MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The head of the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) is warning that a major spike in HIV infections and deaths could occur if the U.S. follows through on freezing foreign aid for HIV programs. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima told the Associated PressContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Feb. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Valentine’s Day isn’t just about gifts — it’s about showing your special someone you truly care. But if your Valentine has allergies or asthma, certain classic gestures — like a bouquet of flowers or a fancy dinner outside — might not be theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new strain of bird flu has infected dairy cows in Nevada, marking the second time the virus has jumped from birds to cattle. This latest infection — reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wednesday — involves a strain of H5N1,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Getting enough vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin,” during early pregnancy could be important for infant health, new research suggests. Researchers at Penn State found that infants born to women deficient in the nutrient were more likely to be delivered prematurely. Those newborns wereContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids and teens can also get migraines, but Black and Hispanic children seen in ERs are more likely to have their condition go undiagnosed, new research shows. That’s concerning, because “without a proper diagnosis, medications that can help reduce migraine may be delayed,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation. Two biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics Corporation and eGenesis, have been cleared to beginContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — They’re small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room — and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up to 100 times their sizeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — If you have a bag of Wegmans breaded chicken breast nuggets in your freezer, you may want to check the label before your next meal. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert overContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A popular diabetes drug just got a major new approval — and it could be a game-changer for millions of Americans at risk for kidney failure. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially approved Ozempic to help reduce the risk ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A simple blood test might determine which patients are at risk for long COVID, a new study says. Higher levels of leukocytes – a form of white blood cell – are associated with more severe symptoms of long COVID among older women, researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Sue VanWassenhove’s adult children got her a smartwatch to track her health after she fell a couple times. Fiddling with the device, VanWassenhove found out that she had a pattern of her heart rate dropping, and immediately lined up an appointment with aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Abortion information is disappearing from federal government websites, signaling potential changes in abortion under the second Trump administration. ReproductiveRights.gov, a site launched under the Biden administration to provide resources on abortion and contraception, now redirects to an error page. The site previously includedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A sudden need to urinate is more common than previously known, but treatment is less common. Diagnoses for overactive bladder more than tripled between 2013 and 2017, after the American Urological Association (AUA) released guidelines for the condition in 2012, researchers found. However,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 appears to increase a person’s risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome. People who’ve caught COVID are nearly five times more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, according to results recently published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. This could explain whyContinue Reading