It started with a bizarre burning sensation in her feet. Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up […]
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“A sicker America”: Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
The US Senate on Thursday confirmed the long-time anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human […]
Nine unvaccinated people hospitalized as Texas measles outbreak doubles
In an interview with Ars Technica last week, Zach Holbrooks, the executive director of the South Plains Public Health District […]
Judge orders Trump admin. to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight
“Irrational removal” In his opinion, Bates cited the declarations from Stephanie Liou, a physician who works with low-income immigrant families […]
Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada
However, the new Nevada case is notable because it marks the first time D1.1 is known to have jumped from […]
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties
Still, the county-wide number obscures pockets of yet lower vaccination rates. That includes the independent public school district in Loop, […]
Protection from COVID reinfections plummeted from 80% to 5% with omicron
“The short-lived immunity leads to repeated waves of infection, mirroring patterns observed with common cold coronaviruses and influenza,” Hiam Chemaitelly, […]
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain
The spread of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cows is unprecedented; the US outbreak is the first of its kind […]
Sick right now? Flu is resurging to yet a higher peak this season.
Currently, flu activity is categorized as “very high” in 29 states, and “high” in 15. States in the South are […]
FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
The approval “is an important public health milestone in acute pain management,” Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, J.D., M.D., acting director of the […]