Adrianna Rodriguez
Health Reporter at USA Today
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Adrianna Rodriguez
Autism diagnoses among 8-year-olds saw a slight uptick from 2020 to 2022, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, published Tuesday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, looked at 16 sites in 14 states and Puerto Rico and found one in 31 children were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2022, an increase from one in 36 in 2020.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Adrianna Rodriguez
As the Netflix series “Adolescence” continues to spark difficult conversations about social media, "red-pilling" and the manosphere, one mom took to social media to share how she “de-pilled” her son − and her post is making waves. The term red-pilled comes from a scene in the 1999 movie “The Matrix” where a character chooses between a red pill that reveals the realities of the world and a blue pill offering blissful ignorance.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Adrianna Rodriguez
The U.S. reached a grim milestone Friday surpassing 700 confirmed measles cases in 2025, according to figures posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thirty-two percent of cases occurred in patients under 5 while 38% were reported in those between 5 and 19, according to the agency. As of Friday, the CDC reported 79 hospitalizations, including 45 patients who were under 5. Most measles cases, 97%, occurred in unvaccinated patients or whose vaccination status is unknown.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Adrianna Rodriguez
As the Netflix series “Adolescence” continues to spark difficult conversations about social media, "red-pilling" and the manosphere, one mom took to social media to share how she “de-pilled” her son − and her post is making waves. The term red-pilled comes from a scene in the 1999 movie “The Matrix” where a character chooses between a red pill that reveals the realities of the world and a blue pill offering blissful ignorance.
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3 weeks ago |
ca.style.yahoo.com | Adrianna Rodriguez
The show must go on – even during a hot flash. Actress Drew Barrymore, 50, learned that lesson as she experienced a particularly rough one in the middle of Wednesday's episode of her talk show, "The Drew Barrymore Show."Instead of opening the program with a discussion on food expiration dates, viewers saw the host being fanned down by Valerie Bertinelli, Ross Mathews and Danny Seo while she stripped off her plaid jacket. “It’s just so weird that they come out of nowhere, you know?” Barrymore said.
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