NEW YORK (AP) — Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist. She was living in Georgia with her uncle and grandparents while her mom was in New York scoping out jobs and apartments ahead of moving the family. It was a rough year apart. Oliver, [...]
Most adults believe that air travel is generally safe in the United States, despite some doubts about whether aircraft are being properly maintained and remain free from structural problems, according to a new poll. About 7 in 10 adults say planes are a "very" or "somewhat" safe method of travel, according to a new poll [...]
EAST PALESTINE (AP) — Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago, but many residents say concerns and fears are always there. Some people still report respiratory [...]
Cliff Douglas fought the tobacco industry for decades. As a lawyer, activist and executive at non-profit organizations, he sued cigarette makers, cultivated whistleblowers and led the campaign to ban smoking on airlines. Those are reasons why allies in the anti-smoking movement were surprised when in October he became CEO of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free [...]
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published last week documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Jan. 23 announced similar improvements in an 11-year-old boy treated there. Earlier this month, Chinese researchers published a study [...]
ST LOUIS (AP) — Many of the nation's rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released Environmental Protection Agency assessment. It's a problem that's concentrated in agricultural regions that drain into the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago, the nation’s surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to dramatic changes in smoking in America. Today, some public health researchers say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping. Many adults believe nicotine vaping [...]
Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that frustrate parents and doctors. New prescriptions for stimulants used to treat the condition jumped for young adults and women during a two-year window after the pandemic hit in March 2020, according to a study published last week in [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of hospitals requiring masks and limiting visitors is increasing as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses. While many medical researchers say this season likely won’t prove to be as deadly as some other recent winters, it still could mean [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at ports, but thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by The Associated Press. The figures underscore the chaotic state of the nation's $7 billion vaping market and raise questions [...]