Over 32,000 Pounds of Meat Recalled Over False USDA Inspection Labels

More than 32,000 pounds of meat are being recalled nationwide because they were sold with a false USDA mark of inspection, federal officials announced.

The recall involves products from Sabrositos Hondurenos, LLC, based in New Jersey. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said the ...

Mississippi Declares Public Health Emergency Over Infant Deaths

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency after reporting its highest infant death rate in more than a decade.

In 2024, the state had 9.7 infant deaths for every 1,000 births, health officials said. That’s more than 60% higher than the national average and the state’s highest rate in more than a decade. Since 2014, mor...

Community Health Workers Can Help Minority Kids Access ADHD Care

Community health workers could help extend care to more minority children with ADHD, a new pilot study says.

Parents of kids with ADHD said they were more likely to consider medications, therapy and school services to help their child, researchers report in the Journal of Attention Disorders.

“We know from previous stu...

Most Pain Patients Quit Medical Weed Within A Year, Study Says

More than half of people prescribed medical weed for chronic muscle or joint pain quit using it within a year, a new small-scale study says.

About 58% of a group of 78 Pennsylvania patients certified for medical cannabis decided to discontinue treatment within a year, researchers report in the journal PLOS One.

In fact, near...

Brain Map Explains Phantom Limb Pain, Hints At Improved Prosthetics

“Phantom limb” pain has been a curious aftereffect of amputation, with people experiencing false sensations from a hand, arm or leg that is no longer there.

Researchers now think they know why phantom limb sensations occur.

It turns out that the brain maintains a “map” of the body that remains unchanged even a...