FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In findings that offer compelling evidence of the power of childhood vaccines, a new government report shows the routine shots have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more than 1 million deaths among Americans born in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — David Lynch, who transformed television and film with series such as “Twin Peaks” and movies like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” announced Monday that he is battling the lung disease emphysema. Lynch, 78 and a former long-time smoker, first spoke about his illnessContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hospitals could be frequently misdiagnosing pneumonia, causing patients to receive the wrong treatments and potentially become deathly ill, a new study finds. More than half the time, a pneumonia diagnosis will change following a patient’s admission to the hospital, researchers report. Either someoneContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — With five months still to go, the number of U.S. measles cases reported so far this year already triple that of all the cases seen in the country last year, federal health officials report. A total of 188 cases have been confirmed inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bacteria colonizing your bowels play a key part in your risk for infection, new research shows. A study of more than 600 people hospitalized with infections found their microbiomes had fewer bacteria that were able to produce a beneficial fatty acid calledContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Babies born by C-section are unlikely to receive protection from a single dose of measles vaccine, a new study finds. A single measles jab is up to 2.6 times more likely to be completely ineffective in C-section babies, compared to those born vaginally.Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Measles infections continue to spread across the country, with 125 cases now reported in 18 states, new U.S. government data shows. That is more cases than were reported in all of 2022, the most recent annual peak for measles infections, the U.S. Centers ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors sometimes prescribe antibiotics to help treat a cough, but a new study shows the drugs won’t help reduce the severity or duration of coughing — even if a bacterial infection is the culprit. Lower respiratory tract infections that cause coughing have theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than 100 measles cases have already been reported in the United States this year, a significant increase over previous years that threatens the country’s attempts to eliminate the illness, federal health officials warned Thursday. A total of 338 measles cases were diagnosedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sticky fingers, runny noses: Little kids are sweet, but they can also pass on dangerous germs to loving grandparents, new research confirms. The study found that contact with pre-school and kindergarten-aged kids may be the leading transmission route for bacteria that can causeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two of America’s leading health organizations are highlighting a global rise in measles cases as yet another reason for families to make sure they get the measles vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association (which representsContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As millions of Americans prepare to travel abroad this summer and measles outbreaks increase worldwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tightened its guidance on how travelers should handle the potential health threat. Americans planning to fly to other countriesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As the number of measles cases at a migrant shelter in Chicago climbed to four on Monday, a team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has headed to that city to help contain the outbreak. The Chicago Department of PublicContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution harms the health of everyone exposed to it, but a new study says communities of color are disproportionately harmed by dirty air. Smog causes nearly 8 times higher childhood asthma rates and 1.3 times higher risk of premature death among minorityContinue Reading