RFK Jr. Ends COVID Vaccine Urging for Healthy Kids, Pregnant Women

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The top U.S. health agency will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women.

Tuesday's announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypasses the typical vaccine recommendation process, which includes review by experts at ...

Miley Cyrus Reveals Rare Condition That Shapes Her Signature Voice

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Singer and actress Miley Cyrus says a rare voice disorder called Reinke’s edema is behind her famous raspy voice — and also makes singing live very hard.

The 32-year-old pop star recently discussed the condition during an interview on Apple Music’s "The Zane Lowe Show,"

Helmets Save Lives, Head-To-Head Motorcycle Study Finds

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Motorcycle helmet laws save lives and prevent many severe injuries, according to a new head-to-head study comparing two states.

North Carolina mandates helmets for all motorcyclists, while South Carolina only requires riders younger than 21 to wear them, researchers said.

As a result, ...

New Electrode Design Might Help Spasms, Pain, Paralysis

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A grid of electrodes slapped on a person’s back might soon be able to help treat pain, spasms and paralysis, a new study says.

The electrodes deliver enough low-voltage electrical stimulation through the skin to change the short-term function of nerves in the spinal cord, researchers r...

AI Helps ID Candidates For Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), more women might soon benefit from targeted breast cancer treatment, a new study says.

AI can help identify women who might be helped by cancer therapies that target HER2, a protein that spurs on the growth of tumor cells, according to results scheduled to be presented at an upcoming  meeting of...

Preschool BMI Can Predict Childhood Obesity Risk

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Preschoolers who don’t naturally lose weight are more likely to develop full-fledged childhood obesity by age 9, a new study says.

Most kids tend to see their body-mass index (BMI) decline between ages 1 and 6, before starting to slowly gain weight as they grow, researchers reported re...

Climate Change Could Be Fueling Female Cancer Deaths

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Higher temperatures spurred by climate change could be increasing women’s risk of cancer, a new study says.

Increasing heat in the Middle East and North Africa has made breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers more common and more deadly, researchers reported May 26 in the journal...

Weight-Loss Drugs May Lower Risk Of Obesity-Related Cancers

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound can help reduce a woman’s risk for as many as 14 cancers associated with obesity, a new study says.

People taking a GLP-1 drug had a 7% lower risk of developing an obesity-related cancer and an 8% lower risk of death from any ca...

U.S. Moms Facing Mental, Physical Health Struggles

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. mothers are struggling with both their mental and physical health, a new study says.

The percentage of mothers who report excellent mental health dropped 12 points between 2016 and 2023, from 38% to 26%, researchers reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Mothers reportin...

Former Surgeon General Warns Social Media Is Harming Children’s Health

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging lawmakers to take stronger steps to protect children from the potential dangers of social media.

In a recent interview on NBC News’ "Meet the Press," Murthy said Congress has failed to act on what he described as a ...

NIH Director's COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested the agency may have helped fund research that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

The protest happened roughly 27 minutes into the meeting, held at N...

Billy Joel Cancels Tour After Brain Condition Diagnosis

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Music legend Billy Joel has canceled tour dates through July 2026 after being diagnosed with a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).

The 76-year-old singer announced Friday that his condition had worsened with recent performances, affecting his hearing, vision and balance...

Knee Pain Relief Through The Ear? New Study Says It's Possible

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “It’s easier to put your elbow in your ear” is a time-tested way to describe the impossibility of any given task.

But the route to easing knee pain might indeed wend through the ear, a new study says.

Stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear improved knee pain for so...

U.S. Had 1.5 Million Excess Deaths Following Pandemic

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Excess deaths in the United States have continued to mount following the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an early demise for hundreds of thousands, a new study says.

More than 1.5 million “missing Americans” died in 2022 and 2023, deaths that would have been averted if U.S. death rat...

Exercise Improves Odds Against Cancer

The last thing a cancer patient might like to do is hit the treadmill or hop on an exercise bike, given how much the disease and its treatments drain a person’s energy.

But toughing through regular workouts can boost their odds of beating cancer, a new study says.

Getting recommended levels of physical activity reduces the risk...

Vitamin D Might Fend Off Biological Aging

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplements might be a veritable Fountain of Youth, capable of slowing down a person’s biological aging, a new study says.

People taking daily vitamin D3 experienced less wear-and-tear on their telomeres, the protective caps of DNA code at the ends of chromosomes, researchers r...

Fentanyl Fueling OD Deaths Among Teens, Young Adults

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl is involved in most fatal drug overdoses (OD) among teens and young adults, a new study says.

Worse, fentanyl taken alone – not in combination with other drugs – is responsible for many of these deaths, researchers found.

Fentanyl-only d...

Quieter Classrooms May Help Calm Kids, Study Shows

SUNDAY, May 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The first day of preschool can be tough — lots of new faces, unfamiliar sounds and the sudden goodbye to Mom or Dad can be overwhelming. But what if something as simple as the ceiling could make it a little easier?

New research suggests that reducing noise in preschool classrooms can help...

Environmental SOS: Rare Birds Crunch From Bellies Full of Plastic

SATURDAY, May 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Birds on a remote Australian island are so full of plastic they crunch, British researchers report.

They found plastic in the bellies of chicks less than 3 months old and a dead bird with 778 individual pieces of plastic packed into its tummy "like a brick," according to ecologist Alex Bond, ...