FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As mpox continues to spread in Africa, Congolese authorities said Thursday that the first batch of vaccines have arrived in that country’s capital. The shipment comes three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global health emergency.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Weather patterns in California that have been exacerbated by climate change could be fueling more cases of a dangerous fungal infection, scientists warn. The Coccidioides fungus lives in soil, where it can be picked up by rodents and transmitted to people who breatheContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Endometriosis can be a painful, debilitating condition for many women, but new research suggests even more serious consequences: higher odds for heart attacks or strokes. Endometriosis occurs when uterine tissue that normally grows on the inside of the organ grows outside of itContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’re lucky enough to survive a battle with the bloodstream infection sepsis, risks of a recurrence that sends you back to hospital within a month remain high, new data shows. In a study involving over 7,100 patients with sepsis, nearly a quarterContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Like to sleep in on the weekends? You’re probably doing your heart a world of good, a new study shows. Weekend “catch-up” sleep can lower a person’s risk of heart disease by up to 20%, according to findings to be presented Thursday atContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread. “The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries can be controlled, and can be stopped,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Children are seeing far fewer ads for junk food during kids’ TV shows, a new study finds. The number of food and drink ads during children’s programs has dropped by more than 95%, according to researchers’ analysis of television Nielsen ratings. This declineContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of counties in the United States contain at least one “pharmacy desert,” where there’s no retail pharmacy within 10 miles, a new study reports. “As pharmacies close, more and more Americans are left without easy access to medications,” said senior investigatorContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As a summer surge in COVID cases begins to ebb and Americans brace themselves for yet another wave of infections this winter, more free COVID tests will soon be available to all, federal health officials announced Friday. Starting in late September, every U.S.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Body heat is a powerful means by which mosquitos find human beings to bite, a new study shows. Mosquitos were twice as drawn to a target in a laboratory if the source emitted heat roughly the temperature of human skin as well asContinue Reading