In the wake of the outbreak in the Vancouver area, emotions ran high as parents battled the state over whether their kids should be forced to get the measles ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Some Oregon students were sent home from school Wednesday for not having their immunization records up to date. Under Oregon State ...
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has identified three confirmed cases and one suspect case of mumps onUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville ...
Three confirmed and one suspected cases of the mumps have been identified at the University of Arkansas Campus in Fayetteville over the past few weeks.
The number of phone calls to US poison control centers about kratom exposures increased from 13 in 2011 to 682 in 2017, often for serious unanticipated ...
In 2011, just 31 calls were made to US poison control centers for kratom. By 2017, that number had soared to 286, including calls for 11 exposures that turned ...
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that states might “force the hand of the federal health agencies” if they continue to allow vaccine ...
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration says that if states don't force more schoolchildren to get vaccinated, the federal government might have to ...
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration says that if states don't require more schoolchildren to get vaccinated, the federal government might have to ...
The head of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration says if states don't require more schoolchildren to get vaccinated, the federal government might have to step ...
Recent measles outbreaks in states such as Washington, New York and New Jersey have cast a spotlight on a group of Americans who receive exemptions from ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As health officials identified new cases from a measles outbreak in Washington state, lawmakers continue to weigh two measures that ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. - On Wednesday, the center of Washington State's Capitol turned into a pulpit for people against vaccines. “We are anti dangerous vaccines, ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A 14-year-old girl is the first child to die from influenza this season in San Diego. The girl, who died on Feb. 12, had an underlying health ...
The state Public Health Department confirmed Tuesday that the latest child to die of the flu was a girl from Middlesex County. Read more on Boston.com.
Third MA Child To Die From Flu Was Lowell Girl - Chelmsford, MA - Her father told WCVB the family was sent home from the hospital last week and told to give ...
Ten more adults died from flu-related illnesses in Pennsylvania in the last week capping a period that's been the peak flu season for the last two years.
The death of a third Massachusetts child from the flu this season — identified Wednesday as a 4-year-old girl from Lowell — has stirred concern about the ...
A disease affecting animals—nicknamed the “zombie deer” disease—has been identified in more than 20 states. You may already be alarmed: it sparked a flurry ...
A mother in Greenville, S.C., was startled by how many parents were opting not to immunize their kids, so she started her own group to counter misinformation ...
A Mason City Schools fourth-grader has died just days after she was diagnosed with strep throat and influenza, school officials said. Sable Gibson received the ...
MASON, Ohio — Western Row Elementary School fourth-grader Sable Gibson died Wednesday of cardiac arrest connected to strep throat and influenza, Mason ...
MASON, Ohio (WTHR) — A fourth-grader in suburban Cincinnati died one day after she was diagnosed with both influenza and strep throat. According to ...
A girl from Middlesex County has died from the flu, the third such pediatric death in Massachusetts this season, state authorities confirmed on Tuesday.The death ...
The dreamlike goal of having universal, one-off flu jabs just got a little bit closer, thanks to the discovery that certain immune cells can fight off all three strains of ...
No matter how fit and in tip-top shape I think I am, once I pass through an airport, I get the sniffles. However, you don't even need to be travelling to be exposed ...
Massachusetts health officials confirmed the state's third pediatric flu death of the season on Tuesday. The death of a second child from Middlesex County was ...
A Massachusetts girl has died from the flu, according to the state Department of Public Health. The girl from Middlesex County is the third Bay State child to die ...
For Shawn Broomfield and his wife, there was never a question whether or not to have their four children vaccinated. Broomfield, a software engineer, and his ...
BOULDER, Colo. -- Hunters in Colorado are being advised to be on the lookout for a contagious disease that kills deer. The Daily Camera reports chronic ...
Cervical cancer could potentially be eliminated as a major public health threat in the majority of the world by the end of this century, a new study says. According ...
Earlier this month, a scientist named Eva Ramón Gallegos of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City released the results of a study she and her team ...
A new study from the CDC found cases of women positive for HPV types 16 and 18 - responsible for about 70% of cervical cancers worldwide - fell by more than ...
India could eliminate cervical cancer by 2079 by scaling up HPV vaccine coverage and screening. Here are 5 facts you need to know about this type of cancer.
Fentanyl, a highly dangerous painkiller at the heart of the US opioid epidemic, has been overprescribed by doctors, according to a report Tuesday that accused ...
The medical community now recognizes the dangers opioids pose, but a new study of FDA documents shows that recognition isn't enough. In an attempt to ...
As many as half the patients who were prescribed potent fentanyl painkillers designed for people battling cancer should not have received the drug from doctors, ...
Thousands of patients were improperly prescribed a highly potent and restricted class of fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, between ...
The FDA did not take action when evidence emerged that potentially lethal fentanyl products were being prescribed inappropriately to patients, researchers ...
Women are more likely to present without pain or have uncharacteristic symptoms including fatigue or discomfort in the neck, jaw and back, Glen Pyle of Guelph ...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. A new study has found Push-Up capacity may accurately predict your risk of this common killer.
If the last time you dropped to the floor and counted off a quick round of push-ups was in your high school gym class, you might want to read this sitting down.
Massachusetts health officials confirmed the third pediatric flu death of the season on Tuesday. The death of a second child from Middlesex County was reported ...
A second New Jersey child has died from influenza complications this season, Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal announced today. The New Jersey ...
A second New Jersey child has died from influenza complications this season, Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal announced today. The New Jersey ...
Programming note: The Interface will be off Thursday as I finish up a project that I will share with you next week. Since the reckoning over social networks began ...
The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019.
Medical experts warn that the internet could be making more of us sick, pointing to research highlighting how online platforms' role in boosting vaccination ...
Social networks have made a number of efforts to halt the spread of anti-vaccination myths, but Pinterest recently took things a step further: it's curbing all...
A veterans *service* center in Vancouver is considering closing or moving because of a proposed protected bike lane, which would eliminate its street parking ...
Australian scientists have discovered immune cells that can fight all known flu viruses and mutations in what has already been branded an “extraordinary ...
The effects of the flu virus can range from debilitating to deadly. A group of international researchers have made a discovery which could take us one step closer ...
The influenza vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because their B cells are less capable of producing antibodies that can adapt to protect against new ...
Scientists say they have discovered immune cells that can fight all known flu viruses in what was hailed as an "extraordinary breakthrough" that could lead to a ...
Prescription fentanyl, a highly potent and immediate-release drug meant for people with advanced cancer who have been on an opioid treatment, has been ...
Photo via Twitter Doctors in the United States have prescribed a deadly, powerful opioid to an “alarming” number of patients, according to a new study published ...
Reports of "zombie deer disease" are actually referring to chronic wasting disease, which the CDC says may be on the rise in certain areas of the U.S..
Chronic wasting disease has now been reported in deer, elk, and moose in 24 states, according to the CDC. The disease isn't new, but its nickname is: you can ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A wildlife epidemic has been sweeping across the country this winter, and some officials in Tennessee said this “huge problem” is going to ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Should Staten Islanders worry about “zombie deer disease'' spreading to the booming Staten Island population? Not according to the ...
A vaccination bill was proposed by Immunize Nevada yesterday at the Assembly Committee on Education. The bill would require parents to sign a consent form ...
Reno, NEV. (News 4 & Fox 11) -- Over the last few years there has been a continuous rise in the Mormon cricket and grasshopper population across the Silver ...
Measles is a global epidemic. Nearly half of the 136 people who have died of measels in the Philippines are children under the age of 4. The Centers for ...
With the number of measles cases still on the rise, the Department of Health yesterday expressed concern over its possible impact on tourism and the ...
The Philippine health secretary said Monday that 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8400 others have fallen ill in an outbreak blamed partly ...
A measles outbreak in the Philippines partly blamed on vaccination fears has claimed 136 lives — half of them children ages 1 to 4 — and 8,400 others have ...
People with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be less likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who rarely, if ever, consume nuts, a US study ...
People with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be less likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who rarely, if ever, consume nuts, a U.S. study ...
If you have type 2 diabetes and you want to do your heart a favor, a new study suggests you should let your diet get a little nutty. Folks with type 2 diabetes who ...
Hispanic Americans have a greater risk of getting Type 2 diabetes, which has been linked to cardiovascular illnesses. A diet rich in complex carbohydrates may ...
TheTribune: NEW YORK: Eating a handful of nuts daily, particularly tree nuts, may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease among people with Type-2 diabetes, ...
Trump's plan includes a focus on fighting HIV in the rural Midwest and South. But there are doubts in Oklahoma, where the state's uninsured rate and ...
The cost of the medication that allows Bhanu Patel to move shot up to $375000 annually. Sen. Bernie Sanders recently sent a letter to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals ...
LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A Lowell family is mourning the loss of their 4-year-old daughter, who state health officials say is the third flu-associated pediatric ...
LOWELL (CBS) – A heartbroken Lowell father is searching for answers following the death of his four-year-old daughter from complications of the flu. Sopheak ...
A Lowell family thought they had a sick child and she would bounce right back. Now they are dealing with her death and planning a funeral at their temple.
LOWELL -- A 4-year-old Lowell girl is the suspected victim of the second flu-associated pediatric death in Middlesex County this season, and the third in the ...
A new study in women now suggests that systemic lupus erythematosus, also known as lupus or SLE, is linked to the overgrowth of certain bacteria in the ...
According to a new study conducted by scientists at NYU School of Medicine, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is linked to an abnormal mix of bacteri..
A Nebraska daycare facility is asking parents of non-immunized children to keep their kids at home after one of its employees was hospitalized with a rare, and ...
The snow day turned out to be good timing for this northwest Omaha daycare as staff members at Pre-K & Play Academy, a Bright Beginnings daycare, were ...
Bright Beginnings daycare is deep cleaning today and advising non-immunized children to stay away after a worker there was hospitalized with a 'very rapid ...
GRAHAM, N.C. -- Boyd Hudson never thought a "boys' day" with his grandson would lead to a trip to the doctor, but it did. On Jan. 14, Hudson and his grandson ...
