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Eye drops sold at stores including CVS, Rite Aid and Target could cause blindness, FDA warns

RUBEN BONILLA GONZALO/GETTY IMAGES (NEW YORK) -- Consumers are being warned against using more than two dozen eye drop products…

1 year ago

FDA warns parents of fruit puree pouches recalled over high levels of lead

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The issue was first brought to the FDA's attention when health officials in North…

1 year ago

Getting flu and COVID shot together still reasonable amid safety review of potential stroke risk: Experts

ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Older adults who received last year’s COVID booster and a high-dose version of the…

1 year ago

Not enough time to walk 10,000 steps? Here are two alternatives that are just as beneficial, studies say

JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Walking 10,000 steps per day is known to improve a person's health, but reaching that…

1 year ago

Young adults twice as likely as teens to suffer from anxiety and depression, study finds

xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- While there have been warnings about the state of children and teenagers' mental health over the…

1 year ago

Long COVID research opens door for further exploration on post-viral illness

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake…

1 year ago

Chemotherapy drug could reduce risk of dying of cervical cancer: Study

SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An already-approved chemotherapy drug could reduce the risk of dying of cervical cancer when added to the…

1 year ago

Health care workers report increase in burnout, harassment since the COVID pandemic: CDC

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health care workers are facing a severe mental health crisis, according to a new survey published Tuesday…

1 year ago

Moderna doses 1st participant in phase 3 clinical trial of combo flu, COVID vaccine

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Moderna announced Tuesday it has dosed its first participant in a phase III clinical trial…

1 year ago

Facebook, Instagram harm young people’s mental health, lawsuit says

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of states are taking action Tuesday against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, for allegedly…

1 year ago