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Poll Finds Many U.S. Women Confused About Medical Abortion
Pollen Peril: Sneezin' Season May Up COVID Risk
Pollution Killed 9 Million People Worldwide in 2019
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
President Biden Undergoes Routine Colonoscopy
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
Progress on Lung Cancer Drives Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Deaths
Public Lost Trust in CDC During COVID Crisis: Poll
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
Recall of Philips Breathing Machines Affects Millions of Americans
Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
Report Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs
Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Doesn't Harm Lungs: Study
Rising Cases of Invasive Strep A in Kids Have Experts Concerned
RSV in Infancy Could Raise a Child's Risk for Asthma
RSV Is Common, Dangerous Infection: What Parents Need to Know
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
Scotland Becomes 1st Country to Provide Free Period Products
Second Report on Toxins in Baby Foods Finds Continuing Problems
Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets
Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Sharp Spike Seen in Air Pollution Levels in Recent Years
Shift Work Might Raise Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Sleep Apnea Aid Eases Heart Problems in People With Prediabetes
Sleep Apnea Patients Struggle as Common CPAP Machine Is Recalled
Sleep Apnea Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19
Smoggy Air Could Worsen COVID, Even If You're Vaccinated
Smoggy Air Might Help Spur Sinusitis
Smokers More Prone to Memory Loss by Middle Age
Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life
Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
Smokers: Quitting Earlier in Life Could Benefit Your Health
Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
Smoking in Pregnancy Greatly Raises Odds for SIDS in Newborns
Smoking in Pregnancy Has Declined by a Third Since 2016
Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Smoking Raises Risk for Deadly 'Bleeding Strokes'
Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Social Distancing Probably Stopped 2020 Outbreak of Paralyzing Disorder in Kids
Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
Some Types of Air Pollution Are Even Worse for Your Health
Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home
Spring's Double Trouble: Asthma Plus Seasonal Allergies
State Anti-Poverty Programs Help Kids' Brains Stay Healthy
Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Stuck at Home, Suffering With COVID? Experts Offer Guidance on Care
Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD
Supreme Court Allows Legal Challenges to Texas Abortion Law, But Doesn't Overturn It
Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Big Business
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Swimmers Face a Little Known Danger: Fluid on the Lungs
Taking 2 Supplements in Pregnancy Could Lower Baby's Odds for Croup
Targeted Drug Tagrisso Could Be Advance Against Lung Cancer
Targeted High-Dose Radiation Helps Fight Advanced Lung Cancer
Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
Teens Aren't Turning to E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking
Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide
The Future of Cancer for Americans
The Most Common Asthma Symptoms You Should Know
The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
There's Almost Nowhere in the World Free of Air Pollution
There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
Too Often, Women Aren't Told of Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatments
Top FDA Official Involved in Baby Formula Debacle Resigns
Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
Toxins Form When E-Cigarette Chemicals Mix, Study Says
TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment -- If You Can Get It
Train Wheels Send Unhealthy, 'Ultrafine' Metals Into Subway Air
Treated or Untreated, COVID Symptoms Can Ease and Then Return, Study Finds
Treating Depression Could Lengthen Lung Cancer Patients' Lives
Tumors Have Their Own Bacterial Colonies That Could Guide Cancer Care
Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab
U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID Vaccine That Fights All Variants
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
U.S. Effort to Fight HIV Worldwide Has Brought Lifesaving Treatment to Millions
U.S. Government Extends Baby Formula Waivers, Rebates for WIC Families
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
U.S. to Fund Study on Safe Drug Injection Sites for Overdose Prevention
U.S. to Stick With International Travel Restrictions
U.S. to Tighten Control of PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water
U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC
U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
USDA Gets Tough on Salmonella in Breaded Chicken Products
Used to Gauge COVID Severity, Pulse Oximeters Can Be Inaccurate on Darker Skin
Vaccination Mandate for Federal Workers Reinstated by Appeals Court
Vaccine Taken During Pregnancy Might Shield Baby Against RSV
Vaping and Lung Damage in Teens: What's the Real Link?
Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID
Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
Vaping May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher
Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
Vaping-Linked Lung Injuries Can Leave Long-Term Symptoms
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Vitamin D Supplements Won't Shield You From COVID-19, Studies Find
Voters in 4 States Move to Safeguard Abortion Rights
Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning
Wearing a Mask Won't Ruin Your Workout, Study Shows
Web Searches for Abortion-Linked Terms Soared After Roe v. Wade Overturned
Weight Loss Can Help Cut Lung Risks in 9/11 First Responders
Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
Western Wildfires Are Making Easterners Sick: U.S. Study
Western Wildfires Fueling Air Pollution During Summer Months
What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
What Do Bans on Abortion Mean for People Using IVF?
What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment
When States Legalize Marijuana, Teens' Asthma Rates Rise
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
White House Announces COVID Vaccination Plan for Young Kids
White House Launches Website for Free Home COVID Tests One Day Ahead of Schedule
White House 'Winter Preparedness Plan' Revives Free At-Home COVID Test Program
WHO Slams COVID-19 Booster Shots in Wealthy Nations
Who's Most Likely to Refuse a COVID Vaccine?
Why a Newborn's First Breath Is So Important
Why Are Gulf Coast Welders Dying From Anthrax-Like Disease?
Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Wildfire Smoke Causes Rapid Damage to Your Health: Study
Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Wildfires Are Changing the Seasonal Air Quality of the U.S. West
Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires Plus Heat Make Breathing Dangerous in America's West
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters' Long-Term Physical, Mental Health
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women, Don’t Let Lung Cancer Fly Under the Radar
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
You Can Pass COVID to Your Cat, Study Finds
You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
Young Republicans Much Less Likely to Wear Masks, Social Distance: Study
Your Sleep Habits May Worsen Your Asthma
Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking
You've Got Fungi in Your Lungs, and That's OK
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds