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Health officials said there no longer appears to be a food safety concern, and McDonald’s has resumed selling Quarter Pounders with slivered onions at the affected locations

Massachusetts health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia. Children and adolescents are primarily affected by those bacterial respiratory illnesses, Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday as he urged clinicians and families to be on the lookout for potential symptoms. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a “highly contagious acute respiratory illness” that starts with…

In 2023, Sydney Towle, then 23, developed a bump on her abdomen that she could feel. When she exercised, she experienced a stinging in her stomach. Worried that she developed a hernia, Towle visited an urgent care clinic. 

Savencia Cheese USA is recalling several of its soft ripened cheeses after finding that processing equipment at its Lena, Illinois, facility may have been contaminated with listeria, a type of bacteria.

Dentists say fluoridated water was one of the most significant public health advances in recent memory. The incoming administration may not see it that way.

The FDA said the proposed order is not final yet, which means companies can still market over-the-counter drugs containing oral phenylephrine for now.

Maria sits down with style icon Gretta Monahan and Dr. Charlotte Kuperwasser about breast cancer awareness and prevention.

We all have a special woman in our life; a mother, sister, aunt, friend, daughter and did you know that breast cancer is affecting younger women at higher rates? In this episode of Mom2Mom, Maria gets real about the “BIG C” with life-changing information about breast cancer and prevention.  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that people ages 65 and up and those with weakened immune systems get a second dose of the 2024-25 Covid vaccine six months after their first dose, NBC News reports.

Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday. Extra sleep is nice, but the extra darkness can take a toll on your mental health.

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Open enrollment season is here. It’s a time to review, renew or change your health insurance plans for the coming year. But explore with caution. Scammers are out there, hoping to trick you into giving up your personal information.  “There are scam artists targeting people, unfortunately,” said Paula Fleming with the Better Business Bureau. Every year, people fall victim...

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The baby powder was first recalled in September.

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu.

Fresh, slivered onions on the restaurant chain’s Quarter Pounders “are the likely source” of the outbreak, the agency said Wednesday.

The outbreak, likely linked to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, joins a list of other E. coli incidents from fresh produce, especially precut, pre-washed fruits and vegetables.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons.

An international group of health experts concluded that existing regulations globally are insufficient to protect the public from the potential harms of widely accessible gambling.

Even as cases of H5N1 virus among animals and people are rising in the U.S., there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

New standards from the Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at protecting children from exposure to lead paint.