Japan plans to fly citizens home from China’s virus-hit Wuhan
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers his speech during a press briefing with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi…
UN health chief visits China to help with virus containment
BEIJING — 11:20 p.m. The director-general of the World Health Organization has flown to China to meet with government officials…
Factbox: How a virus impacts the economy and markets
(Reuters) – The outbreak of a new virus in China has sent shivers through world financial markets, with investors drawing…
U.S. Supreme Court lets Flint, Michigan residents sue over water contamination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let residents of Flint, Michigan pursue a civil rights lawsuit against…
Many popular gyms offer unhealthy indoor tanning
(Reuters Health) – More than three-quarters of commercial gyms surveyed offered tanning beds, undermining public health warnings about the dangers…
Trump administration restricts some e-cigarette flavors
(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ban on some popular e-cigarette flavors, including fruit and mint, to…
Mental health declining among older U.S. adults, poor hardest hit
(Reuters Health) – Many older Americans have experienced more days of poor mental health in recent years, particularly individuals with…
Kids see you when you’re drinking
(Reuters Health) – Children may learn from an early age when it’s appropriate to drink and how many drinks are…
Commuters may get less sleep and exercise
(Reuters Health) – People with full-time jobs who endure long commutes may be more likely to have sleep problems and…
People with mental illness less likely to get cancer screening
(Reuters Health) – People with mental illness get screened for cancer at much lower rates than the general population, which…
Vaping industry offers academic scholarships to high school kids
(Reuters Health) – Even as makers of e-cigarettes insist they are not marketing to U.S. youth, others in the vaping…
Eye injuries from laundry pods rising in U.S.
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of kids are getting chemicals from laundry detergent pods in their eyes, even as…
Low levels of environmental pollutants may slow fetal growth
(Reuters Health) – Pollutants that persist for decades in the environment may affect fetal growth, a U.S. study suggests. FILE…
Two-century trend of Army suicide decrease during war reversed in past two decades
(Reuters Health) – While army suicides have historically decreased during wartime, that trend appears to have reversed in recent decades,…
Food labels with caloric costs in exercise could lead to healthier choices
(Reuters Health) – Consumers might make healthier choices if food labels showed how many minutes of walking or running was…
U.S. Supreme Court justices lean toward insurers on $12 billion Obamacare claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking $12 billion…
Drinking milk does not appear to impact longevity
(Reuters Health) – People who consume lots of milk and cheese and yogurt may not necessarily live any longer than…
U.S. authorities confiscate migrant kids’ medications at the southern border
(Reuters Health) – Doctors on Long Island say two migrant children showed up at their hospital in seriously ill condition…
MRI spots tumors in women with dense breasts, but false positives a problem
(Reuters Health) – Breast cancer can be difficult to detect in women with extremely dense breast tissue, but a new…
Massachusetts adopts tough ban on flavored vaping, tobacco products
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts on Wednesday adopted the country’s toughest ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products,…
Drinking-related liver disease and deaths on the rise in U.S.
(Reuters Health) – Americans today are expected to live shorter lives than just a few years ago, in contrast with…
Diet pills, laxatives may signal eating disorder risk in young women
(Reuters Health) – Teens and young women who use diet pills and laxatives for weight control are five to six…
U.S. heart patients cut back on life-saving drugs due to cost
(Reuters Health) – One in eight adults with heart disease delays filling prescriptions. takes less of the medication than prescribed,…
Rent subsidies, mental health care tied to housing stability for homeless
(Reuters Health) – Mentally ill homeless adults may have an easier time finding and keeping stable housing when they receive…
Poor hand hygiene may be biggest transmitter of superbug E.coli
(Reuters Health) – One of the best ways to cut down on antibiotic-resistant E. coli infections would be making sure…
Teens, young adults more likely to take up marijuana if parents use it
(Reuters Health) – Teens and young adults have a higher likelihood of taking up marijuana if their parents use the…
Trump says ban of some flavored e-cigarette products could lead to illegal sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday expressed concerns that enacting his administration’s proposed ban on many flavored…
Minority heart failure patients may get less access to specialized ICUs
(Reuters Health) – Heart failure patients who are black, Hispanic or female are less likely than others to be admitted…
Direct-to-consumer genetic test results may be unreliable
(Reuters Health) – Genetic tests sold online or in stores may produce false results, warn genetics experts in the UK.…
Factbox: Billion-dollar lawsuits accuse drugmakers, distributors of fueling U.S. opioid crisis
(Reuters) – On Monday, two Ohio counties reached a last-minute settlement with four companies they accused of fueling the nationwide…
Drug companies reach $260 million opioid settlement with Ohio counties, averting landmark trial
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Four large drug companies reached a last-minute $260 million legal settlement over their role in the U.S.…
Judge orders Massachusetts to redo parts of vaping ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Monday ruled that a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products the…
U.S. vehicle crashes involving child pedestrians declining
(Reuters Health) – Although motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of death for U.S. children, rates of crash fatalities…
Judge’s unorthodox approach has huge opioid settlement within reach
(Reuters) – From the start of the sprawling U.S. litigation seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors liable for the country’s…
Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug…
Fewer emergency surgeries, more deaths in British hospitals vs U.S.
