Wuhan coronavirus: Citywide lockdown disrupts Lunar New Year travel plans of millions
Authorities in China have enforced a partial lockdown of transport links in and out of the central city of Wuhan, disrupting the Lunar New Year…
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Surgeries are being postponed because of a surgical gown shortage
When the patriarch of a Boston-area family was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer, the family was told he needed to start treatment…
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Chinese city of Wuhan is now on lockdown as new virus spreads more widely
WUHAN, China — Chinese state media say the city of Wuhan is shutting down outbound flights and trains as the country battles the spread of a new…
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Link between stress and hair turning prematurely gray revealed in animal study
Marie Antoinette’s hair suddenly turned white before the ill-fated French queen was taken to the guillotine to have her head chopped off,…
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Thousands of students missing school as flu cases skyrocket in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Flu cases in El Paso have skyrocketed with nearly 2,000 more this season compared to this time last year and nearly double the…
Continue Reading Two Excedrin products are temporarily discontinued, company says
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has temporarily discontinued two types of Excedrin items as a precautionary measure. The company has…
Continue Reading Men should be allowed to donate sperm after death, study says
Sperm donations from dead men is “ethically permissible,” say doctors seeking to tackle the shortage of living donors in the UK. A study…
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‘New heart is working perfect’: Las Cruces teen undergoes successful transplant surgery after long wait
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — After months on a waiting list and a lifetime of anticipation, a Las Cruces teenager finally received a new heart during a…
Continue Reading How healthy is your neighborhood for your child? Take a look
How does your neighborhood rank in terms of opportunity for your child to grow into a healthy, well-educated and employable adult? If you live in one…
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El Paso’s Criminal Incident Response Team is 1st in Texas to provide free mental health services
EL PASO, Texas– It’s the first of it’s kind in the state of Texas and it’s here in El Paso. Since the Aug. 3 Walmart shooting in El Paso, Emergence…
Continue Reading China is trying to stop the spread of a deadly new virus at the worst possible time of year
Governments around the world have always struggled to stop the spread of disease, from the deadly swine flu which struck the globe in 2009, to…
Continue Reading First U.S. case of China’s Wuhan coronavirus confirmed by CDC
EVERETT, Washington, — The United States has its first confirmed case of a new virus that appeared in Wuhan, China, last month, the U.S.…
Continue Reading Weed may not ease sleep problems, especially for regular users, studies say
If the weed Twitterverse is to be believed, a lot of marijuana users rely on a nightly puff or two to drift off into la-la land. And surveys of…
Continue Reading Seven sunscreen chemicals enter bloodstream after one use, FDA says, but don’t abandon sun protection
After a single application, a total of seven chemicals commonly found in sunscreens can be absorbed into the bloodstream at levels that exceed safety…
Continue Reading Your waist size may be more important than weight for multiple heart attack risk
Heart attack survivors who carry extra weight around their belly are at greater risk of another heart attack, new research has found, another reason…
Continue Reading Vaccine for new Chinese coronavirus in the works
The National Institutes of Health is working on a vaccine against the new virus that has infected hundreds and killed four in Asia. “The NIH is…
Continue Reading Weed may not help cancer pain, study says
“Yup, life’s a tradeoff,” Susan Sarandon tells co-star Julia Roberts while smoking weed in the 1998 tearjerker “Step…
Continue Reading Patients at risk for heart problems should be cautious about using marijuana
About 2 million American adults with cardiovascular disease say they’ve used marijuana, despite the drug being a potential risk for heart…
Continue Reading Today’s ‘Blue Monday’ depression peak isn’t real, but seasonal blues are. Here’s what to do about them
As if we needed any more reason to ruminate over life’s daily plights, today (January 20) is Blue Monday — the third Monday of January,…
Continue Reading Did ’13 Reasons Why’ lead to a spike in adolescent suicides? Researchers are divided
When Netflix debuted “13 Reasons Why” in 2017, some mental health experts argued the show was “dangerous” for its depiction…
Continue Reading The battle between science and skepticism
At a time when almost everything is politicized, vaccination has planted itself squarely on the national stage. On one side of the debate are parents…
Continue Reading A teen’s final days with the flu
On Christmas Day, 16-year-old Kaylee Roberts opened presents at her aunt’s house in suburban Cleveland, joyfully celebrating the holiday and…
Continue Reading Flu has killed 39 children this season, but virus activity continues to decline
Flu activity in the United States declined in the week ending January 11, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading CDC to screen at three US airports for signs of new virus from China
More than 100 staffers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being deployed to three US airports to check passengers arriving…
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CDC: Kids who eat healthy could do better in school, tips for you to set your kids up for success
EL PASO, Texas — If your kids are having trouble focusing in school, their diets could be to blame. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says kids…
Continue Reading A second person has died from a new SARS-like virus in China
A second person has died in China from a new virus that has infected dozens of people and put the rest of Asia on alert, Chinese health officials…
Continue Reading 170 people sickened at Yosemite National Park after likely norovirus outbreak
About 170 people who’ve gone to Yosemite National Park this month are suffering from gastrointestinal illness, including visitors and…
Continue Reading Utah governor asks state’s health department to take the sexual innuendos off of free condoms
The state of Utah is hoping to distribute condoms, just not the innuendos that were printed on them. Utah’s Department of Health planned to…
Continue Reading Your Fitbit could help health officials predict flu outbreaks in real-time
That Fitbit you’ve been wearing could be doing a lot more than tracking your trips to the store. It may help health officials stop the flu from…
Continue Reading US adults who binge drink are drinking even more, study says
Adults in the United States who binge drink are consuming even more alcohol per binging episode, according to a new study published Thursday by the…
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