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Whooping Cough Case Confirmed At Bryan Station

The Lexington Fayette-County Health Department has confirmed the case out of Bryan Station High School. Students at the school with chronic illnesses or weake...

Patient at Pennsylvania hospital is being tested for Ebola

Preliminary testing indicates that the patient has another condition, according to Penn Medicine. It's unclear whether the patient had traveled to a place tha...

Measles cases reported in several Houston-area communities

County officials were working to confirm that the woman had been vaccinated. The Vancouver-area measles outbreak began January 1 and stands at 49 confirmed ca...

Ontario gov't reports health document leak to OPP; employee fired

The NDP said in a January 31 news release that they had obtained a health care privatization bill that indicated Doug Ford is revving up for serious cuts and pr...

Experts call for emergency declaration on Ebola in Congo

But the situation in the summer of 2014 was very different: Ebola was spreading like wildfire in three countries, there was concern it would spread beyond Afr...

Rick Perry is the designated survivor during SOTU address

Perry, who was appointed to Secretary of Energy in 2017, will remain outside the House chamber in an undisclosed location during President Trump's remarks. Pe...

'Shocking' rise in obesity-related cancers among young adults

The risk of colorectal , uterine , pancreas , and gallbladder cancer in millennials is about double the risk that baby boomers had at that age. Despite the...

Measles Outbreaks in U.S. Coasts has Local Health Officials Concerned

The mother of a 39-year-old physician, Dr. Kendrick Gotoc, who was inoculated by the vaccine three times prior to his death on April 22, 2018, filed cases of ob...

Study finds women's brains appear to be three years younger than men's

This could provide one clue to why women tend to stay mentally sharp longer than men, the authors noted. "Females had a younger brain age relative to males"...

Three measles cases confirmed in Houston area

Measles was considered eradicated in the U.S.in 2000, as a result of immunization, but over the last few years more and more cases have been reported in Texas a...

Millennials face increased risk of cancer 'because they're so fat'

But for six of the 12 obesity-related cancers - colorectal, endometrial , gallbladder, kidney, pancreas and multiple myeloma there was a steady increase in inc...

Womens brains appear years younger than men´s

This in turn may help explain why women tend to experience less of a decline in thinking abilities as they age, the researchers wrote in the study, published to...

Around 110 women die daily from breast cancer in Pakistan

Because of the previous investments in cancer research, millions of cancer patients are alive today, and we are enjoying a quarter century of sustained ...

Brushing teeth may not be so good

Nevertheless, the study revealed that when teeth are in the forming stage, excess fluoride can lead to dental fluorosis or tooth streaking or spottiness. Young ...

Cancer rates rising in the young obese

The American Cancer Society study, which used data covering half the United States population, found that six cancers known to be related to obesity were rising...

Detroit auto show attendee diagnosed with rubella

Officials say the person may have been contagious at the time. Fewer than 10 cases have been reported in the nation since that declaration, though it does occur...

Vaping helps users quit smoking

At the same time, Rigotti and other experts cautioned that no vaping products have been approved in the U.S.to help smokers quit. "2.6 million Australians smo...

President Trump plan would channel prescription discounts to patients

Under a proposed rule HHS released January 31, drug manufacturers would no longer be able to give rebates to pharmacy benefit managers , but they would be al...

Huge smear test backlog hits 150,000 women in English NHS

At one stage previous year only one in three women undergoing a smear test received their results within the recommended 14 days, and the Department of Health a...

My Health Record: Deadline To Opt-Out Looms

Around 1.1 million Australians have already opted out of the controversial scheme, and those who don't will automatically have a My Health Record created. "We...

Statins cut risk of cardiovascular disease in over-75s

The results also found statin therapy didn't increase the risk of deaths from non-cardiovascular disease or the risk of cancer. Experts behind the study estim...

Anthem speeds up pharmacy benefits launch, sees 2019 profit above estimates

Anthem Inc. released its Q4 earnings report Wednesday morning , which was highlighted by the announced that the much-anticipated launch of IngenioRx has been m...

RCMP talk mental health

Fans are encouraged to wear purple in support. Since the " Bell Let's Talk " initiative began, Bell has donated more than $93.4 million to mental health or...

CMS launches app to outline services covered under Medicare

The app will house the claims data patients have a right to access. This will make patient data access more valuable. The initiative is one of several "focuse...

CDC raising concerns over increasing number of measles cases

Failure to vaccinate children lowers what is known as the "herd immunity" of any given population, making it much easier for diseases to spread between individu...

Aerobic exercise may help keep your brain sharp

A comparison group that did only stretching and toning during the same period did not see the same benefits, the study team reports in Neurology . The stud...

CDC: Flu activity elevated across the country | Nursing

According to the Walgreens Flu Index, Nebraska as a whole ranked number one for flu activity in the nation for the week ending January 19th. The CDC reporte...

Nearly Half of US Adults Have Heart or Blood Vessel Disease

In its 2019 update, the American Heart Association said this year's big increase is primarily due to the definition of high blood pressure , which was update...

Ontario health care needs major surgery

Premier Doug Ford's office did not immediately comment, but Health Minister Christine Elliott called a news conference for Thursday afternoon. A source told t...

VA unveils proposed new rules for expanding private-sector care

Where it stands now, veterans must live at least 40-miles from their nearest VA facility to use community care. "Most Americans can already choose the healthc...