(Reuters Health) – When patients in England or the U.S. have abdominal emergencies like appendicitis or a ruptured aneurysm, half…
Michigan judge blocks flavored vape ban as Juul faces wrongful death lawsuit
(Reuters) – A Michigan judge on Tuesday blocked the state’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes about two weeks after it took…
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 18, illnesses surpass 1,000: CDC
(Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 18 deaths due to a mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarettes and…
U.S. retains measles-elimination status despite worst outbreak in quarter century
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has kept its World Health Organization designation as a country that has eliminated…
Touch-button survey points to frustration among ER workers
(Reuters Health) – A pilot study aimed at gauging the real-time mood in busy emergency rooms suggests doctors and nurses…
New York court blocks state ban on flavored e-cigarettes
(Reuters) – A New York court on Thursday temporarily halted a state ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, giving…
U.S. judge denies industry motion to lift Massachusetts’ four-month ban on vaping sales
Demonstrators gather at the Massachusetts State House to protest against the state’s four-month ban of all vaping product sales in…
U.S. judge keeps intact Massachusetts’ toughest-in-nation vaping ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied an industry bid to put on hold Massachusetts’ four-month ban on…
J&J to pay $20.4 million to settle opioid lawsuits with two Ohio counties
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of…
Shift work tied to poor mental health
People who work night shifts or varied schedules that disrupt their sleep may be more likely to develop depression than…
FDA proposes rule over record-keeping for vape makers
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued a proposed rule for e-cigarette makers, requiring them to…
Congo to deploy second Ebola vaccine
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan…
Video games more often blamed when school shooters are white
(Reuters Health) – In the wake of school shootings, people are more likely to blame violent video games for the…
Patients, doctors may not share priorities for chronic diseases
Patients and doctors often have different views about which chronic health conditions are their top priorities, suggests a study in…
New Jersey expected to announce vaping restrictions within weeks
(Reuters) – Within weeks, New Jersey could become the latest state to restrict e-cigarette use, with the governor on Thursday…
Factbox: What does vaping-related illness look like?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials are investigating reports of 380 confirmed and probable cases of serious lung illnesses and…
U.S. cuts vaping-related illness total under refined case definition
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vape as he walks on Broadway in New York City, U.S., September 9, 2019.…
Poll finds older adults not fully prepared for emergencies
(Reuters Health) – While most older adults say they are confident they’re ready to handle emergencies like natural disasters or…
Medical schools fall short on racial justice: student group
(Reuters Health) – At leading U.S. medical schools, education of future doctors about racism, promotion of diversity, and service of…
‘Extreme grooming’ not linked to STIs
(Reuters Health) – Researchers say women who frequently remove most or all of their pubic hair are no more likely…
Los Angeles County resident dies of lung illness, fifth U.S. death possibly tied to vaping
(Reuters) – A Los Angeles County resident has died from a lung illness possibly tied to vaping, bringing the total…
Transgender people in U.S. still face conversion therapy attempts
(Reuters Health) – One in seven transgender people in the U.S. has experienced an attempt by a professional counselor to…
With parents in prison, kids at risk for lasting psychiatric problems
(Reuters Health) – Children who have a parent in prison may be more than twice as likely as other kids…
U.S. records 19 new cases of measles as of last week
FILE PHOTO: A camper’s immunization form and physician’s stamp is seen at the Rosmarins Day Camp and Cottages office in…