CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook speaks at length with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the hepatitis B vaccine and last week’s vote by the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the vaccine. Source link
An Ohio-based company is recalling mixed nuts sold at Wegmans in 9 U.S. states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The affected products, 34-oz tubs of Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted and 11.5-oz bags of Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North…
An urgent advisory warning people against eating foraged mushrooms was issued by the California Department of Public Health on Friday due to recent amatoxin poisonings. As of Friday, there were 21 poisonings confirmed by the California Poison Control System linked to eating wild, foraged mushrooms, such as death caps, the CDPH said. Death caps are…
How to avoid holiday stress – CBS News Watch CBS News The holiday season can be a wonderful, but also stressful time – filled with unrealistic expectations. A recent poll found 41% of adults anticipate more holiday stress this year. Psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varma has tips to unwind during the holidays. Source link
Big leaps in science have made a once-impossible, much-debated question come to life: Would you design your unborn child? Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, believes every parent has a right to do just that, selecting qualities they desire – from height to weight to intelligence. He calls it “genetic optimization,”…
San Francisco sues ultra-processed food makers – CBS News Watch CBS News In San Francisco on Tuesday, city attorney David Chiu announced the first government lawsuit of its kind against 11 companies that manufacture ultra-processed foods. Elizabeth Cook reports. Source link
‘Tis the season for sneezing and coughing — but in some cases, it may not be seasonal germs but the Christmas tree in your living room that’s making you feel those symptoms. Sometimes referred to as “Christmas Tree Syndrome,” experts say it can cause your indoor allergies to flare up around the holiday. It’s not an…
Payal Kadakia was just 27 when she came up with the idea for the popular app ClassPass, but it wasn’t her first time building something from the ground up. In 2008, she created a dance company that reimagines classical Indian dance for a modern American audience. Source link
The Trump administration has negotiated lower prices for 15 widely used medications covered by Medicare, with the federal government saying the effort will cut spending on those drugs by 44%, or about $12 billion. So will the initiative help save money for seniors? That’s less clear, given that Medicare enrollees are already protected by a…
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about 19 types of cookware that may contain lead, increasing the risk that the toxic metal could wind up in people’s food. Consumers should check whether they have the items in their homes, and throw them away if they do, the FDA said in an alert posted…