I was 18 when I first heard Baz Luhrmann's musical version of Mary Schmich's essay “Wear Sunscreen.” I felt it had a special meaning in relation to my life, but at ...
Eating too much fat may be bad for your gut bacteria, a new study from China suggests. The study involved more than 200 young, healthy adults who were ...
In fatal two-car crashes, drivers deemed to have caused the wreck were almost twice as likely as those who were not at fault to test positive for opioids, a U.S. ...
Primary care providers should screen women for personal, family and/or ethnic history of breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer to decide who should ...
Despite conventional wisdom suggesting that working out at night can make it harder to sleep, new evidence suggests that it may not be as harmful as we ...
A study by Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia, suggests half-an-hour of high-intensity exercise between 7pm and 9pm does not affect how we sleep ...
Must cook dinner. Need to pick the kids up from school. Have to catch up on my favourite TV series. Live too far from the gym. Any of these sound familiar?
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - While the ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak has hit Ohio hard since it was declared by state health officials last June, Kentucky has been ...
The Ohio Department of Health says reports that wrongly imply a newly declared outbreak of hepatitis A are circulating around the state, apparently prompted by ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Department of Health says reports that wrongly imply a newly declared outbreak of hepatitis A are circulating around the ...
Intermountain Healthcare had a New Year's resolution for 2018: By the end of the year, cut the number of opioid tablets it prescribed for acute pain by 40 percent ...
SALT LAKE CITY — In 2017, Intermountain Healthcare set a goal to reduce the number of opiate prescriptions by 40 percent. On Wednesday, IMC Chief Medical ...
Scientists at the National Key Laboratory for Science and Technology in Shanghai, China, have developed a new kind of pacemaker that generates power when ...
Pacemakers have saved countless human lives by ensuring that the heart beats at a regular rhythm. They're not perfect, though. Their biggest shortcoming is ...
A serious error in data reporting in the Zilver PTX trial reverses the conclusion that there was a long-term mortality advantage for the paclitaxel-based stent ...
Atopic dermatitis, a common inflammatory skin condition also known as allergic eczema, affects nearly 20 percent of children, 30 percent of whom also have ...
The FDA is expected to decide soon whether to approve esketamine, which would become the first major depression treatment to hit the market in decades.
No matter who you are or what your fitness goals are, it's important to fuel your body with nutritious foods in order to function at your best. We don't.
In Japan, the slightly bitter leaves of the Ashitaba plant have long been considered healthy, and a new study has found the traditional belief may have good ...
They study says the shift may be traced to increased access to breast cancer screenings, later childbirth, decreased breastfeeding and sedentary lifestyles.
A study by the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China found the hypertension drug losartan - also known by its brand name Cozaar - could ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A drug treating PTSD in our veterans could be killing them. Prazosin is a blood pressure medication commonly prescribed to treat ...
A A. Copy Shortlink. Share. Share. An imbalance in the gut "microbiome" of people with lupus may be driving the chronic autoimmune disease as well as its ...
A new study investigated the potential link between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a specific bacteria in the gut. The researchers found that ...
The medicinal powers of aspirin, digitalis, and the anti-malarial artemisinin all come from plants. A discovery of a potent neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory ...
LA JOLLA--(February 20, 2019) The medicinal powers of aspirin, digitalis, and the anti-malarial artemisinin all come from plants. A Salk Institute discovery of a ...
Around 70 percent of 13- to 17-year-old said mental health issues are a 'major problem' for their age group, while 96 percent said it was at least a 'minor ...
Researchers in Antarctica, who need medication shipped to them, tested whether they could use old drugs if they missed a shipment. They found the best-by ...
Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a new method to minimize the likelihood that a person's body will reject stem cells duri...
In an incredible milestone, scientists have for the first time created “universal” stem cells by using CRISPR gene-editing technology to produce pluripotent stem ...
UC San Francisco scientists have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system to create the first pluripotent stem cells that are functionally "invisible" to the ...
An 80-year-old woman from the United Kingdom is the first patient to undergo gene therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration—the most common cause ...
A woman from Oxford has become the first person in the world to have gene therapy to try to halt the most common form of blindness in the Western world.
A British woman has become the first person in the world to undergo gene therapy for the most common cause of sight loss. Surgeons at the John Radcliffe ...
Surgeons at Oxford University have launched their first attempt at halting age-related macular degeneration, which is the most common cause of blindness and ...
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which include well-known brand names Prilosec, Nexium and Prevacid, are among the most commonly prescribed medications in ...
Three Nampa area charter schools have cancelled class for the rest of the week due to illness. School officials with Liberty, Victory and the Legacy Charter say ...
An Ohio teen has inspired others by going against the wishes of his mother and getting vaccinated. Ethan Lindenberger, an 18-year-old high school senior, went ...
The Ohio Department of Health says reports that wrongly imply a newly declared outbreak of hepatitis A are circulating around the state, apparently prompted by ...
Because not all patients respond to anti-PD-1/L1 therapies, researchers are exploring new ways to improve their efficacy. Now, a team led by Cedars-Sinai ...
A new study has identified a drug that potentially could make a common type of immunotherapy for cancer even more effective. The study in laboratory mice ...
