THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The concerning spread of microplastics — plastic fragments smaller than a grain of rice — has now been found to extend to nearly every drink we consume. Research just published in Science in the Total Environment revealed that every hot and cold beverageContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — American taxpayers have foot the bill for billions of dollars spent treating gunshot wounds, a new study says. Treatment for firearm injuries cost U.S. hospitals an estimated $7.7 billion between 2016 and 2021, with the largest share falling on urban hospitals that serveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new Commonwealth Fund report offers the first state-by-state ranking of how vulnerable individual health and health care systems are to climate risks. The report analyzed all 50 states and Washington, D.C., looking at factors like extreme heat, flooding and air quality, asContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The White House has struck a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. to lower the cost of prescription drugs for the Medicaid program. The agreement — announced at the White House Tuesday by President Donald Trump and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla — comesContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More kids are being hurt in golf cart accidents, a new study says. Golf cart injuries among children have steadily increased over the past three years, researchers reported Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ annual meeting in Denver. Nine out of 10Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The number of kids hurt or killed by a reversing car dramatically dropped after backup cameras were required in new vehicles, according to a new study. Cases of children severely injured by a car in reverse fell by half following the 2018 federalContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More people appear to die in emergency rooms (ER) after hospitals have been bought by private equity firms, a new study says. About 13% more deaths occur among Medicare patients in the emergency rooms of hospitals after their acquisition by private equity, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Top vaccine advisers hand-selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to limit the use of a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. By an 8 to 3 vote, with one person abstaining, the Advisory Committee onContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal officials are raising concerns about whether a Virginia Boar’s Head deli meat plant, linked to last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, is ready to safely reopen. In a letter sent Monday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and nine other Democrats asked Boar’s HeadContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Five new members have been appointed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory committee, federal health officials announced. The move comes just days before the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets to review vaccines for COVID-19 andContinue Reading