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Kennedy Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
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Seasonal allergies are in full force. Experts explain why — and what can help symptoms. May is also typically peak pollen season with high levels of both tree pollens and grass pollens, Dr. Robert Zemble, allergy division chief at Lehigh Valley Health Network, told CBS News. Even if you ...
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Screening Tests for Colon Cancer Together, Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW Medicine offer a full range of screening options to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer or to find it at its earliest stage.
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Measles cases surpass 900 in US as infections confirmed in 29 states, CDC data shows Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 900 as outbreaks continue to spread across the county, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. A total of 935 cases have been confirmed in 29 states including Alaska, ...
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Quick takes: Louisiana pertussis rise, yellow fever in Ecuador, polio cases in 2 countries Officials also said Ecuador residents who are traveling to high-risk areas on the country's Amazon region must be vaccinated against yellow fever at least 10 days before traveling. In March, the Pan American Health Organization ( ...
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Immunotherapy Drug Eliminated Need for Surgery, Chemo in Early Stage Cancers People with the dMMR gene mutation, which most often presents in colorectal cancer, are the best candidates for this novel treatment. New findings from a clinical trial highlight the ...
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Regular Chicken Consumption Linked to Higher Death Risk From GI Cancers Poultry is widely considered a healthier protein source and a cornerstone of healthy eating plans like the Mediterranean diet. Factors that could affect mortality rates and cancer incidence were not considered in the study, prompting calls for ...
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Mobility doesn't have to stop you from enjoying the great outdoors Tips for building an outdoor , workout routine.Spending time in nature has long been known to improve both physical and mental well-being, similarly to the known effects of regular exercise.According to Debbie Rhea, a professor in kinesiology at Texas ...
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He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom In 2001, after working up to it for years, Tim Friede finally allowed himself to be bitten by a snake. He started with venomous cobras because they're dangerous — and because they're what he had on hand at the time. "My first couple bites were really ...
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CDC: 12 more children die of flu, reaching new season high for a nonpandemic year Twelve more US children have died of influenza, surpassing the previous high for a flu season outside of a pandemic year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its weekly update today. The pediatric deaths push the season total ...
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Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him 200 Times Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species.
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Study Findings Suggest Addressing Maternal Anemia Could Reduce Risk of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants Heart defects are the most common types of birth defects, affecting nearly 1% of births each year in the US. The prevalence of some types of CHDs is increasing, particularly mild types, and the most common form is a ventricular septal defect.
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Measles Update: The Public's View and How Pharmacists Can Combat Misinformation Measles cases in the United States have reached a total of 935, and the outbreak has since crossed borders in Mexico and Canada, as of May 2, 2025. Health experts continue to advocate for vaccination with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine; ...
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Brain health experts' top 3 tips for lowering your risk of dementia, stroke and depression—all at the same time There are certain lifestyle choices that can lower your risk of developing dementia, stroke and depression later in life, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. "At least 60% of stroke, ...
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What BMI does and doesn't say about your health, according to doctors At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. While it's still helpful, the truth is a little more complicated, doctors say.
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Strategies to Reduce Risks of Ultraprocessed Foods: Mingyang Song, MBBS, ScD Looking ahead, what research or policy efforts show the most promise in reducing diet-related cancer risks? On the research side, for ultraprocessed food, we definitely need more research. One of the ...
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216 children have died from flu this season, CDC reports NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Confounding Politics of Junk Food Kennedy has put junk food at the center of the political conversation, speaking about ultra-processed foods and their established links to chronic disease—despite President Donald Trump's well-known reverence for fast food of all kinds.
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Why is measles spreading in Canada, Mexico and the US? The United States and Canada are experiencing one of their worst measles outbreaks in years, while the virus has also crossed to neighbouring Mexico. A total of 2,500 cases and four deaths have been reported in the ...
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RFK Jr. calls for 'new' vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called "a radical departure from past practices." The policy change would force vaccines, in order to ...
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Should adults get measles booster vaccines? Texas measles outbreak spreads to 660+ cases With two confirmed measles cases in Travis County and a large outbreak in West Texas, adults might be wondering whether they need to get a booster shot to protect against the highly contagious disease. The answer? Probably not but there are some ...
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Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Aren't the 'Dietary Boogeyman' I wish it astonished me that people are still publishing studies about non-nutritive sweeteners' purported links to weight gain despite the lack of any such finding in formal trials or in the post-market surveillance of these additives' longstanding ...
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Popcorn lung: how vaping could scar your lungs for life Officially known as bronchiolitis obliterans, popcorn lung is a rare but serious and irreversible disease that damages the tiny airways in the lungs, leading to persistent coughing, wheezing, fatigue and breathlessness. The term " ...
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Can drinking champagne reduce your risk of sudden cardiac arrest? Here's why it's only a small part of the story "My only regret in life is that I didn't drink enough champagne," the English economist and philosopher John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) is reported to have said. As it turns out, there may be a surprising ounce of truth to that quote.
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Louisiana is facing a record surge in whooping cough cases. Here's what to know. Whooping cough is a respiratory illness that's very contagious. It's caused by bacteria that spreads from person to person in the air through coughing, sneezing and close contact. Early symptoms may look the like common cold ...
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Utah teen stroke survivor wants more people to know the signs PROVO, Utah — May is Stroke Awareness Month, an initiative aimed at helping people recognize the signs and symptoms of strokes. While high blood pressure and age are the main risk factors for stroke, they can affect anyone, as evidenced by 17-year-old ...
