What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant
A new Covid variant is spreading in the U.S., but will it cause a surge in cases? XBB.1.16 — dubbed “Arcturus” on social media —… Read More »What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant
A new Covid variant is spreading in the U.S., but will it cause a surge in cases? XBB.1.16 — dubbed “Arcturus” on social media —… Read More »What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant
For many, spring flowers are a welcome sight. But for the approximately 81 million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies, pollen is painful, and the… Read More »Tips for dealing with allergies as the season gets longer
For much of the 20th century, Americans were used to seeing people bearing the signs of past polio infection. Genevieve Naylor/Corbis via Getty Images “Got… Read More »'Got polio?' messaging underscores a vaccine campaign's success but creates false sense of security as memories of the disease fade in US
A large number of U.S. adults are being prescribed drugs like amphetamines, which have a risk for misuse, along with medications for depression and anxiety,… Read More »Amphetamines often prescribed along with depression and anxiety medications, new study finds
If you take over-the-counter melatonin to help you sleep, you may be getting a different amount of the popular supplement than you think. A study published… Read More »Majority of melatonin gummies are inaccurately labeled, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections… Read More »First pill for fecal transplants wins FDA approval
Four patients at a downtown Seattle hospital are dead in connection to an outbreak of a bacteria often found in health care settings that has… Read More »4 dead, 31 infected after bacterial outbreak hits Seattle hospital
ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has leukemia, is now stable after three weeks in the hospital being treated for a lung… Read More »Italy's Berlusconi recovering in 'optimal, convincing' way
In healthcare facilities prevention of the sepsis include practising appropriate infection prevention and control measures. GettyImages South African television personality, Derek Watts, recently shared that… Read More »What is sepsis? How to spot, manage and prevent it
Mifepristone is used together with another pill, misoprostol, in medication abortions. AP Photo/Allen G. Breed A flurry of court rulings in April 2023 has left… Read More »Mifepristone is under scrutiny in the courts, but it has been used safely and effectively around the world for decades
For six years, Martha Dejulian Ronquillo suffered severe anemia and depression. The mother of two in her late 30s often called out of work as a… Read More »This group of young women is seeing a staggering rise in uterine cancer. Experts don't know why.
Museum specimens are like time capsules from where and when the organisms and their pathogens lived. Ed Maker/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Research… Read More »Leprosy-causing bacteria found in armadillo specimens highlight value of museum collections for tracking pathogens
This is a MedPage Today story. Nearly 9 in 10 melatonin gummy brands were mislabeled, a laboratory analysis showed. Of 25 gummy products analyzed, 22… Read More »Melatonin gummies may not contain what they claim, lab analysis shows
By Joseph Campbell and Sunil Kataria VARANASI, India (Reuters) – Murali Mohan Sastry is waiting peacefully for death on the banks of the Ganges River… Read More »India's elderly await death, seek salvation in holy city
Supply of the cancer drug Pluvicto should increase “meaningfully” in the second half of the year, the drug’s manufacturer Novartis said Tuesday amid widespread shortages.… Read More »Supply of prostate cancer drug should increase later this year, drugmaker says
For several years now, we are living in a world where every sneeze, each hint of a scratchy throat or stuffy nose, gives a person… Read More »Many adults are getting allergies for the first time. Thanks, climate change.
A study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week has shed some new light on how breast cancer rates have been… Read More »Higher breast cancer risk among Black women shows need for earlier screening: Study
Johnson & Johnson’s Kenvue consumer health business is preparing for an initial public offering of more than 151 million shares. The health care giant said… Read More »J&J's Kenvue consumer health business prepares for stock IPO
A 356-bed San Antonio medical center set to shut down next week is the latest hospital closure raising questions about the role of private equity… Read More »Investors' role in next week's closure of San Antonio hospital under scrutiny
Despite partisan divides, pretty much everyone agrees that America’s leaders made mistakes during the pandemic. Now, a group of more than 30 heavy-hitting experts from the… Read More »Lessons from the COVID war: Can the United States avoid repeating its pandemic mistakes?
Around the world, nearly 1 in 6 adults experience infertility in their lifetime, according to the World Health Organization. For National Infertility Awareness Week, “GMA”… Read More »With infertility, it took nearly 900 needles to bring my son into the world
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is asking for victims of a man accused of impersonating a doctor to come forward. Stephan Gevorkian, 44, was… Read More »Los Angeles DA seeks victims of man accused of impersonating doctor
Washington University in St. Louis said a former employee’s allegations that its pediatric and adolescent transgender clinic did not appropriately assess minors before providing them… Read More »St. Louis gender clinic accusations ‘unsubstantiated,’ internal investigation finds
AP Photo/Chris O’Meara Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo cut data from a COVID-19 vaccine safety study, per multiple reports. Ladapo was appointed by Florida Gov.… Read More »Florida surgeon general appointed by DeSantis cut data from a COVID-19 vaccine safety study
Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Lopez Obradour, who… Read More »After Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection?
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri ACLU on Monday sued to block new state restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care,… Read More »ACLU sues to block Missouri rule on transgender health care
I won’t bury the lede, as we journalists often say: I am pregnant with a baby boy due in June. It is the most incredible,… Read More »After years of IVF, I’m pregnant: What I’d like other women struggling to become mothers to know
The shuttered Huanan market in Wuhan, China, Jan. 11, 2021. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times) Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening… Read More »Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the COVID-19 Story
Thousands of people have reported ringing in the ears, called tinnitus, after being infected with COVID-19 or receiving a vaccine, and researchers are exploring whether… Read More »What is tinnitus? People are reporting ringing in the ears after COVID or getting vaccinated.
Package inserts contain information on the pharmacology of a drug. Kathrin Ziegler/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many adults take prescription drugs, and usage rates are continually… Read More »Prescription drugs' fine print is important – a toxicologist explains how to decode package inserts to take medications safely and increase their effectiveness