Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are planning to use a second Ebola vaccine to help control an outbreak that has killed more than 2,100 people. In July, former Health Minister Oly Ilunga opposed its use saying it had not been proved effective.
What's for dinner? That can be a loaded question at the end of a busy day, when your decision-making brainpower is practically used up. Deciding what to eat (for dinner or any other meal) requires some planning, grocery shopping, and time in the kitchen, ...
The dangerous mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis virus is continuing to take a bite out of Michigan, as health officials announced Friday that they are expanding the regions at highest risk to include 11 counties. "The increasing geographic spread ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Young and middle-aged adults with low vitamin D levels may live shorter lives, a large study suggests. The findings come from a 20-year follow-up of more than 78,000 Austrian ...
Here is the latest on EEE. Or perhaps it should be "EEE, here's the latest." As my July 29 Forbes article detailed, EEE stands for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. It also may be the sound that you make when you find out what this disease can do to you and that at ...
(CNN) Another person who was infected with Eastern equine encephalitis has died, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said on Friday. The patient was a man in his 70s who lived in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts. This was the 10th ...
UM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S CENTER FOR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL HEALTH RECEIVES NIH CONTRACT OF UP TO MORE THAN $200 MILLION FOR INFLUENZA RESEARCH. Dr. Kathleen Neuzil to Lead Major Research Collaborative ...
This is a Kaiser Health News story. Interested in Zika? Add Zika as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Zika news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Zika. Add Interest. Two invasive species of mosquitoes that can carry Zika, dengue, yellow fever and ...
President Donald J. Trump has issued an executive order that aims to encourage development of seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines that are more effective and can be made more quickly than current vaccines. The order also establishes a new task ...
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Young and middle-aged adults with low vitamin D levels may live shorter lives, a large study suggests. The findings come from a 20-year follow-up of more than ...
BALTIMORE — The University of Maryland has received a $200 million grant to research seasonal flu vaccines. The university's School of Medicine said in a statement Friday that the research is aimed at testing vaccines and conducting controlled studies.
You may want an MBA. But you want to avoid NMBA. NMBA stands for N-Methylnitrosobutyric acid, something that you don't want in your blood pressure medications. But alas, this probable carcinogen continues to appear in various medications at higher ...
Tumour cells can plug into—and feed off—the brain's complex network of neurons, according to a trio of studies. This nefarious ability could explain the mysterious behaviour of certain tumours, and point to new ways of treating cancer. The studies, published ...
Anthony Mayo has been in the hospital's intensive care unit since doctors learned that his lungs were almost completely congested on Sept. 15. By Joelle Goldstein. September 20, 2019 10:31 PM. FB Twitter More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message Print.
School officials in Michigan on Thursday pushed up kickoff times of Friday night high school football games to avoid peak mosquito-activity hours after a rash of new cases of a sometimes-fatal disease communicated by the bugs. Three people have died in the ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at developing better flu vaccines to defend Americans against both seasonal influenza and the possibility of a future pandemic outbreak.
Just like death and taxes, the upcoming seasonal flu outbreak is inevitable. Even though flu infections hit Oregon and the rest of the United States every year, health officials can predict little, if anything, about the likely impact. They won't know how bad a ...
In the coming days, David Gressly, the United Nations emergency Ebola response coordinator, will travel to New York City to address the 74th UN General Assembly and solicit resources to end the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
When a man in Ohio developed a swollen lump on his foot, he thought it was just a particularly painful and stubborn bug bite. So he was stunned to find out that it was actually a sign of leukemia, according to news reports. The man, 46-year-old Mike Balla, first ...
Michigan's hepatitis A outbreak continues to sicken people in the state three years after it began, health officials said Friday. Since August 2016, 980 Michiganders have been infected with the virus. Among them, 738 people — about 80% — have been ...
The University of Maryland School of Medicine has won a $200 million federal grant to develop a vaccine that researchers hope will stamp out the flu, the miserable virus that sickens millions and kills thousands every year. The university plans to announce ...
It may not be flu season yet, but it's about to be flu shot season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older get a flu shot — "with rare exception" — and October is the optimal time, according to a ...
Getting lost. Forgetting names. Changing personality. These are among the most common symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, the most well-known and prevalent form of dementia. On this World Alzheimer's Day Saturday, it is estimated that 5.8 million people ...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine health officials on Friday confirmed a second case of polio in a 5-year-old child a day after declaring the country's first outbreak in nearly two decades, and announced plans for a massive immunization program.
Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) and colleagues describe, reportedly for the first time, a circular RNA that fills a critical role in tissue repair after a heart attack, due to its ability to bind harmful molecules, including ...
