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By Deidre McPhillips and Kyla Russell The Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal right to an abortion created a patchwork of laws across the United States and widespread uncertainty. Among those with questions are the nation’s future doctors. Morgan Levy, a medical school student at the University of Miami, said the impacts of the

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new study on breast cancer deaths raises questions around whether Black women should screen at earlier ages. An international team of researchers wrote in the study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open, that clinical trials may be warranted to investigate whether screening guidelines should recommend Black women start

by Brenda Goodman, CNN The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines on Tuesday, allowing people ages 65 and older and certain people with weakened immunity to get additional doses before this fall’s vaccination campaigns. The bivalent vaccines made by Pfizer and

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN At some middle and high schools in the United States, 1 in 4 teens report they’ve abused prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the year prior, a new study found. “This is the first national study to look at the nonmedical use of prescription stimulants by students in middle

By Jen Christensen, CNN Most American adults and more than a third of children use dietary supplements, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and those numbers have remained steady or been on the rise. The researchers from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics looked only at

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN New data from a trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine shows that it reduced the risk of recurrence of the serious skin cancer melanoma when combined with immunotherapy, according to drugmakers Moderna and Merck. In a trial of 157 people who had had surgery to treat melanoma, 78.6% of those who

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Gobbling up too many refined wheat and rice products, along with eating too few whole grains, is fueling the growth of new cases of type 2 diabetes worldwide, according to a new study that models data through 2018. “Our study suggests poor carbohydrate quality is a leading driver of diet-attributable type

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN As more communities reel from deadly mass shootings — including Dadeville, Alabama, where four people were killed and 28 injured at a Sweet 16 birthday party over the weekend — there’s evidence that the trauma of gun violence in the United States is taking a collective toll on the nation’s mental

By Jen Christensen, CNN Although smoking rates for adults in the US are at their lowest recorded levels, more must be done to stop children from using tobacco, according to a new set of policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The statements, published Monday, are the association’s first tobacco policy update since 2015.

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Since Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, signaled recently that it might be going out of business, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially if it’s vintage. Figuring out the answer to that