By Jen Christensen, CNN Although fewer US adults are smoking cigarettes than ever, smoking remains the cause of the most preventable disability and death, and the nation’s smoking regulations are getting mixed grades from the American Lung Association. The association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report, published Wednesday, gives the federal government an A grade
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ironing out the “logistical and legal” aspects of testing wastewater from airplanes for coronavirus variants as it continues to explore such an infectious disease monitoring program. The agency is still “figuring out how to operationalize this program,” a person close to CDC
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The allowable levels of lead in certain baby and toddler foods should be set at 20 parts per billion or less, according to new draft guidance issued Tuesday by the US Food and Drug Administration. “For babies and young children who eat the foods covered in today’s draft guidance, the FDA
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders for two menthol e-cigarette products marketed by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company. The agency said Tuesday that Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3.0% and the Vuse Ciro Cartridge Menthol 1.5% should not be marketed or distributed. “The applications for these products did not
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN David Adams spent half a decade fighting an illness he couldn’t name. He was in and out of the hospital several times per year. His inflamed joints made his hands feel like they had been squeezed into gloves — and he could no longer play his beloved classical and jazz guitars.
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN David Adams spent half a decade fighting an illness he couldn’t name. He was in and out of the hospital several times per year. His inflamed joints made his hands feel like they had been squeezed into gloves — and he could no longer play his beloved classical and jazz guitars.
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you are a man or woman approaching 50, look down at your middle. If you’re like many people, you might have to lean over a bit to see your feet. Yes, it’s the dreadful midriff bulge — that expanding waistline that can often creep up on you as you age,
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN What if you could look at all the things you do daily — walking from room to room, preparing a presentation at your desk, running up and down stairs to deliver folded laundry or taking a jog around the block — and know which ones will best help or hurt your
Continue Reading By Janelle Chavez, CNN Dense breast tissue has been associated with up to a four times higher risk of breast cancer. However, a new study suggests few women view breast density as a significant risk factor. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, surveyed 1,858 women ages 40 to 76 years from 2019 to 2020
Continue Reading By Janelle Chavez, CNN Dense breast tissue has been associated with up to a four times higher risk of breast cancer. However, a new study suggests few women view breast density as a significant risk factor. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, surveyed 1,858 women ages 40 to 76 years from 2019 to 2020
Continue Reading By Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration wants to simplify the Covid-19 vaccine process to look more like what happens with the flu vaccine, according to documents posted online on Monday. That could include streamlining the vaccine composition, immunization schedules and periodic updates of Covid-19 vaccines. The FDA said
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN In a triage waiting room of St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri, a clear basket filled with gun locks sits near the walkway, just noticeable enough to those passing by. The hospital staff calls it the “No Questions Asked” basket, to encourage gun safety without having to confront gun owners about
Continue Reading By John Bonifield, CNN The US Department of Justice is investigating Abbott Laboratories infant-formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to CNN. “The DOJ has informed us of its investigation and we’re cooperating fully,” the statement emailed to CNN said. The investigation was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN A rough respiratory virus season in the US appears to be easing, as three major respiratory viruses that have battered the country for the past few months are finally all trending down at the same time. A new dataset from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The first time Johanna Thomas talked to the families of her kids’ friends about gun safety, she had to work up her nerve. It was after a school event, and a girl had invited her daughter to drive home with her family for a playdate, said the mother of two kids
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Sending kids back to school rather than isolating and resting may be a better way to help them recover faster from a concussion, a new study finds. The study, published in JAMA Network Open on Friday, finds that an earlier return to school was associated with better outcomes for some children.
Continue Reading By John Bonifield and Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration declined to grant accelerated approval to an experimental Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, and requested additional data from Eli Lilly and Company, the drug maker. The company, which announced the development on Thursday, plans to file Phase 3 clinical trial data later this year
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN Friday marks three years since the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the United States. The virus still has not settled into a predictable pattern, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for the Covid-19 response, said this week. “We didn’t need to have this level of death and
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Pharmaceutical company Merck said that it is working to reduce levels of a cancer-causing organic compound that was found in some of its popular type 2 diabetes drugs. The compound, called nitrosamines or NTTP, can come from chemical reactions that can form in drugs during the manufacturing process. Nitrosamines are also
Continue Reading by Brenda Goodman, CNN Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind of antibiotic available to treat them. It’s the first time strains of gonorrhea this resistant to antibiotics have been identified in the United States. Increased sexual activity during the pandemic, coupled
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