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – In a ward usually reserved for juvenile burn victims, children lay listlessly under mosquito nets next to worried parents. On a recent day, 9-year-old Carlos Benítez was headed home after enduring several days of intravenous fluids ...
Torrent Pharmaceuticals has expanded its voluntary recall of its losartan potassium tablets to include five additional lots due to unacceptable amounts of N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid, or NMBA, according to an FDA press release. The expanded ...
A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments for the deadly pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional team led by researchers at Skaggs ...
Within the list of medical problems for men, the prostate causes many issues. The prostate gland, although relatively simple in its function, causes concern and confusion for men, the physicians who take care of them, and the partners in their lives.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce a second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, to counter the second-worst outbreak of the ...
The term "blue blood" took on a new meaning for a 25-year-old woman who checked into a Rhode Island emergency room with complaints of fatigue and shortness of breath, as well as a more unusual symptom: her blood was turned navy blue. The patient ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched an investigation on an outbreak of diseases associated with e-cigarettes. By Emily Holland, Patch Staff. Sep 20, 2019 7:10 pm ET. Reply. 0. Six deaths have been confirmed across the United ...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine to protect against genital herpes. Tested on both mice and guinea pigs, the immunization led to "mostly sterilizing immunity" from the virus—the ...
A Rhode Island women's toothache ended up causing her a literal case of the blues, thanks to a bizarre reaction she had to pain medication. According to her doctors, the woman developed a rare and potentially life-threatening disorder that deprived her of ...
PENNSYLVANIA– The Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Health today warned Pennsylvanians to take precautionary measures against mosquito bites for themselves and their animals – specifically horses – as the rare mosquito-transmitted viral ...
Getting lost. Forgetting names. Changing personality. These are among the most common symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, the most well-known and prevalent form of dementia. Today is World Alzheimer's Day. And an estimated 5.8 million people are living ...
In mouse model, repurposed drug attacks medulloblastoma from two sides, reducing need for toxic combination therapies. September 20, 2019 | Yadira Galindo. News_release. A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at ...
"While I was there I got stuck on my thumb and I went 'ouch' but I went back to looking at my telephone," says Jayne Sharp. By Maria Pasquini. September 20, 2019 02:02 PM. FB Twitter More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message Print. Unable to load video.
It's been two years since Michelle and Mark Serpa got the devastating call from a doctor telling them their daughter Hannah had leukemia. The Milton couple quickly brought their then-2½ year-old daughter to Boston Children's Hospital for what would be a ...
(Adds quote, details). GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept 21 (Reuters) - H ealth authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce a second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, to counter the ...
DUPLIN COUNTY, NC (WITN) - An Eastern Carolina school system says some people at two of its schools may have been exposed to someone with tuberculosis. Duplin County Schools says this exposure is likely limited to a very small number of people.
The LIRR is taking extra measures to clean parts of its system after learning that a person with measles traveled on its trains last week, the railroad's president said Friday. Although LIRR president Phillip Eng said state and Nassau County health officials have ...
This action further strengthens our Nation's public health and security by prioritizing United States Government efforts to modernize and improve the production and effectiveness of influenza vaccines to combat the seasonal flu we see every year and to ...
A blood pressure medication recall has been expanded due to the possible inclusion of an impurity that could lead to cancer, given long-term exposure. It's one of the dozens of such recalls which started in July 2018. While these recalls have created a panic ...
Laboratory testing has confirmed that a Bristol County man has died of eastern equine encephalitis in the state's 10th human case of the virus, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said. The latest case was in Freetown man in his 70s, the town ...
Local health officials have confirmed a second case of severe lung disease associated with vaping in King County, as reports of the illness climb across the nation. A woman in her 30s was admitted to a King County hospital in mid-September with shortness ...
FARRAGUT, Tenn. — A Knoxville woman is still regaining feeling in her hands after multiple surgeries to stop a flesh-eating bacteria. Jayne Sharp said she contracted it after she was cut at a local nail salon. She is a mother, grandmother and a retired dental ...
Researchers are working hard to determine the cause of more than 500 cases of lung illness affecting e-cigarette users. Eight of those people have died, sparking a criminal investigation from the FDA – but even before this outbreak, e-cigarettes divided the ...
Long Island Rail Road riders beware: You may have come into contact with measles. Nassau County's latest confirmed measles patient rode the LIRR three times last week between Mineola and Penn Station, county health officials said. The individual took ...
After eight deaths related to a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping that has also sickened more than 500 people across the United States and more in other countries, the CDC is everyone abstain from vaping until the source can be identified. "Until we ...
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