Health

Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a new COVID-19 vaccine strategy that would see Americans getting a single annual shot, similar to the flu vaccine. Up until now, Americans who’ve gotten a primary series have received boosters that have targeted specific variants, with the most […]

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eggs prices are on the rise due to an ongoing avian flu outbreak limiting supply, and while they are still safe to eat, many people are seeking alternatives to keep costs down, as experts say it may take months for prices to fully normalize. Customers aren’t just looking for swaps […]

mixetto/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — A plastic surgeon and three others in Utah were charged with allegedly selling people seeking fraudulent COVID-19 immunization records an estimated $97,000 worth of fake CDC cards without administering vaccines, the Department of Justice said in a Friday release. Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr., 58, of the Midvale practice […]

GETTY/David Sacks (IDAHO) — An Idaho woman who documented her 19-day miscarriage on social media said it was days before she could receive care due to the state’s strict abortion laws. Carmen Broesder, 35, from Nampa — 20 miles west of Boise — a mother-of-one was just six weeks pregnant when she began miscarrying on Dec. […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Starting in March, a new rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will go into effect for foods labeled organic. The agency announced an update to the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations in an effort to crack down on fraud and further enforce the production, handling and sale of organic […]

Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — Reports of children in Mississippi who found and ate marijuana-laced candies and chocolates at home resulting in emergency room visits increased sharply last year, the state’s poison control center said in a statement. In 2019, the medical center received two calls concerning the ingestion of edible […]

Michael Duva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fullei Fresh has issued a voluntary recall of alfalfa sprouts after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted an unannounced inspection that found a strain of E. coli in the fresh vegetables. The recalled products’ lot number is 336, according to a company recall announcement on the FDA’s website. […]

Vitor P. Teixeira/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams contended that the city’s strategy for combating homeless and mental health issues needed a bold reform. But after proposing a measure that would send officers, EMS workers and other city agents to involuntarily take individuals who appear “to be mentally ill” and […]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When researchers learned that a class of drugs initially used to treat type 2 diabetes could also bring weight loss, the drugs Victoza and Ozempic gained popularity as a treatment option for obesity. Given as daily or weekly injections, these drugs called GLP-1 RAs, help people produce insulin and lower […]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Spice jars are among the top germ-ridden surfaces in the kitchen, according to a recent study. The study, commissioned by the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, looked to determine the prevalence and degree of cross-contamination over a variety of kitchen surfaces during meal preparation. Researchers observed 371 […]