An automotive assembly plant closing in a US county has been associated with 85% higher opioid overdose death rates among working-age adults in that…
Continue Reading Looking back over more than 30 years working in public health globally and in the United States, I can’t recall a year with as pronounced a…
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A new law in the United States that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 is now in effect, according to the US Food…
Continue Reading An Indiana mother accused of injecting fecal matter into her 15-year-old son’s IV bag has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Tiffany…
Continue Reading A single dose of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine may be just as effective as two or three doses at preventing cancer-causing HPV infection,…
Continue Reading When ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff died, he had been diagnosed with multifocal pneumonia and a rare disease known as HLH, his fiancée tweeted.…
Continue Reading If you’ve ever tried to make a New Year’s resolution, chances are you didn’t stick with it past February, much less the whole year.…
Continue Reading Teaching young boys to respect their female peers goes a long way — it may even help prevent violent behaviors, one study reports. The study,…
Continue Reading A new study sheds light on one potential health benefit of exercise: a lower risk of certain cancers. The study, published Thursday in the Journal of…
Continue Reading People using illicit opioids are not only at an increased risk of a drug-related death, but a new study finds they have an elevated risk of dying…
Continue Reading A hard-boiled egg recall has expanded to products sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s following a deadly listeria outbreak. Almark Foods broadened…
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EL PASO, Texas — The holidays can be filled with cheer and joy, but they can also be difficult for those trying to stay healthy. While festive…
Continue Reading A person diagnosed with measles traveled to several locations around Austin, Texas, and may have exposed others to the contagious disease, health…
Continue Reading From the outside, the store is clearly marked. Inside, rows of colorful products are on display. As far as any average shopper on this street in…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced the approval of a drug called ubrogepant for the acute treatment of migraine, which could be…
Continue Reading The concerning scenario has played out in my office over and over again this season. “Your child is due for the flu vaccine today” is…
Continue Reading Swords swirl around their bodies, coming perilously close to piercing flesh. Blades flashing in the morning sun, the young women twirl, cartwheel and…
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping spending bill into law, including a measure that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone…
Continue Reading Here’s some background information about Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola…
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Lower premiums and more plan choices did not attract more Americans to sign up for Obamacare plans for 2020. Some 8.3 million people selected…
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EL PASO, Texas – University Medical Center, for the first time in its 115-year history, will have two new satellite emergency departments located…
Continue Reading Antibiotics commonly prescribed to babies may lead to an increased risk of allergies later in childhood, possibly because the medications can affect…
Continue Reading It took every bit of Clyde Hoffman’s willpower to not touch every button, switch, and lever in Colorado’s Wings Over The Rockies Air…
Continue Reading A deadly, multistate outbreak of Listeria infections has been linked to packaged hard-boiled eggs, and retailers and consumers are warned not to…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug administration has approved for the first time in the United States a vaccine for the prevention of the deadly Ebola virus, the…
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(Editor’s note: If you find yourself struggling with mental health issues this holiday season, you can call the Behavioral Health Crisis Hotline at…
Continue Reading Remember the E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce last month? Turns out, it’s not over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced…
Continue Reading Doctors shared details Thursday about what happened to the brain of one diplomat who may be a victim of the so-called sonic attacks that have…
Continue Reading The number of vaping-related lung injury cases have topped 2,500 nationwide. As of December 17, there were 2,506 hospitalized cases of lung injury…
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EL PASO, Texas — “There have been two scary days when we thought we were gonna have to say goodbye to her. Of course nobody wants to do that,…
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