TUESDAY, May 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some of the nation’s top brain researchers are still facing layoffs, even after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said no working scientists would be cut. Last month, scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Power outages greatly increase a young child’s chances of carbon monoxide poisoning due to improper use of gasoline-powered generators, a new study says. Children younger than 5 had a more than 50% increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning during small-scale power outages affectingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Next time you see your family physician or a hospital doctor, be extra kind and patient — they could be on the verge of burning out, a new study warns. About 10% of internal medicine doctors in the U.S. report a high levelContinue Reading
The new initiative will focus on research using the beta-propiolactone vaccine platformContinue Reading
SUNDAY, April 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One moment, Dr. Cornelius Sullivan was standing over a patient during surgery. The next, he woke up in an ambulance on the way to the emergency room. The anesthesiologist had hit his head on a monitor that had been moved behind him atContinue Reading
Government hopes to be prepared for possible bird flu pandemic or outbreak of other flu variationsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu. The project is a partnership between the state and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to CBS News. ClinicsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Recreational use of “magic mushroom” psilocybin skyrocketed in the U.S. during the early 2020s, as states began toying with legalization of the psychedelic drug, a new study says. The number of adults 30 and older who had used psilocybin in the past yearContinue Reading
SATURDAY, April 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Bird flu is changing fast and could become more dangerous to humans, new research from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte suggests. A team of scientists found that the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, is becoming more adept at infectingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The inability to pay for health care has reached a new high in the United States, a new study says. More than one-third of Americans — an estimated 91 million people — say they couldn’t afford to access quality health care if theyContinue Reading