aid a...
Posted by Connie Green Freightman | Nov 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Family, Health & Wellness, Health News, Ties, Top Feature | 0
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Here’s What You Should ...
Posted by Sheree Crute | Sep 26, 2020 | Health News, Top Feature, Uncategorized | 0
Coronavirus: How to Prevent Infection and Prepare ...
Posted by Sheree Crute | Mar 20, 2020 | Health & Wellness, COVID-19, Health News, Top Feature | 0
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
by Fierce Contributor | Apr 4, 2025 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Workers at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Laboratories facility is engaging in unsanitary practices similar to those that led it to temporarily shut down just three years ago, sparking a nationwide formula shortage.
Read MoreHealth News: Baby Eye Development, Diabetes & Alzheimer’s, COVID’s Autoimmune Link
by Fierce Contributor | Apr 2, 2025 | Health & Wellness, COVID-19, Health News | 0
Catch up on the latest health news on protecting your baby’s eyesight from pregnancy to preschool; a possible connection between diabetes and early Alzheimer’s disease; and why COVID-19 may be linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, like rheumatoid arthritis.
Read MoreCDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
by Fierce Contributor | Mar 29, 2025 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
The number of confirmed cases of measles rose to 483 this year over 2024. An unvaccinated child died of measles in Texas, the first such death in the U.S. since 2015. About 20% of unvaccinated people who get measles wind up in the hospital.
Read MoreCuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short
by Fierce Contributor | Mar 28, 2025 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
The Trump administration has proposed a dramatic reduction in federal funding and support of the critical infrastructure that keeps labs open and running. Numerous scientists and health professionals have noted that changes will have far-reaching, harmful outcomes for the health and well-being of the American people.
Read MoreSpring Cleaning for Your Mental Health
by Sydney Davenport | Mar 15, 2025 | Health News, Joy!, Spirit | 0
Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to spring clean. And I’m not just talking about your living...
Read MoreSynthetic Hair Products Used by Black Women Contain Carcinogens
by Sheree Crute | Mar 6, 2025 | Beauty, Health & Wellness, Health News, News, Top Feature | 0
Yet another study has revealed the danger of hair products used primarily by Black women. New...
Read MoreStudies of Migraine’s Many Triggers Offer Paths to New Therapies
by Fierce Contributor | Dec 3, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Health News, Top Feature | 0
One class of drugs has already found success in treating migraines, painful, disorienting and common attacks. Excitement is building about a slew of additional drug targets.
Read MoreFDA’s Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias
by Fierce Contributor | Oct 10, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Doctors are concerned about pulse oximetry’s racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment, worse health outcomes and inaccurate data for AI tools.
Read MoreA Closer Look at ER Wait Times
by Fierce Contributor | Jul 8, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Long ER wait times are problems for patients and hospitals overburdened by serving as alternatives to doctor’s offices and urgent care facilities.
Read MoreSurviving Heatwaves: How to Stay Cool When It’s Hot
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 24, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
With temperatures soaring near 100 degrees or more around the country, experts are warning people...
Read MoreThe Scorching Truth: Extreme Heat is a Wake-Up Call to Act on Climate Change
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 24, 2024 | Health & Wellness, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
Heat waves cause or exacerbate a host of illnesses. Air quality is generally worse during extreme heat — a wake-up call to tackle the climate crisis head on.
Read MoreSelling a Mirage: The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 22, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
Here’s an inconvenient truth: Not much is being recycled at all, nor is the pyrolysis technology capable of curbing the plastic crisis. Not now. Maybe not ever.
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