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Louisiana whooping cough cases for 2025 higher than last year's total, LDH reports Compared to 153 total state cases in 2024, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has identified 164 cases in the first four months of 2025. Nationwide, over 8,400 cases have been reported this year by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Louisiana whooping cough cases continue to surge, 70% of patients are babies FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. Louisiana's deadly ...
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Killer fungi to spread as climate heats up Rising temperatures will drive the global spread of a killer fungus that infects millions of people a year, according to new research on how climate change is stoking severe disease threats. The Aspergillus family could expand its reach ...
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Top doctors warn about bird flu virus spread and pandemic concerns H5N1 has been infecting humans since 1997, so it's had time to evolve, but still doesn't easily jump from person to person, Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases ...
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H5N1 on the Brink: Global Virologists Urge Immediate Action to Thwart a Potential Pandemic A newly published report in The Lancet Regional Health—Americas by the Global Virus Network (GVN)—a consortium of top virologists from over 40 countries—issues an urgent call to action to mitigate the escalating threat of H5N1 avian influenza.
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4th measles case reported in Illinois this year, health dashboard shows The state tracking dashboard showed the new case was reported Friday. ABC7 is working to find out where that case occurred. Two cases have been diagnosed in Cook County this year, and one in southern ...
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Toronto Public Health warns of possible measles exposure at Ripley's Aquarium Toronto Public Health is warning residents who went to Ripley's Aquarium last week that they might have been exposed to measles. In a news release Friday, the public health agency said a person who visited the aquarium on Monday, April 21 between 1 ...
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Pasadena Public Health Confirms One Case of Whooping Cough in Resident Whooping cough spreads through coughing or close contact with an infected person. Symptoms usually appear 5 to 21 days after exposure. Early signs resemble a cold (sneezing, runny nose, mild cough), and usually a low-grade fever (less than 100.4 degrees F ...
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Can vitamin D help prevent colorectal cancer? The science is promising – but not straightforward Similarly, another study reported a 25% lower CRC risk among individuals with high dietary vitamin D intake. Data from the Nurses' Health Study – a long-term investigation of American nurses – showed that ...
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New gene editing tool enables precise control of mitochondrial mutation load A fundamental challenge in mitochondrial disease research is that patients typically have a mix of both normal and mutated mtDNA within their cells. This condition, known as heteroplasmy, makes targeted therapies difficult to develop, as the normal-to- ...
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Summer travel brings risk of measles New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) recommends a dose of measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine for anyone unvaccinated or unsure of their vaccination status traveling into or out of the state for leisure travel, summer camps, art markets and other ...
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Getting active in midlife may boost brain resilience to Alzheimer's Sedentary behavior is a known risk factor for dementia, while midlife physical activity has been shown to reduce the risk of AD and cognitive decline. This could be through pathways such as improved mental and cardiovascular health.
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Study finds ultra-processed foods contributed to over 100000 deaths in just 2 years The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, used risk models to analyze deaths in the United States between 2017 and 2018 to see how many "preventable deaths" could be linked to the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs).
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Damage from gut bacteria may play a role in the rise in colon cancer in young adults Escherichia coli or E. coli is a part of family of bacteria that are commonly found in the human gut. Scientists found that a toxin the bacteria release is linked to some cases of colorectal cancer.
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Hospital-based outbreak detection system saves lives An infectious diseases detection platform developed by University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection preventionists proved over a two-year trial that it stops outbreaks, saves lives and cuts costs. The results are published ...
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Metabolic Alcoholic Liver Disease: 5 Things to Know When the Nomenclature Consensus Initiative, a global collaboration among various national hepatology societies, endocrinology societies, and patient advocacy organizations, introduced new terminology to replace nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...
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Toronto Public Health warns of measles exposure at major tourist attraction Health officials in Toronto are warning of a possible measles exposure at one of the city's biggest tourist attractions. Toronto Public Health said that on Monday, April 21, someone with a case of measles had visited Ripley's Aquarium, beside the CN ...
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Tonga: Dengue Fever Outbreak: Situation Report #47 - 2nd May 2025 As of today, 7 new cases reported with positive rapid test, which brings up the total cumulative DF cases to 625. Majority of confirmed cases from Vava'u (300), Tongatapu (265) ...
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Scientists Uncover Hidden Bacterial "Skeletons" Behind Lingering Lyme Disease Symptoms Persistent Lyme symptoms may be caused by immune responses to bacterial cell wall fragments that remain in the body after treatment. Northwestern researchers found that unique peptidoglycan from Borrelia burgdorferi lingers in tissues, sparking ...
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What causes motion sickness and how to avoid it: Japan expert shares travel season tips TOKYO -- As the spring travel season arrives, opportunities for outings by car or other vehicles increase. At such times, people can be troubled by motion sickness. Is the common advice to "look into the distance" truly effective?
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Santa Clara County confirms first carfentanil death The County of Santa Clara Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed the first overdose death in Santa Clara County due to carfentanil last week. The deceased was a 39-year-old male who was found dead with M30 pills, counterfeit pills made to look like ...
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Funding For Life : Lyme Disease Awareness Month With the warmer weather, more people are spending time outdoors, increasing the risk of encountering disease-carrying ticks. One tick bite is all it takes to change a life. A chance for Lyme patients, activists and educators to spread information on how to ...
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Here's what actually makes a difference for women going through perimenopause Menopause concept. 3d rendering of pink female gender symbol with pause sign inside. Image credit: Getty Images.
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Health care for transgender children questioned in 400-page Trump administration report On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services published a 400-page document entitled "Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices." The review's authors are not being named ...
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