FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. In figures published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 291 cases were reported for theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Los Angeles area is seeing a troubling increase in local dengue fever cases, health officials warned Wednesday. In a public notice posted on its website, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said at least three people have fallen ill with dengueContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions more people will die annually from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years unless steps are taken to counter this growing health threat, a new study warns. The number of deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant bacteria is projected to grow to 8.2 millionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A European epilepsy drug could be an effective treatment for sleep apnea, a new study suggests. Patients who took sulthiame had few pauses in their breathing while asleep, as well as higher levels of blood oxygen, according to clinical trial results presented TuesdayContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As mpox continues to spread in Africa, Congolese authorities said Thursday that the first batch of vaccines have arrived in that country’s capital. The shipment comes three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global health emergency.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Weather patterns in California that have been exacerbated by climate change could be fueling more cases of a dangerous fungal infection, scientists warn. The Coccidioides fungus lives in soil, where it can be picked up by rodents and transmitted to people who breatheContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’re lucky enough to survive a battle with the bloodstream infection sepsis, risks of a recurrence that sends you back to hospital within a month remain high, new data shows. In a study involving over 7,100 patients with sepsis, nearly a quarterContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Like to sleep in on the weekends? You’re probably doing your heart a world of good, a new study shows. Weekend “catch-up” sleep can lower a person’s risk of heart disease by up to 20%, according to findings to be presented Thursday atContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread. “The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries can be controlled, and can be stopped,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Children are seeing far fewer ads for junk food during kids’ TV shows, a new study finds. The number of food and drink ads during children’s programs has dropped by more than 95%, according to researchers’ analysis of television Nielsen ratings. This declineContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of counties in the United States contain at least one “pharmacy desert,” where there’s no retail pharmacy within 10 miles, a new study reports. “As pharmacies close, more and more Americans are left without easy access to medications,” said senior investigatorContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As a summer surge in COVID cases begins to ebb and Americans brace themselves for yet another wave of infections this winter, more free COVID tests will soon be available to all, federal health officials announced Friday. Starting in late September, every U.S.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Body heat is a powerful means by which mosquitos find human beings to bite, a new study shows. Mosquitos were twice as drawn to a target in a laboratory if the source emitted heat roughly the temperature of human skin as well asContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — COVID cases have surged this summer, but a new study suggests that following the Mediterranean diet might spare you from infection. In a review published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, Indonesian researchers discovered that the healthy eating regimen, which centers on fruits, vegetables, wholeContinue Reading