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Measles outbreak: 53 confirmed cases

Amid a measles outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people in the Pacific Northwest, Washington lawmakers heard testimony Friday on a bill that would remov...

Eating ready meals and chocolate snacks linked to deadly diseases

The link was clear even after taking into account the greater likelihood of deprivation, smoking, obesity and lower educational background among those who ate u...

Department: Possible rabies exposure from bat at Pacers game

Bats flew around at the AT&T Center twice within days of each other this month - one of which resulted in a hilarious save by the Spurs mascot . Since the b...

7 cases of mumps confirmed at Houston ICE facility, health department says

The Houston Health Department said in a press release that the cases involved seven adults who were detained during their infectious period - meaning there ...

Measles case confirmed in Vancouver; not linked to Washington outbreak

Carrie Stefanson with the health authority says there's no reason to issue a public alert, although health officials do contact places an infected person has be...

Case of measles confirmed in Vancouver

The DOH declared a measles outbreak in these regions last week. "The immediate workplace has been notified and places where that person may have went, but the...

Please Stop Doing the Boiling Water Challenge: Hospitals

Vicik cited injuries to the "feet, arms, hands, face, and varying degrees of burns, as well", in her incident report. The Loyola University wasn't the lone medi...

FDA Warns Women: Breast Implants Are Linked to Cancer, a Rare Lymphoma

Nine of them have died. Once the said cancer occurs in women who have breast implants, it will typically appear in the scar tissue around the implant. Today it ...

China: Tests of possibly tainted medical product show no HIV

Doctors, in seeking to trace the source of the HIV infection, found it was from receiving injections of immunoglobulin produced by Shanghai Xinxing. In July p...

Experimental compound stops mosquitoes from feeding, by making them feel full

After feeding, the bloated mosquitoes often do not feed for several days. "It's like the ultimate Thanskgiving dinner", said Laura Duvall, a study author. Ins...

Microsoft Teams embraces healthcare professionals with latest updates

In addition to these two new healthcare-focused capabilities, Microsoft also announced the integration of FHIR-enabled electronic health records (EHR) data with...

Buy sentiment on Healthcare Stock: Cigna Corporation (CI)

The average true range (ATR) is a measure of volatility introduced by Welles Wilder in his book, "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems". The price moved ...

Student builds prosthetic arm using lego pieces

He built four of them, actually, all of which have contributed to the one Aguilar is now using. At the moment, he studies bioengineering at the Universitat In...

Campaign launched to end mental health stigma | Border

In 2017, McVitie's owner Pladis signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge and, last year, committed to training all its line managers in the United Kingdom on...

Men's brains diminish faster than women's

Louis, in a statement . "It's possible the finding we're seeing helps to explain some of that". The researchers took data from the scans that measured brain ...

Los Angeles City Hall is being overrun with rats

A typhus outbreak in Downtown Los Angeles, has officials considering removing the carpets at City Hall. After one of his staff members was bitten by a flea...

Swine fever spreads in Japan, 15000 pigs to be culled

Aichi officials say they were informed on Monday by the Toyota farm that some pigs had been eating less or had been displaying unusual behavior since late Janua...

Pill inspired by leopard tortoise could replace diabetic injections

The researchers also say the capsule could be used to deliver other protein drugs. "Our motivation is to make it easier for patients to take medication, par...

Women could safely wait five years for smear tests with NHS technique

Cervical cancer screenings could be safely extended to at least five years following a switch to HPV tests, according to a new study. Researchers compared HPV...

Trump administration names NY counties in HIV initiative but impact unclear

In recent years a number of health organizations, including the United Nations, have called for co-ordinated steps to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. Also, coun...

Beer before wine, you'll feel fine? Not according to a new study

Subjects in the third control group had either only beer or only wine. A new study finds that the order in which you consume alcoholic drinks won't actually hel...

Heart disease, stroke cause one in three deaths among women every year

The 2020 Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan hopes to reduce heart disease deaths in Oklahoma by 11 percent by 2020. Experts say early detection is key to pr...

Measles Outbreak In Philippines, Most Dead Are Children

Numerous cases were recorded in the cities of Quezon, Caloocan, Marikina, Pasig, Navotas and Paranaque. More measles cases are being detected in and outside ...

China investigating blood batch possibly tainted with HIV

China has struggled in the past with the spread of HIV due mainly to infected blood transfusions, according to the BBC , but recent reports show that the numb...

Chronic Pain Given As Top Reason For Using Medical Marijuana

In order to establish the study participants' patterns of use, the researchers grouped their conditions into evidence categories pulled from the National Ac...

Anti-vaxxers partly responsible for Europe's highest measles cases in a decade

Europe had a record number of measles cases a year ago, in part due to a growing number of pockets where parents are refusing to vaccinate their children, the W...

New measles cases confirmed in Texas, Washington

The Houston Chronicle reports health officials were told the four children who fell ill had received their first of two measles vaccines. Measles symptoms i...

Don't take phones to bed, health boss tells children

Matt Hancock, the health secretary, asked Professor Davies to... Among the pointers, parents and carers are told to tell children not to look at screens when ...

Horse racing at Doncaster cancelled due to equine flu outbreak

Those three horses had been vaccinated against the illness. Leading Irish trainer Gordon Elliott had horses running at Ayr and has confirmed in his blog with ...

Cannabis: Sperm count and testosterone could increase after use

Men who smoke marijuana may have higher sperm counts than those who have never used the drug , a surprising new study finds. And this difference in physi...