Health

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Thursday for clinicians and public health departments in the United States to be on the lookout for cases of a rare Ebola-like virus. The warning is in response to outbreaks of Marburg virus disease, one […]

Science Photo Library via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As temperatures begin to warm up, announcing the arrival of spring, it also means the arrival of allergy season for millions of Americans. Health departments across the U.S. have started to warn that high pollen levels could mean exacerbated symptoms including itchy and watery eyes; runny […]

Courtesy of Lauren Juyia (BROOKSVILLE, Fla.) — A young Florida doctor who discovered her own cancer last year is opening up about her personal health journey in the hopes of raising awareness and encouraging others to get a screening if they suspect something is amiss. Dr. Lauren Juyia, a gynecologist at Elite Women’s Care in […]

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images (MISSOURI) — For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up saving his life. Delayne Ivanowski, a 25-year-old nurse at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, donated her kidney to her dad John Ivanowski, who told his daughter for months that he did […]

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Around 40% of patients with long COVID have moderate to severe sleep issues, according to new analysis of patients treated at Cleveland Clinic’s ReCOver Clinic. The report, published Tuesday in the journal of Internal Medicine, looked at the sleep patterns of 962 patients who had long COVID between February […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As fears of a “tripledemic” die down, health officials say they are seeing an uptick of a particular strain of the flu: influenza B. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of tests that are positive for influenza B has increased from 0.12% the week […]

Steve West/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Spring has sprung and summer is around the corner which means long strolls and rolling strides outside during the warm weather months. Ahead of National Walking Day, Good Morning America tapped Dr. Liz Weinandy, lead dietitian at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, to explain what to watch […]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (GENEVA) — A new report published Monday by the World Health Organization found that a large number of adults — nearly 1 in 6 worldwide — are affected by infertility in their lifetime. The WHO said that the new finding emphasizes the “urgent need to increase access to affordable, high-quality fertility care,” […]

Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drinking a glass of wine a day will not help you live longer, according to a new analysis of alcohol research that debunks a longstanding belief about the possible health benefits of drinking alcohol moderately. The analysis, published recently in JAMA Network Open, looked at over 100 studies with […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Fetterman is speaking publicly for the first time since he entered the hospital in February with severe depression, saying in an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” that he looks forward to returning to work later this month. Fetterman, D-Pa., said he also looks forward to “being the kind of […]