Health Highlights: Jan. 4, 2022

Did adding calorie counts to restaurant menus make meals healthier? Laws mandating calorie data on big chain restaurant menus went into effect in 2018. New research shows the move has influenced the meals Americans consume in one key way. Read more

Adding up cancer's global toll. Cancer remains a major killer, with 10 million deaths reported worldwide in 2019. More than 23 million new cases were documented globally in 2019, according to a new report. Read more

Record numbers of pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19. Severe cases among children are surging across the United States just as students return to school and the highly transmissible Omicron variant begins to dominate the country. Read more