THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following a cyberattack on one of the nation’s largest health insurers that’s thrown health care payments into disarray and likely exposed reams of private patient data, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it has begun an investigation into theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The White House on Wednesday launched a nationwide call for more training and better access to the lifesaving opioid overdose drug naloxone. Called the Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose, the initiative urges organizations and businesses to commit to train employees on howContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New technology might soon allow men in same-sex relationships to have a child genetically related to both dads, researchers say. The technology uses skin cells from one person to alter the genetics of a donated egg, researchers reported March 8 in the journalContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 virus can linger in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after they’ve shaken their initial infection, new findings show. Researchers found pieces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID, lingering in the blood for up to 14Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When the clocks spring forward or fall back, many folks will find themselves struggling to adjust. The transition to Daylight Saving Time each Spring is the toughest on people, both mentally and physically. Research has found that people “springing forward” have an increasedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ever since one child, dubbed the ‘Mississippi baby,’ went into drug-free remission of HIV in 2013, experts have wondered if giving treatment within hours of birth might do the same for others. The results of a new trial conducted in Africa suggest itContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Just three weeks after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children, lawmakers in that state passed legislation that shields both patients and providers who use in vitro fertilization (IVF) from civil and criminal liability. Gov. Kay Ivey, aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s more good news around the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic: It might help ease fatty liver disease in people living with HIV, new research shows. Six months of weekly injections of Ozempic (semaglutide) resulted in an average 31% reduction of a harmfulContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Childhood exposure to lead has long been a public health concern, with lead in water and paint leading to brain damage and developmental delays in kids. Now researchers have uncovered an unexpected source of household lead exposure — firearm ammunition. There’s about aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a move that acknowledges that COVID-19 is no longer the danger it once was, the White House on Monday lifted a COVID testing requirement for anyone who plans to be near President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses. TheContinue Reading