Federal health officials on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the latest blow to the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
Before the pandemic, the number of Americans struggling with mental health issues including suicide was already high. Now, two years later, the number of people suffering from depression, anxiety, substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide is even greater than it was pre-pandemic.
It is widely known that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a disastrous toll on our nation's mental health. Depression, anxiety, and suicide are just some of the conditions that have skyrocketed in the last couple of years and the church is no exception.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Record numbers of young people are being diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer. Over the past few decades, more than ten percent of all colorectal cancers occurred in people under age 50, which is up more than five percent in that age group over previous years.
The U.K. said Monday it had 470 cases of monkeypox across the country, with the vast majority in gay or bisexual men. Last month, a leading adviser to the World Health Organization said the outbreak in Europe and beyond was likely spread by sex at two recent raves in Spain and Belgium.
Both sides agree that the next frontier in the abortion fight is the abortion pill, also known as RU-486 or chemical abortion. The pills are becoming less regulated and easier to find. And, more women are using them. They accounted for 54% of all US abortions in 2020, compared to 39% in 2017, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Doug Olson may be 75 years old, but he feels great. He's still cancer-free 11 years after he potentially faced death from a blood cancer called chronic lymphocytic leukemia. At that time, his doctors informed him that the treatments he had been trying we not working.
A gastrointestinal medical oncologist is praising a “promising” cancer treatment study, calling the new data “very encouraging” after every participant walked away from the trial cancer-free.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and creators of the world's largest Christian app are helping to draw attention to the issue.