Colorado Reporting New Outbreak of Measles
2025-05-30
Outbreak defined by the CDC as three or more related casesContinue Reading
Wildfire Smoke Threatens Heart, Lung Health For Months Afterward
2025-05-30
FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Skies choked with wildfire smoke can affect people’s heart and lung health for up to three months afterwards, a new study says. The particle pollution created by wildfires continues to increase people’s risk of hospitalization for months after the smoke clears, researchers reportedContinue Reading
New Models Help Docs Distinguish Severe Pneumonia In Children
2025-05-19
MONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — New predictive models can accurately distinguish mild, moderate and severe pneumonia in children, helping determine which kids need hospitalization or intensive care. Children with a runny nose and congestion are 41% less likely to be suffering from moderate or severe pneumonia, researchers found.Continue Reading
Houston Wastewater Foretold Texas Measles Outbreak
2025-05-16
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Measles virus popped up in Houston wastewater weeks before a notorious Texas outbreak of the highly infectious disease started in January, a new study says. Wastewater samples collected Jan. 7 contained genetic evidence of measles virus, researchers reported in the American Journal ofContinue Reading
North Dakota Becomes the Latest State to Report Measles Outbreak
2025-05-08
Total of 935 cases of measles have been reported so far this year in the United StatesContinue Reading
U.S. Faces Largest Measles Outbreak Since 2000
2025-04-24
THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The United States is now experiencing its largest measles outbreak since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, federal scientists confirmed this week. At least 800 measles cases have been reported nationwide this year, and experts suspect the number is even higher, TheContinue Reading
CDC Cancels Measles Help for Texas Schools Amid Staff Layoffs
2025-04-21
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has canceled its plans to help Texas schools stop the rapid spread of measles. The decision came after some CDC staff involved in this year’s outbreak response were told they might lose their jobs,Continue Reading
CDC Urges Extra Measles Shot For Some U.S. Travelers Amid Outbreak
2025-04-11
FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends extra measles protection for people traveling to areas with active outbreaks in the United States, CBS News reported. In an April 8 letter, the CDC advised health departments that travelers going toContinue Reading
RFK Jr. Touts Vaccine While At Funeral of Texas Girl Who Died of Measles
2025-04-07
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The death of a second child in a fast-growing U.S. measles outbreak brought the nation’s top health official to Texas this weekend. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral of an 8-year-old girl who died of lungContinue Reading
Two Louisiana Infants Die of Whooping Cough Amid Drop in Vaccinations
2025-04-03
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health experts are warning that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is making a dangerous comeback. Cases are rising across the country, and Louisiana recently reported that two infants have died — the state’s first deaths from the illness since 2018. “For infants,Continue Reading
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Local Outbreaks Can Motivate the Vaccine-Hesitant, Poll Finds
2025-03-31
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 and influenza burned through the U.S. during this year’s cold and flu season, and deadly measles outbreaks have sickened people in 19 states. So what does it take to get people vaccinated against these preventable diseases? Essentially, an outbreak within a person’sContinue Reading
Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity
2025-03-28
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As a measles outbreak spreads across the United States, doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: Children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A. At Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, several unvaccinated children showed signs of liver problems afterContinue Reading
Kansas and Ohio Report Surge in Measles Cases Amid Outbreaks
2025-03-27
Even without these two expanding clusters, the total number of cases in the U.S. has exceeded the case count for the entire year of 2024Continue Reading
Oklahoma Now Reporting Measles Cases Related to Texas/New Mexico Outbreak
2025-03-19
A total of 321 cases have been reported in the outbreak, which began earlier this year in Gaines County, TexasContinue Reading