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For Danielle Atkinson, motherhood didn’t just change her. It fueled a movement. During Black Maternal Health Week, a national campaign to raise awareness and improve outcomes for Black mothers, the Detroit-based organization Mothering Justice is spotlighting what happens when advocacy turns into action. “We’re not only calling for change, we’re …

The first generation that has been exposed consistently to digital technology has reached the age where symptoms of dementia tend to emerge.  Some have claimed that digital technology could negatively impact cognitive abilities, but researchers from Baylor University have discovered just the opposite. “You can flip on the news on …

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed climbing autism rates among children. In 2022, a surveillance program called The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network began monitoring children aged 4 to 8 across 15 U.S. states, focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder …

Fox News’ Health newsletter brings you stories on the latest developments in healthcare, wellness, diseases, mental health and more. TOP 3: – Common medical procedure linked to 5% of cancers – Invasive strep throat strain has more than doubled in US – Diabetes risk linked to these food combinations This …

As counterfeit Ozempic circulates in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to Americans. In an April 14 announcement, the FDA stated that Novo Nordisk — manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy — notified the agency that “several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic (semaglutide) injection 1 mg” …

RFK Jr. visits Texas after second child measles death Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoting the MMR vaccine and visiting Utah after the state announced a ban on fluoride in water. Measles cases have continued …

Adults who have visited the hospital due to cannabis use could be at a higher risk of developing dementia. A new study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) found that individuals who had an emergency department visit for using cannabis were at a 23% greater risk of a …

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions — but they could pose a hidden risk. A new study from the University of California – San Francisco found that CT (computed tomography) scans could be responsible for 5% …

The teen pregnancy epidemic could be waning, data suggests. For the first time in U.S. history, more women over the age of 40 are having kids compared to teen moms, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This reflects the trend of more Americans …

Indiana Governor Mike Braun, R-Ind., became the latest leader to enact health-related policies. On Tuesday, Braun signed a package of nine executive orders to “Make Indiana Healthy Again.” Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz …