Health

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just weeks into the new school year, districts in multiple states are canceling in-person classes for several weeks due to respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, among students and staff. Two school districts in Kentucky — Lee County School District and Magoffin County Schools — said they were closing due to […]

SolStock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Although lunch boxes and insulated containers to ensure temperature control have largely taken the place of brown paper bags at lunchtime, there are still a few easy-to-follow food safety practices that every parent or guardian should keep in mind before sending students off to school this fall. According to the […]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials are urging the public to plan ahead when it comes to scheduling their vaccinations, as this year may look a little different than previous seasons. With fall approaching, public health officials are spreading the word about newly approved vaccines and immunizations that can help […]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The updated COVID vaccine should become available in mid-September, along with a likely recommendation that everyone should get the booster shot, U.S. health officials said this week. The timeline was laid out by officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration in a […]

FDA (NEW YORK) — Kroger and Food Lion shoppers who have purchased frozen veggies should check their freezer for products that have been recalled over potential listeria contamination. Twin City Foods, Inc. issued a voluntary recall on Tuesday for “a limited quantity of Not-Ready-To Eat Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) Super Sweet Cut Corn and Mixed […]

tzahiV/Getty Images, STOCK (SONOMA, Calif.) — California health officials have issued an advisory after several people who competed in a Tough Mudder run and obstacle course competition last weekend fell ill with as-yet unexplained symptoms. The Sonoma County Department of Health Services (SDHS) said it has received multiple reports of rashes, fever, muscle pain, nausea […]

LightEyez and Dr. Berne’s (NEW YORK) — Consumers should not purchase and immediately stop using certain eye drops due to potential bacterial or fungal contamination, according to a warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration. The two specific products listed in the warning are Dr. Berne’s MSM Drops 5% Solution and LightEyez MSM Eye […]

pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Asthma-related emergency room visits spiked in New York in June following a wave of toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires, according to new federal data. Researchers looked at ER visits from the New York State Department of Health’s Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System (ESSS) in eight regions across the state from […]

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned people to not “kiss or cuddle your turtle” after a salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles has sickened at least 26 people across 11 states. Public health officials announced that they are investigating a “multistate outbreak” of salmonella linked to […]

Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While most parents remember to slather their kids with sunscreen at the beach, they might forget to add it to their school backpacks. But, according to experts, sunscreen is just as essential during the school year, when kids are playing sports and playing outside at recess. “Childhood […]