As the number of measles cases continued to soar, more than 140,000 people across the globe died from measles last year, according to a new report…
Continue Reading Scientists say they have made a breakthrough on developing a contraceptive pill that only needs to be taken once a month. The star-shaped capsule…
Continue Reading Red flags have been erected across Samoa to mark unvaccinated households as the government shuts down Thursday to deploy all resources to reining in…
Continue Reading The climate crisis is making us more vulnerable to ticks in an unprecedented and growing threat to public health, according to a new report.…
Continue Reading A teen from Southeast Alaska is the state’s first case of vaping-related lung injury, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social…
Continue Reading To prevent heart problems later in life, people 45 and younger with higher levels of bad cholesterol might want to change their eating and exercise…
Continue Reading Carbon dioxide emissions are expected to reach another record high this year, a new report found Wednesday, with scientists warning the world is…
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When Donna Bonin’s 13-year-old son recently came down with a sky-high fever, she thought to herself: This can’t be the flu. It’s…
Continue Reading US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced the launch of a national program Tuesday to provide free HIV-prevention drugs to uninsured…
Continue Reading Doctors at Duke University Medical Center this month “reanimated” a heart for a first-of-its-kind transplant performed on an adult in the…
Continue Reading Want to live a long, healthy life? So do I. That’s why for the past 15 years I’ve explored places around the world where people have done…
Continue Reading Seattle Children’s Hospital knew for years that a mold infestation in its facilities could be related to its air-handling system, but…
Continue Reading New York City has surpassed a major goal against HIV/AIDS two years ahead of schedule, city officials announced Monday. The target, originally set…
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High school students in states that require universal background checks on all prospective gun buyers are less likely to carry guns compared to…
Continue Reading Women are at risk of giving birth early due to warmer temperatures brought on by the climate crisis, a new study finds. The study, published Monday…
Continue Reading Nearly a quarter of young adults and a fifth of adolescents in the United States have prediabetes, according to a study published Monday in the…
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EL PASO, Texas — A new study from the journal Pediatrics found good news for most parents of high school athletes: rates of concussions have gone…
Continue Reading The government of Samoa will shut its doors Thursday and Friday and redeploy civil servants to help deal with a deadly measles outbreak, Prime…
Continue Reading As people around the world commemorate World AIDS Day, in many countries, the disease is still cutting lives short at an alarming rate. Of the…
Continue Reading A Kentucky company is recalling bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products over misbranding and undeclared allergens. Blue Grass Quality Meats is…
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EL PASO, Texas — No parent wants their child to suffer from anxiety, depression or low self-esteem, but new studies show that unlimited access to…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – At age 70, Sheila Vakselis had a kidney transplant. Some people said she was too old to receive a new kidney, but Sheila has…
Continue Reading On June 24 at 11:34 AM, Michael Sonn became a part of medical history. That’s the day Sonn became one of the first people to receive an…
Continue Reading Like an inbox filled with emails about Black Friday sales, the one thing you can count on the day after Thanksgiving is a fridge packed with…
Continue Reading The convictions of four former top executives of Insys Therapeutics, an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company which made the powerful opioid Subsys,…
Continue Reading Americans weigh more this decade than they did last decade, but fewer adults say they want to lose weight. 28% of Americans said they weighed 200…
Continue Reading Anyone who’s ever had a fragile grandparent knows that falls are especially dangerous for the elderly — and Jimmy Carter has had three…
Continue Reading The FDA sent a warning letter to EPH Technologies, accusing it of marketing and selling unapproved drugs. The products are sold under the names…
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Massachusetts placed heavy restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine vaping products Wednesday, with GOP Gov. Charlie Baker signing…
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – When it comes to giving birth, it’s certainly encouraging for mothers-to-be to have the support of family and friends. Having…
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