When medical treatments or vaccines are hard to get, it's usually because of too much demand and not enough supply. But in the case of COVID-19 vaccines for kids, it’s the other way around: low demand for the shot is tanking supply.While...
NEW YORK — Lyme disease cases in the U.S. jumped nearly 70% in 2022, which Health officials say is not due to a major increase of new infections but instead a change in reporting requirements.Reported cases surpassed 62,000 in 2022,...
NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called its study published Thursday the largest...
Tweaking the microbes that populate our skin may be an effective strategy to deter mosquitoes from biting us and thus curb the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, a new study hints.Scientists previously knew that mosquitoes sniff out...
Since 2021, people with COVID-19 have been told to isolate themselves for at least five days to avoid spreading the disease. But that practice may soon join most mask mandates as relics of the peak pandemic era.The U.S. Centers for...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Madame Web.Three Spider-Man movies are hitting theaters in 2024, but none of those three movies are actually about Spider-Man—or even feature the friendly neighborhood web-slinger as a character...
Many transgender men and other gender-diverse people opt to take testosterone to bring about male secondary sex characteristics, such as a deeper voice and thicker body and facial hair, and to suppress female characteristics, such...
As employees and employers adjust to new working conditions, including more flexible remote or hybrid schedules, they are also prioritizing something else that hasn’t traditionally been part of the workplace environment: mental health.In...
Alaska’s health department reports that the first person in the state has died from a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox. The elderly man—who was immunocompromised due to cancer treatments—first noticed an unusual lesion...
When it’s dark outside in Anchorage, Alaska, therapist Karen Cunningham pulls on long johns, one of her 16 pairs of snow pants, a hat, gloves, her warmest coat, and snow boots, and lies down in a pile of fresh snow. “It’s pitch...
A case of the bubonic plague has hit Oregon, and the likely cause was a cat.Health officials in Deschutes County announced last week that a resident, who has not been identified, had been diagnosed with the plague, in the state’s...
WASHINGTON — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion.In North...
Since premiering on Netflix four years ago, Love Is Blind has produced eight marriages, two soon-to-be babies, a couple of divorces, too many messy breakups to tally, and dozens of hours of entertaining—occasionally appalling—reality...
Colorectal cancer most often affects people over age 50, but it's on the rise in younger people, who are rarely offered screening to catch these cancers early. Now, a new study hints that microbes found in the tumors of younger and...
People with severe allergies to foods like milk, peanuts and shellfish will have a new way to ward off dangerous reactions after accidental exposure to the foods.A drug called Xolair (generic name omalizumab) has just been approved...
Doctors could use distinct patterns of gene activity in the blood to more quickly diagnose and treat children with life-threatening appendicitis, new research suggests. These genetic measures could help doctors differentiate between...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug to treat severe frostbite, the agency announced Feb. 14.The drug, called iloprost, opens up blood vessels and prevents blood clotting in frostbitten patients....
Joyce Tsang, the founder of Stone & Star, shares her self-care routine and tells Prestige why 2024 is the year of ceremony, celebration and new rituals. This year is an eight-year in astrology, which is all about abundance and...
Scientists have uncovered more than 275 million previously unknown gene variants in the U.S. population, thanks to an ongoing project that aims to increase the diversity of the human genetic data available in medical research. The...
As the Lunar Chinese New Year festivities inch ever closer, complete your preparations with these best lucky plants to usher in abundance and prosperity for the home in 2024. Luck plays an almost foundational role for the Chinese,...
To help kickstart 2024, founder of the women’s gym Pherform and Prestige 40 Under 40 honouree Stephanie Poelman tells us how to form sustainable habits, and why holding ourselves accountable is critical. The start of the year...