Erika Edwards

3 days ago | nbcnews.com | Erika Edwards

Eating food that lowers inflammation in the body may help people with advanced colon cancer survive longer,according to research presented at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. The findings, presented Sunday, suggest that cancer patients can have at least some control over the outcome of their disease, even at later stages.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Erika Edwards

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans to make sure they’re protected against measles before traveling to other countries this summer. Last week, the agency updated its travel guidance for the virus as cases pop up nationwide. Nearly all exposures at airports are linked to international travel. That includes six cases linked to a Turkish Airlines flight that landed at Denver International Airport on May 13.

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Erika Edwards

1 hour agoNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have changed their advice to international travelers about measles, saying that Americans should be vaccinated against the virus no matter where they’re going. U.S. residents are recommended to get measles-mumps-rubella shots, anyway. But the Centers for Disease …

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Erika Edwards

May 30, 2025, 11:40 AM EDTThe long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The study, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, shows that if all 50 states stopped community water fluoridation programs, kids in the U.S. could expect to develop 25.4 million more cavities within the next five years.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. |Erika Edwards

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Tuesdaythat the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend routine Covid shots for healthy children and pregnant women. “We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again,” Kennedy said in a post on X.