The statewide Adderall shortage that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) originally identified in October is anticipated to endure, with many pharmacies stating they still can’t acquire the prescription. The medication is frequently employed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to CDC data, an estimated six million children ages 3 to 17 were…

The owl Flaco will not return to his cage at the Central Park Zoo any soon. Officials from the zoo said on Saturday that they are suspending efforts to recapture the Eurasian eagle-owl, whose habitat was purposefully destroyed two weeks ago. Flaco has spent this time visiting Central Park and has rapidly become a favorite…

According to reports, a meteor streaked through the sky over South Texas on Wednesday night before crashing in an unidentified location. Sheriff Eddie Guerra of Hidalgo County said that “claims from two aircrafts that they witnessed a meteorite west of McAllen” were received by Houston Air Traffic Control. Guerra stated that it was unclear exactly…

Officials in East Palestine, Ohio, have discovered three new substances in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train crash and controlled burning of hazardous goods. The Environmental Protection Agency claimed that derailed train wagons included the chemicals ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, and isobutylene. Additionally, the EPA described the compounds as hazardous and poisonous.…

The life-saving antidote to an overdose of Narcan is one step closer to being easily obtained by the general public. The board of independent Food and Drug Administration advisors voted to make the nasal spray available over-the-counter. Elizabeth Coykendall, a temporary voting member on the FDA’s advisory council and paramedic at PM Pediatrics in Raleigh,…

As soon as COVID-19 struck, the need for mental health services increased, and because in-person care was prohibited, many turned to digital services, resulting in a worrisome breach of data privacy. Digital mental health service applications capture, aggregate, and sell sensitive mental and physical health information, according to a data brokerage study done by the…

With the advent of artificial intelligence in individual healthcare, virtual doctor appointments will reach a whole new level. NuraLogix has developed an Anura device that can assess more than 30 distinct health metrics from a smartphone or tablet-taken selfie. “Your heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure are all measured. We evaluate your type 2 diabetes…

While couples are preparing to shower each other with gifts and quality time on Valentine’s Day, a Pew Research Center research found that three in ten Americans are unmarried, and nearly half of them use dating apps to find companionship. In online dating, Tinder looks to be the most popular option, with 46% of American…

A new study reveals that a tweak made to school lunches during the Obama administration may be linked to a decline in childhood obesity rates. Many children’s BMIs may have been lowered if public school lunches had included more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, as shown by a study published in the American Journal of…

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of school-aged youngsters disappeared from public school rolls and have not been accounted for since. According to research by the Associated Press and Stanford University, around 240,000 pupils in 21 states could not be located in any school. 710,000 fewer students attended public schools in…