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DaniloAndjus/GETTY Images A number of social media influencers have begun spreading misinformation and discouraging followers from using sunscreen, but experts say sunscreen is a vital tool in protecting your skin, the body’s largest organ, from cancer. ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton joined “Good Morning America” on Friday to debunk some of the myths […]

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Bisexual and transgender adults are more likely to face loneliness than straight and cisgender adults, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published Thursday. Researchers looked at data from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System—which collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health […]

The company logo sits atop a building on the headquarters campus of Eli Lilly and Company on March 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly issued a warning in an open letter on Thursday about the dangers of fake and compounded versions of its diabetes and weight […]

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — This year, the American Society of Clinical Oncology — the world’s leading oncology organization — recommended palliative care for everyone with advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis and while receiving treatment. Palliative care clinicians manage cancer-related symptoms and side effects from treatment, while addressing quality of life […]

Courtesy Brandee Artale (NEW YORK) — Brandee Artale was breastfeeding her newborn daughter late last year when, she said, she noticed something different in her daughter’s eyes. “I was really looking at her … and I was like, something just looks weird in her eyes,” Artale, of Bellevue, Nebraska, told ABC News’ Good Morning America. […]

Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States heads into the summer season, early indicators show the country is likely to experience an increase in COVID-19 infections. For the week ending June 8, the latest date for which data is available, COVID test positivity was 5.4% across the U.S., an increase of 0.8% […]

Owaki/Kulla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 in the United States, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which released data this month showing that drownings are on the rise among kids under the age of 15. While there are countless water safety […]

Getty Images – STOCK (GREENWICH, Conn.) — For years, Jose Dominguez, 50, had wanted to donate blood, feeling it was part of his civic duty. But he was restricted by rules set in place by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that did not allow sexually active gay men from donating. That finally changed in […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Creating a surgeon general’s warning for social media is a necessary step to respond to the “defining public health challenge of our time,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze in an interview on Monday. “We are living in the middle of a youth mental health […]

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents,” Vivek H. Murthy wrote […]