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First flu-related deaths of season reported in Nebraska as winter illnesses pick up

It was exactly 100 years ago that 50 million died worldwide from the most severe flu pandemic in recent history, with more than 600,000 deaths occurring in the ...

Woman’s fatal brain-eating infection linked to tap water

When used correctly, neti pots are safe. The woman, from Seattle, USA, developed a rash and had red, raw skin around her nasal passages. Doctors thought it wa...

Say no to eating cookie dough — CDC

The center stated that flour is a "raw agricultural product", and has not been treated to kill germs that could be linked to E. coli . When used in batter or d...

Woman dies from rare brain-eating disease after using neti pot

When the doctors looked at these samples of the tissue under the microscope, they could see the amoebas. After she died, doctors determined the specific inf...

Downing Street denies reported delay of crucial parliament vote on Brexit deal

With her own future in the balance, May has repeatedly insisted that her deal, which envisages continued close ties with the European Union , is the only one o...

Australian researchers develop 10-minute cancer test

And though this "methylscape" could serve as a biomarker for cancer, researchers didn't have a good way to detect it. "A major advantage of this technique is ...

OneBlood Launches Global Donor Search For South Florida Girl With Rare Blood

Earlier this year Zainab was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive and rare form of cancer that mostly affects babies and young children. "The only peop...

Most US Adults Have Not Gotten A Flu Shot This Season

Another 14% who remain unvaccinated claim that they will get the shot, the survey indicates. The season peaked in February and leveled off in the spring, ac...

Breast Cancer Deadlier for Black Women, Despite Same Treatments

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "A major emphasis in these trials is refining treatments to provide more options for patients, such as shorter...

Walgreens teaming up with FedEx for new prescription delivery service

The new next-day service is called Walgreens Express, and users will be charged a fee of $4.99 to get their drugs delivered to their door the day after they ord...

First baby born using uterus transplant from dead donor, doctors say

The woman's previously fertilized and frozen eggs were implanted after seven months and 10 days later she was confirmed pregnant. The recipient, who was not i...

Doctors blame tap water in neti pot for brain-eating amoeba

The case is the second-ever reported in Seattle - the first was in 2013. After experiencing an intense seizure and an apparent loss of brain cognition, doctor...

Doctors amazed after man coughs up blood clot of lung bronchial tree

The New England Journal of Medicine shares some of the most incredible imagery from the often weird and wonderful field of medicine, but sometimes the content...

World’s first baby born via womb transplant from deceased donor

Doctors say the woman had a healthy and fairly typical pregnancy, before giving birth via c-section to a six-pound baby girl past year. "The results establish...

Apple Watch Electrocardiogram App and Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications Available Today

The update also brings the irregular heart rate notification feature to all previous models, including the Apple Watch Series 1 . The study found the ECG ap...

Recalled infants' Ibuprofen sold at Walmart, CVS, Family Dollar

There's a "remote possibility" that the drug could cause permanent kidney damage in infants, the company warned. They were sold at Family Dollar, Walmart an...

Chemicals in shampoo and perfumes may cause early puberty in girls

Although Doctor Harley has acknowledged other elements can play its part on early puberty, she fears the impact this will have on children's mental health. For ...

Polk Medical Center Earns National Award for Quality

Leapfrog Group, which compiles report cards for hospitals nationwide twice a year, recently ranked the 50 states based on the percentage of hospitals that it ha...

Global blood search underway to save the life of two-year-old girl

A compatible donor must also be missing the crucial antigen. The people most likely to have suitable blood are of Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent, accord...

Villagers drain Karnataka lake after HIV+ woman's body found in it

Residents of Morab village in Dharwad, located 30 km from the city centre, are now on a draining task.They have lowered pipes to empty the Jagirdar's Lake in th...

It's not too late to get a flu shot

As part of National Influenza Vaccination Week , District Health Department #10 (DHD#10) is reminding families that it's not too late to get the flu vaccine. I...

Guns Have Decreased The Life Expectancy Of Black Americans

Robert Anderson, chief of the Center for Health Statistics' mortality branch, tells the Post's Bernstein that the leveling off of prescription drug deaths may...

Cases of Polio-Like Illness May Have Peaked — CDC

I am not alone. While that is certainly scary enough, more than 90 percent of the 440 patients diagnosed with AFM since 2014 have been children under the age ...

6 french fries? A Harvard professor says that's enough

Chan School of Public Health , reckons we should just have six little chips and somehow be happy with that decision. What is he, the fry police? People who a...

Groundbreaking 10- minute cancer test developed by scientists

Corresponding author Professor Matt Trau , from the University of Queensland , Brisbane, in Australia, reckons it may be the "holy grail" of cancer diagnostic...

Blood test to detect cancer within just 10 minutes developed by scientists

And because the same changes occur in all cancerous cells, the test should work on all cancer types, the team believes. "This unique nano-scaled DNA signature...

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

The Cleveland program is continuing to use deceased donors. The patient was a 32-year-old woman with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a rare ge...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likens her election win to America's historic moon landing

Rep. -elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confused some with her recent comments comparing her election to Congress to other American feats of greatness like landi...

Fact checkers bust Ocasio-Cortez for false claim about Pentagon spending

Medicare for All costs ~$32T. "And that's before our premiums", she wrote in the tweet that has been retweeted 25,000 times . "For starters, the combined P...

South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer

Must be exclusively Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent - meaning the donor's birth parents are both 100% Pakistani, Indian or Iranian. But finding compatibl...