Five-cup increase in fruits and vegetables over no intake tied to 16 percent better sleep quality

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday.The decision was made public in a video shared …

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

Total adverse events of heart failure or all-cause mortality were reduced with empagliflozin, regardless of kidney function

Exposure to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms linked to up to 0.89 years' shorter survival