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FDA Moves to Ease Rules for Blood Donations from Gay Men
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The largest increases were among men—especially young men.
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A National Academies of Sciences report finds that while people should use sunscreen, more research is needed into its safety.
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Bavarian Nordic A/S, the only company with a vaccine approved for monkeypox, said it’s preparing to run production to meet surging demand.
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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline will dramatically expand the capacity of call centers to answer calls.
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What the Supreme Court's Stunning Rulings Mean for Your Health
More pollution, more violence, less bodily autonomy
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Only 7% of Americans Have Optimal Heart Health, Study Says
The researchers also found that cardiometabolic health keeps declining over time
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July 5, 2022
E-Cigarette Maker Juul Must Stop Selling Its Products in the U.S.
Juul can't keep selling its tobacco and menthol-flavored products
By Jamie Ducharme
June 23, 2022
U.S. Seeks to Limit Cigarette Nicotine Levels
It's a bid to reduce smoking-related deaths in the U.S.
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June 22, 2022
How Climate Change Affects Kids' Health
A review article shows how dangerous climate-related threats are to children’s well-being
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June 17, 2022
Why Some Doctors Are Prescribing Ballroom Dance or a Day at the Museum
It took two years and nearly 50 emergency-room visits for Dr. Ardeshir Hashmi to realize he didn’t need to prescribe pills for his 93-year-old patient’s excruciating chest pains. He needed to prescribe ballroom dance. Ruth—a...
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May 23, 2022
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For Trevor, a 35-year-old musician in Arizona, the decision to get a vasectomy was easy. He and his wife have long known that they didn’t want children, so the procedure has always been in the...
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Each year, as Memorial Day approaches, Holly Thaggard braces herself for the headlines. About how sunscreen may be damaging coral reefs. About the possible flammability of spray-on sunscreen. Headlines—as there were this year—about how sunscreen...
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Even the Pandemic Hasn’t Made Public-Health Icon Paul Farmer Lose Hope
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar sparked outrage last week when he said that the federal government could not guarantee that a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the coronavirus currently sweeping across the world, would...
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Experts Worry About Quarantined People on Japanese Cruise Ship
“There is now ample evidence that this (quarantine) is not preventing the spread of cases within the ship and it is also is posing a risk of spread within the ship,” says Tom Inglesby, an infectious diseases expert and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
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Juul Advertised Its Products on Kids' Websites, New Lawsuit Alleges
As beleaguered e-cigarette maker Juul Labs tries to distance itself from its teen-friendly image and convince the world its products are for adult smokers only, a new lawsuit in Massachusetts claims the company advertised on...
By Jamie Ducharme
February 12, 2020
Only 5% of People Tested for Coronavirus in the U.S. Were Found Positive
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is focusing much of its coronavirus containment effort on screening close contacts of those who may have been exposed to the disease in China—and is bracing...
By Jamie Ducharme
February 7, 2020
‘It’s Insidious’: How Juul Pitched E-Cigs to Native American Tribes
New Congressional documents reveal that e-cigarette maker Juul Labs pitched its products to at least eight Native American tribes, in a move tribal health advocates say is as disturbing as it is expected. "I always...
By Jamie Ducharme
February 6, 2020
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Many Americans likely grew a little nervous after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that a novel coronavirus has spread for the first time within the U.S. But agency officials...
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The Teenager Who Needed a Double Lung Transplant Because He Vaped Has Something to Say
Daniel Ament went to sleep one day and woke up months later with a new set of lungs. Ament, 17 and a high school junior in Grosse Pointe, Mich., (anonymously) made headlines this past fall...
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Airlines in 3 Continents Cancel Flights to and from China
Airlines in Europe, Asia and North America are cancelling flights to and from China as the new coronavirus has infected at least a few thousand people in China and dozens beyond its borders.
By Sanya Mansoor and Madeleine Carlisle
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The Coronavirus Outbreak Is Now a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Here's What That Means
Learn more about what a PHEIC actually means
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Social Media Helped Juul Dominate the Vaping Market. Now, Teens Are Using It to Help Each Other Quit
Juul Labs, the e-cigarette company so popular its name became a verb, wouldn't be where it is without social media. In the company's early years, a steady stream of posts from users and influencers helped...
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The US Centers for Disease Control and the US Food and Drug Administration declared that the recent nationwide E. Coli outbreak ended as of Wednesday
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Iowa Girl Blinded After Contracting the Flu
Jade DeLucia is now home after the flu left her blind and nearly killed her
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January 14, 2020
Texas Teen Youngest Vaping Victim
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U.S. Drinking Deaths Double in 2 Decades With Faster Rate for Women: Study
The study found that over 18 years, almost 1 million death were due to alcohol
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January 11, 2020
Partial Vaping Ban Sparks Criticism
The Trump Administration on Jan. 2 announced that it will remove some—but not all—flavored e-cigarette products from the U.S. market, in a compromise that has sparked criticism from both vaping advocates and adversaries. The new...
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January 2, 2020
Legal Age to Buy Tobacco Products Raised to 21
It will go into effect in the summer of 2020
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The Federal Legal Age to Buy Tobacco Products Has Been Raised to 21. Here’s What That Could Do to the Vaping Industry
The federal legal age for purchasing tobacco products has been increased from 18 to 21 in a move the American Lung Association said will "reduce youth access to tobacco products and help save lives." That...
By Jamie Ducharme
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The Vaping-Related Lung Disease Outbreak May Be Coming to an End
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced Friday with new confidence that vitamin E acetate seems to be largely to blame for the vaping-related lung illness outbreak that swept the country—at the same time...
By Jamie Ducharme
December 20, 2019
U.S. Teens Aren't Just Vaping Nicotine. Marijuana Use Is Also on the Rise
When U.S. health officials talk about the youth vaping epidemic, they're mostly talking about the millions of teenagers who use products like Juul e-cigarettes to vape nicotine. But new federal data show that marijuana vaping...
By Jamie Ducharme
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