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Allergies can make you miserable. Here’s how to track …

WEBPosted: Apr 24, 2024 / 10:57 AM CDT. Updated: Apr 24, 2024 / 10:57 AM CDT. Allergy season can bring misery to tens of millions of Americans each year. Tree, grass, and …

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'Normalize seeking help': Mental health problems skyrocketing in

WEBThe MPHD report said in 2021, 17.8% of Davidson County adults self-reported that their mental health was not good for more than 14 of the past 30 days; that is about three …

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17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to …

WEBLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other …

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Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that …

WEBWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade …

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USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for …

WEBThe limits on added sugars would be required in the 2025-2026 school year, starting with high-sugar foods such as cereal, yogurt and flavored milk. By the fall of 2027, added …

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'No signs of slowing': New CDC data shows STI increase in TN

WEBSyphilis cases are now the highest they have been in 70 years. In Tennessee, the Department of Health has tracked more than 3,000 cases. “The U.S. STI epidemic …

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Nashville’s Bordeaux neighborhood welcomes new health center

WEBNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Many residents of Nashville’s Bordeaux neighborhood are celebrating their first and only health center. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the …

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3 women got HIV after 'vampire facials' in New Mexico: CDC …

WEBThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new information about an Albuquerque spa that was shut down by health regulators after clients were infected …

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US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic …

WEB54 mins ago. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics …

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A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy …

WEBTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it — or even children’s social transitioning. …

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Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes …

WEBFILE – Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. For the second time in recent months, President Joe …

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What to know about Bell’s palsy, the facial paralysis affecting Joel

WEBBell’s palsy occurs when something inflames or injures a nerve that controls facial muscles. Symptoms come on rapidly over two to three days. They can include difficulty closing an …

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Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any …

WEBA community health worker teaches a group of women and teenage girls about contraception methods, at a Doctors Without Borders medical clinic, in Putucual, …

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Volunteer Behavioral Health opens 24-hour center in …

WEBDrug overdoses resulted in 130 deaths in 2022, according to the Tennessee Department of Health. On Monday, April 29, the nonprofit Volunteer Behavioral Health will open a 24 …

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Metro Public Health Department to now supply free Narcan at …

WEBAccording to data from the Metro Nashville Health Department more than 700 people died of opioid overdoses last year. It’s a number officials hope will drop as they make Narcan, …

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HHS: More than 14 million people have been affected by TN …

WEBAccording to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there have been 10 data breaches of health information so far this year in Tennessee and more …

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Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid …

WEBThe Earth Day environmental movement is calling for “the end of plastics for the sake of human and planetary health.”. People are increasingly breathing, eating and drinking …

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USDA tells producers to reduce salmonella in certain frozen …

WEBUpdated: Apr 26, 2024 / 08:46 AM CDT. Poultry producers will be required to bring salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to help prevent food …

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Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug

WEBKenya had an estimated 5 million malaria cases and over 12,000 deaths reported in 2022, according to the World Health Organization. Most of those affected are children under 5 …

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TN family travels to Barbados for IVF treatments

WEBThe Purnells were told their only option to conceive was through IVF. It was a not-so-realistic procedure when they were quoted $25,000 per round of treatment at a Nashville …

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US health officials warn of counterfeit Botox injections

WEBU.S. health officials issued a warning Tuesday about counterfeit Botox injections that have sickened 22 people. Half of the individuals have ended up in the hospital, according to …

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Most in demand healthcare jobs in Tennessee LIST

WEBTo provide that insight to potential future healthcare workers across America, Medical Technology Schools identified the healthcare positions expected to add the most jobs in …

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