Month: March 2024

The most common respiratory viruses that cause flu, colds, and RSV tend to cluster in the fall and winter months. Though that means months of elevated risk for sickness, “cold and flu season” is a convenient time for public-health officials to remind people to get vaccinated and wash their hands more frequently. Experts had hoped … Read more

Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. View original article Contributor: Stephanie Nolen

Many suffered setbacks after the State Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were children. “Someone else’s opinion changed my future,” one woman said. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

The agency tested 75 types of cinnamon after hundreds of children were poisoned by the spice in applesauce. It found some lead in cinnamon brands sold at some dollar stores and other markets. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett

Lawmakers want shopkeepers to remove e-cigarettes that were not authorized by the F.D.A. Retailers say it is not that simple. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett