By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them any safer.The vote came from a newly appointed group of people …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men.The update expands earlier warnings about myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, …

Specialists say routine self-exams are the most effective way to identify testicular cancer early, when it is most curable

Nonsignificant increase seen from 2023; 11.6 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 and 5.1 percent of children aged 0 to 17 were uninsured in 2024

Rate of combined clinically significant or severe hypoglycemia significantly lower with efsitora versus glargine

And, 30.1 percent of children and adolescents consumed fast food, with youth getting 11.4 percent of their daily calories from fast food

Among adult patients with type 2 diabetes, CGM prescriptions less likely for those with non-English language preference

High or increasing trajectories of addictive use of social media, mobile phones, or video games are common among adolescents

Sensitivity and specificity for CT perfusion and CT angiography as ancillary test for death by neurologic criteria did not meet prespecified validation threshold in recent study

In study, patients with CRC as the only malignancy had more frequent liver and lung metastases and received systemic adjuvant treatments more often