Most sunscreens may contain harmful ingredients, research group says

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/20 8:47A Justin Boggs

An annual report by the Environmental Working Group claims that 77% of sunscreens on the market offer inadequate skin protection, contain potentially harmful ingredients, or both. Out of more than 2,200 products analyzed by EWG, fewer than 500...

Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/20 5:29A AP via Scripps News Group

Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration. Top officials for the Food and Drug Administration laid out new...

Pacifiers a go-to for soothing children, but weaning is a challenge, parents say

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/19 5:19A Scripps News Group

Pacifiers may spark debate among parents, but a new poll shows they remain a go-to tool for helping young children self-soothe. More than half of parents say their child currently or previously used a pacifier, according to a national survey by...

Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of Georgia abortion ban

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/16 3:42A AP via Scripps News Group

A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state's...

In-N-Out to eliminate artificial coloring from drinks, update ketchup

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/15 4:58A Scripps News Group

In-N-Out Burger is reportedly phasing out artificial coloring in two of its beverages and updating its ketchup recipe. The fast-food chain plans to remove synthetic dyes from its pink lemonade and strawberry milkshakes, opting for natural...

RFK Jr. dodges question about vaccinating child for measles

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/14 10:06A Scripps News Group

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sidestepped questions about vaccinations during a congressional hearing Tuesday. Kennedy appeared before the House Appropriations Committee, where he was pressed on the ongoing measles...

US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/14 5:06A AP via Scripps News Group

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and...

Is your job changing your brain? New study raises concerns

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/14 2:14A Scripps News Group

A new study suggests that working long hours could alter the structure of your brain. Scientists from Yonsei University and Chung-Ang University in South Korea followed 110 health care workers classified as "overworked" and "non-overworked." They...

At least 10 people sickened in US listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/12 4:33A AP via Scripps News Group

At least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several products, federal officials said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Saturday...

Trump targets high drug prices with new executive order

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/12 2:38A Scripps News Group

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at lowering the cost of certain prescription medications. According to the Associated Press, a White House official said the order directs the Department of Health, led by Robert F....

Brad Arnold, singer for 3 Doors Down, announces stage four cancer diagnosis

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/8 6:42A Scripps News Group

Brad Arnold, the singer for the popular 2000s rock band 3 Doors Down, announced on his Instagram on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. The 46-year-old said he went to this hospital a few weeks ago after feeling...

CDC reports over 1,000 measles cases in 2025, Texas hardest hit

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/8 1:59A Scripps News Group

U.S. measles cases have reached another grim milestone this year, surpassing 1,000, according to new analysis based on data from the CDC and state health departments. Many of the cases are linked to an outbreak in West Texas, but most states have...

It's spring migration season. Here's what that means for bird flu

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/6 4:26A Jennifer Glenfield

Avian flu detection in commercial poultry is down, a welcome relief as farms across the country recover from huge losses. "We lost about 10-and-a-half percent of all the egg-laying population reserves in the United States. So we're getting hit...

Coalition of 19 states ask federal judge to reverse deep cuts to US Health and Human Services

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/5 7:18A AP via Scripps News Group

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency, saying the Trump administration's massive restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill...

Flu deaths among US children reach 15-year high, CDC reports

News 5 Cleveland (Lifestyle) 5/3 3:20A Scripps News Group

More U.S. children have died as a result of the flu this season than in the past 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reported 12 pediatric flu deaths for the week ending April 26, bringing the...