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
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New, proposed guidance being weighed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days. This is the first time the agency has even considered loosening itsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — School districts could be severely underestimating how many kids are homeless in their communities, allowing those children to fall through the cracks, a new study warns. Schools around the United States report that more than 1.2 million students are homeless every year. ButContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The care you receive in a medical emergency may hinge strongly on where you are when you need it. That’s a key takeaway from a comprehensive review of the nation’s emergency medical service (EMS) systems by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Novo Nordisk has settled lawsuits against two Florida businesses that claimed to sell copycat versions of its popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. The Danish drugmaker announced the settlements Friday, according to NBC News. The move capped a legal battle that began inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped Americans navigate the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, will reflect on his career in a memoir set for release this summer. His publisher, Viking, announced that the book, titled “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service,”Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship that sailed out of San Francisco on Wednesday. More than 150 people on the Queen Victoria, operated by Cunard Cruise Lines, have reportedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Preliminary data from the largest survey examining the quality of life for transgender and nonbinary Americans show they suffer high levels of unemployment and harassment. In the early findings, released Wednesday, the National Center for Transgender Equality gathered responses on 600 questions fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — CPR can save lives, but its ability to restore heart function goes from slim to none in a shockingly short time, a new study finds. How short? A person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest while receiving CPR declines from 22% after one minuteContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A company in Ecuador that processed the cinnamon used in flavored applesauce pouches destined for the American market is the likely source of lead contamination in those products, U.S. investigators said. In an update to its investigation into recalled WanaBana, Weis and SchnucksContinue Reading