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08 Apr
Large, new study finds never-married adults have a significantly higher risk of developing cancer—especially preventable types tied to smoking, infection, and reproductive care.
07 Apr
The flu shot reduced kids’ hospitalizations and outpatient visits for seasonal flu by up to 60% from 2021 to 2024, according to new research.
06 Apr
More than 240,000 ER visits highlight the ongoing risks from detergents, bleach, and other daily household cleaners for children under five.
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Former NFL star Steve McMichael had a brain disease linked to repeated head injuries, an autopsy revealed.
McMichael, a Hall of Famer and key player on the 1985 Chicago Bears, was diagnosed after his death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the Concussion & CTE Foundation said.
He died last year at age 67 after a five-y... Full Page
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Health officials are changing the rules for who can serve on a key vaccine advisory panel after a judge ruled that many current members are unqualified.
The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, helps guide vaccine use in the U.S., including the childhood immunization schedule.
It advises the U.S. Centers fo... Full Page
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Drug companies Abbvie and Genentech will start selling medications at lower prices through the White House’s "TrumpRx" website.
They are the 10th and 11th companies to join the program.
Abbvie will offer its arthritis drug Humira at a steep discount.
The medication, which is also used to treat Crohn’s disease and ul... Full Page
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Some baby car seats are being recalled after a safety issue was found during testing.
Graco is voluntarily recalling select SnugRide Turn & Slide car seats due to a structural problem identified during post-production lab testing.
The company said the recall affects a limited number of products sold in the United States between J... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Allowing a screen to babysit your preschool child could blunt their intellectual and emotional development, a new study says.
Preschool and kindergarten kids with up to a half-hour daily of unsupervised screen time wind up with poorer communication skills and a lower vocabulary, researchers found.
In turn, these language problems con... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
The influenza vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of a flu-related heart attack or stroke, even among folks who become infected after vaccination, a new study reports.
The systemic inflammation caused by a flu infection is known to increase short-term risk of heart problems, and the flu vaccine has been shown to reduce this risk by p... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Extreme heat waves combined with bone-dry droughts will occur five times more often by century’s end under current climate policies, a new study says.
These dangerous heat wave/drought combos are already more common and will continue to increase as climate change affects the globe, researchers reported April 7 in the journal Geop... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Poison center calls about the herbal drug kava have surged in the United States in recent years, a new study says.
Calls rose 383% between 2011 and 2025 as kava became more widely known and available in the U.S., researchers reported in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Re... Full Page
Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
Folks with long COVID face a higher risk for serious heart problems — even younger adults who were never sick enough to be hospitalized, new research suggests.
Long COVID is the collection of ongoing symptoms some patients endure after recovering from an acute COVID infection, such as fatigue and respiratory symptoms.
It&... Full Page
Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter April 8, 2026
When it comes to studying sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which is often done on animals, scientists have long faced a major hurdle: Mice are not humans.
But researchers from the universities of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia have changed the game by shrinking the human cervical environment down to the size of a thumb drive.
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
Good news: Scientists may be closer to a new way to treat arthritis.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) said several experimental treatments could help regrow cartilage and bone in folks with osteoarthritis.
The condition affects about 32 million Americans and happens when joints wear down over time.
Thre... Full Page
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
Several popular drinks sold at Wawa are being recalled because they may contain an undeclared milk allergen.
The recall includes 16-ounce bottles of Wawa:
Iced tea lemon
Iced diet tea lemon
Diet lemonade
Fruit punch
The drinks were sold at stores in Pennsylvania, Ne... Full Page
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
Love French fries but not the extra fat? Scientists say they may have found a way to make them healthier without losing their crunch.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign say combining traditional frying with microwave heating could reduce how much oil fries absorb.
The goal? To make fried foods healthier while ... Full Page
HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
The United States is planning new tariffs on some name-brand medicines.
The move could affect drug prices and how medicines are made.
Officials say tariffs could reach as high as 100% on certain imported drugs that are still under patent protection.
But many companies may be able to avoid those higher costs.
The Trump adm... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
A simple and cost-effective blood test might be able to help detect multiple cancers and other diseases, a new study says.
The test works by analyzing DNA fragments in a person’s bloodstream and could offer a powerful and affordable approach to screening for cancer and other health problems, researchers reported April 6 in the Pr... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
More pregnant women have to drive long distances to get the maternity care they need, a new study says.
U.S. counties that lost all hospital-based obstetric services have been hardest hit, researchers recently reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
In those counties, the number of women of childbearing age ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
Imagine having your eye health checked while waiting for a prescription at a pharmacy or in the midst of your daily commute.
A newly developed AI-powered scanning device might make such on-the-go ophthalmic care available, so people can have their eye health assessed at any place and any time, researchers wrote in the journal Scientifi... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
Detergent pods continue to be hazardous for young children.
Hundreds of thousands of American babies, toddlers and preschoolers have wound up in an ER for problems owing to household cleaning products, a new study says.
An estimated 240,800 children 5 and younger visited emergency rooms between 2007 and 2022 after being injured or po... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
A high-powered flu shot might help reduce seniors’ risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says.
Seniors who got a high-dose flu vaccine had a nearly 55% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s, researchers reported earlier this month in the journal Neurology.
This high-dose jab – four times stronger than the st... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter April 7, 2026
The number of Americans who want artificial intelligence (AI) involved in their health care is declining, a new survey says.
Only 42% are open to AI being used as part of their care, down from 52% in 2024, according to the poll commissioned by Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.
In addition, fewer people believe that... Full Page