Babies are bleeding to death internally from a preventable condition — a troubling trend is to blame

Babies are bleeding to death internally from a preventable condition — a troubling trend is to blame

Doctors across the country are seeing an alarming rise in newborns bleeding to death — and a concerning trend by parents is the culprit. While all initially healthy at birth, a 7-week-old boy from Maryland experienced sudden seizures, a Kentucky newborn threw up before becoming lethargic and a girl in Alabama stopped breathing for several … Read more

Deaths from this entirely preventable disease are rising — as cases hit almost 28,000 in the US

Deaths from this entirely preventable disease are rising — as cases hit almost 28,000 in the US

Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in the US — and so are deaths, with most of 2025’s fatalities being children and infants. According to CDC data, there were 27,871 reported cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, by the second to last week of December. While that’s less than the previous … Read more

Alcohol is ‘third leading preventable cause of cancer’ and should have warning label, says US Surgeon General

Alcohol is ‘third leading preventable cause of cancer’ and should have warning label, says US Surgeon General

Alcoholic drinks should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, the US Surgeon General said in an advisory on Friday, noting that their consumption increases the risk of developing breast, colon, liver and other cancers. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy also called for the guidelines on alcohol consumption limits to be reassessed so … Read more

Child hot car death pushes parents who lost daughter to sound alarm over ‘preventable tragedy’

Child hot car death pushes parents who lost daughter to sound alarm over ‘preventable tragedy’

On the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend 2019, Scott Jones did his usual morning chore of dropping his eldest kids off at school and returning to his Arizona home office to knuckle down to work. Around four hours later, his wife, Angela, called him to ask how 3-year-old Charlotte, their youngest child, was doing as they had … Read more

Long COVID Was a Preventable Tragedy. Some of Us Saw It Coming

Long COVID Was a Preventable Tragedy. Some of Us Saw It Coming

Sept. 15, 2022 – It should have been the start of new insight into a debilitating illness. In May 2017, I was patient No. 4 in a group of 20 taking part in a deep and intense study at the National Institutes of Health aimed at getting to the root causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue … Read more