Tracking Trends, Breaking News
Rates of gun injuries last year remained above levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic for a fourth straight year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, looking at data from ambulance calls in 27 states collected through September 2023. Last year’s elevated rates come as many communities have seen rates of firearm violence
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Nearly every dollar Mary Delgado had was riding on one shot at IVF. Three years ago, while trying to conceive a second child with her long-time partner Joaquin Rodriguez, Delgado, who is now 35, learned she had severe endometriosis, a common cause of infertility. “I was broken,” Delgado said. “To be told that I’ll never get
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Ozempic users are consuming fewer calories, and as a result are buying smaller sizes to fit their newly svelte bodies or, in some cases, are choosing more revealing fashion styles. Some clothing brands have noted their customers are buying new clothing items that are multiple sizes down, which they suspect is likely due to the
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Applesauce packets recalled due to levels of lead Applesauce packets recalled due to levels of lead 00:37 Applesauce pouches contaminated with heavy amounts of lead remained on Dollar Tree store shelves for nearly two months after being recalled and linked to hundreds of lead poisonings nationwide, according to federal regulators. In the weeks and months
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A coalition of organizations is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to add extreme heat and wildfire smoke to its list of scenarios worthy of being labeled a major disaster. Dozens of environmental, health and labor groups on Monday filed a petition with FEMA in a bid to unleash FEMA funds that historically have
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Surgeon general says social media should come with health warning for teens – CBS News Watch CBS News The surgeon general is calling for a health warning for social media, similar to the ones found on tobacco products. Dr. Vivek Murthy says teens and adolescents should be notified the platforms are associated with possible harm
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Is pet insurance worth it? Is pet insurance worth it? 07:55 Nationwide will cancel coverage for about 100,000 animals across the country, with the nation’s biggest provider of pet insurance citing the escalating cost of veterinary care in axing the product in some states. The canceling of thousands of coverage plans starts now and will
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Social media platforms should post warning labels, similar to those now used on cigarette packs, for teenagers who are increasingly suffering from mental health issues that are partly tied to the apps, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Monday in an opinion piece in the New York Times. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s
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Growing up on 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and ’50s, Anthony “Tony” Fauci was the precocious son of the corner pharmacist. “They called him Doc,” he said. “The pharmacist back then served as the neighborhood psychiatrist, marriage counselor. So, it was serving the community.” The Fauci Pharmacy is long-gone. But beneath
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on pandemics and partisan attacks – CBS News Watch CBS News There are millions today who owe their lives to the work of the man who devoted his career to public health. But in recent years Dr. Anthony Fauci, who combatted infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, has been targeted
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