THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Rigorous safety protocols prevented an outbreak of tuberculosis last year in lab monkeys imported to the United States from spreading to humans, a new report shows. Overall, 26 cynomolgus macaque monkeys flown in from Southeast Asia to the United States for research purposesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Alaska health officials say a man in that state has died after contracting Alaskapox, a rare virus that mostly infects small mammals. In a statement, the Alaska Section of Epidemiology said the patient was “an elderly man from the Kenai Peninsula with aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — America’s most popular cold medications contain a nasal decongestant that doesn’t work, creating a knotty dilemma for regulators, a new study reports. Cold remedies containing phenylephrine remain consumers’ most popular choice, despite decades of concern that the decongestant simply isn’t effective, researchers say.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A disturbing number of people sick with an infectious disease conceal their illness to avoid missing work, travel or social events, new research reveals. About three in four people (75%) had either hidden an infectious illness from others at least once or mightContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever” is baloney, doctors say. People fighting off a seasonal respiratory virus need adequate nutrition, regardless of their symptoms, according to advice from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Fever is just one ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay news) — It’s been said that closing the toilet lid before flushing can prevent the spread of all germs, by keeping any flush-produced mist in the bowl. But a new study refutes that, showing that tiny viral particles spread to many restroom surfaces during toiletContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan . 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The maker of Robitussin has recalled eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult cough syrups. The products, which are made by Haleon, may be contaminated with a microbe, and “in immunocompromised individuals, the useContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Flu and COVID are sweeping across the country, posing a particular hazard to people at risk for heart disease. These respiratory infections can trigger heart complications from fever, dehydration and inflammation, experts from Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital say. Mount Sinai doctors areContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Infection in childhood with bacterial meningitis leaves one-third of survivors with long-term neurological damage, often severe, a new study shows. The disease is rare and easily treated with antibiotics. However, as Swedish researchers point out, antibiotics take time to penetrate the brain’s protectiveContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following weeks of increases in flu activity, the latest U.S. government data shows “a single-week decrease” for the first time in months. But health officials warn that the flu season is far from over, with a surge expected shortly. “Folks try not toContinue Reading