The Reason Why Many Older Americans Skip Seasonal Vaccines

Many middle-aged folks and seniors are shrugging off their annual flu or COVID-19 shot for a very simple reason, a new survey has found.

They just don’t think they need another jab.

About 28% of people older than 50 didn’t get a flu shot for that reason, and 29% didn’t get a COVID vaccination, according to the Unive...

Family Meals Protect Teens From Drinking, Drug Use

Want to keep your teenager from using drugs or drinking?

Make time to have dinner with them, a new study suggests.

Most teens who have regular dinners with their family are less likely to turn to substance use, researchers reported today in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.

Quality dinner time &ndas...

Dad’s Early Bond May Affect a Child’s Health Years Later, Study Finds

For decades, researchers mostly blamed moms when children developed long-term mental or physical health problems.

Now, a new study suggests someone else may play a bigger role than once thought: Dad.

By age 7, children whose fathers were less attentive to them at 10 months of age were more likely to have signs of poorer health, inclu...

Two Measles Cases Found at Texas Immigrant Detention Center

Two people held at a large immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas, have tested positive for measles, officials said.

The South Texas Family Residential Center, located about 70 miles south of San Antonio, houses roughly 1,100 adults and children. After the cases were confirmed Jan. 31, federal officials said they isolated anyon...

Slashed Foreign Aid May Cost 9.4 Million Lives by 2030, Study Says

Cuts to foreign aid are already shutting down soup kitchens, limiting medicine supplies and reducing food rations in some of the world’s poorest countries. 

Now, new research suggests the damage could get much worse.

A study published Feb. 2 in The Lancet estimates that ongoing cuts in global aid could lead to 9.4...

RFK Jr. Expands Faith-Based Addiction Care as Drug Use and Homelessness Rise

Amid mounting drug use and homelessness in U.S. cities, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the federal government is overhauling the way it fights addiction.

The strategy announced Monday includes a new focus on faith-based recovery programs and increased access to medication treatment.

Kennedy announced plans to open federa...