Health

kickers/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Borax, a white, powdery substance, has long been a staple in many households as a cleaning agent and laundry detergent booster. Now, the substance is making the rounds on social media with some people promoting it as a health booster — a trend that doctors say is dangerous. “As a […]

File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Health officials in Virginia have announced the state is experiencing an outbreak of rare, but serious meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases have been identified since June 2022, which is three times higher than the expected number of cases during this period, according to the Virginia […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Every month, Dawn LaGuerre has to decide which bills she’s going to pay or if she needs to cut back on groceries to be able to afford her monthly medications. The 63-year-old from Utica, New York — 90 miles northwest of Albany — takes multiple drugs including Januvia and […]

Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The overdose reversal drug Narcan will be available for over-the-counter purchase starting in September, its manufacturer announced Wednesday. Biotech company Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said the nasal spray has been shipped to pharmacies, drugstores and grocery stores as well as online retailers with a suggested […]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Late last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signaled it expects to have the updated COVID vaccine available by mid-September, along with a likely recommendation that everyone should get the latest booster shot, according to U.S. health officials. The announcement comes as COVID hospitalizations increased for the sixth […]

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to data updated Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalizations rose for the sixth consecutive week, this time by 18.8% during the week ending Aug.19 to 15,067 — similar to levels seen in April […]

Courtesy Brooke Lyle and Jessica Jordan (NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas) — For years, Jessica Jordan of North Richland Hills, Texas, lived with debilitating pain. Her daughter, 18-year-old Brooke Lyle, remembers her mom tried to “hide the pain a lot,” but, as she told Good Morning America, she knew “something was wrong.” “I could hardly walk. […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare, marking a milestone for Democrats in their yearslong push to lower rising health care costs. The list includes Jardiance, Xarelto, Januvia, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel, Imbruvica, Stelara, Fiasp and NovoLog. President […]

Courtesy Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (NEW YORK) — With one delivery, Graham and Stephanie Freels became first-time parents, times five. Stephanie Freels, 27, gave birth on June 4 to five babies — four girls and one boy — delivered via emergency cesarean section. Over the weekend, she and her husband and […]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Semaglutide, the active ingredient in drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, is also effective at reducing symptoms of heart failure, new research shows. A study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine followed over 500 patients who were both overweight and had a specific type of heart failure […]