WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country. The new variants, labeled BA.4 and BA.5, are offshoots of the [...]
WASHINGTON — For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the United States. HRA Pharma's application sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women's reproductive health. The company says the timing was unrelated to the [...]
Bierman Autism Centers, which offers one-on-one therapy sessions for children diagnosed with autism, has opened its first Ohio location in Dublin. “(Last) week we finished setting up everything for the center and kids arrive(d) after the holiday, which we are very excited about,” said Alexis Ducharme, vice president of marketing for Bierman. The center provides [...]
WASHINGTON — Many Americans don't expect to rely on the digital services that became commonplace during the pandemic after COVID-19 subsides, according to a new poll, even as many think it's a good thing if those options remain available in the future. Close to half or more of U.S. adults say they are not likely [...]
They call her, desperate, scared and often broke. Some are rape and domestic violence victims. Others are new mothers, still breastfeeding infants. Another pregnancy so soon, they say, is something they just can't handle. "Heart wrenching," said Angela Huntington, an abortion navigator for Planned Parenthood in Missouri, who is helping callers reschedule canceled abortion appointments [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A bird flu outbreak in that led to the deaths of more than 40 million chickens and turkeys and contributed to a spike in egg and meat prices appears to be waning, but state and industry state and industry officials caution that the virus hasn’t disappeared and worry another surge could [...]
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water pose health risks even at levels below the government's ability to detect them. The two compounds, known as PFOA and PFOS, have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers, but there are a limited number of ongoing [...]
Cailin Bracken arrived at Vanderbilt to play lacrosse already well aware of the importance of athlete mental health. She knew of at least two female college athletes, including one from near where she grew up, who had taken their own lives. Bracken was overwhelmed by college life, especially when she had to isolate upon testing [...]
As student anxiety skyrockets, campus ministries are trying to help by not only offering the comforts of faith and community, but also creating collaborations with mental-health professionals. On Ivy League campuses, large public institutions and faith-based colleges, chaplains and psychologists are teaming up, informed by abundant research showing religion and spirituality can ease mental distress [...]
Rising levels of income inequality may be a contributing factor to the declining health of Americans in recent decades, according to a new Ohio State University study. The lead author of the study, Hui Zheng, said with levels of income inequality increasing since the 1940s, the health of Americans has declined as they’ve aged. “Children [...]