Child Gun Deaths Rose in States With Weaker Laws After U.S. Supreme Court Decision

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling may have led to more gun deaths of children and teens in states that enacted more lenient gun laws afterward, new research suggests.

The study — published June 9 in JAMA Pediatrics — looked at firearm deaths in the 13 years after the Supre...

RFK Jr. Removes Entire CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed all 17 members of the expert panel that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations.

Kennedy made the surprise announcement in an opinion piece published June 8 in The Wall Street Journal. He said the Advisory Committe...

BowFlex Recalls 3.8 Million Dumbbells After Injury Reports

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — BowFlex, a fitness equipment brand, is recalling more than 3.8 million adjustable dumbbells because their weight plates can fall off and hurt users.

The recall follows more than 100 reports of injuries, including concussions, broken toes, bruises and scrapes, according to the U.S. Consumer Pr...

Kids Snooze Soundly In Happy Families

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A happy family life can help tweens get better sleep, a new study says.

Kids are more likely to sleep longer if they have strong family relationships with highly engaged parents, according to research scheduled for presentation at a meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Racial Disparities Driving Emergency Surgery Costs

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Emergency surgeries are gnawing away at U.S. health care spending, with racial disparities fueling the bill, a new study says.

Emergency surgeries cost about 33% more than planned procedures, averaging $13,645 more per patient, researchers write.

And costs for these emergency procedures...

Blood Tests Can Detect Cancer Years Earlier

TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Blood tests can detect evidence of cancer three years earlier than the disease would otherwise be diagnosed, a new small-scale pilot study says.

The test — called a multicancer early detection (MCED) test — looks for genetic material that’s shed by tumors into the bloodstrea...