The measles outbreak in West Texas has reignited familiar anti-vaccine tactics: claiming there are readily available treatments for the disease while sowing doubt in the safety of vaccines.
Several parents, doctors and lawmakers nationwide are raising concerns, saying giving melatonin to young kids isn’t well-studied and shouldn’t be done without parental permission.
Lablab beans naturally contain an antiviral trap protein (FRIL) which binds to viruses and prevents them from spreading throughout the body.
Eating combinations of common food additives may be tied to a slightly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published Tuesday.
“We’re here to say no.” Protesters rallied at a Medicaid March in D.C. on Tuesday. One Medicaid recipient explained how the health care gave her treatment she needed to be able to walk again and finish her degree. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
As the blossoms bloom, so does the pollen. News4’s Erika Gonzalez has tips to help ease allergy symptoms.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the CDC soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.
Invasive strep can trigger necrotizing fasciitis, a soft tissue infection known as flesh-eating disease, or a reaction akin to sepsis.
Three people died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping through West Texas in late January.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness.
Another child with measles in Texas has died, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Saturday night, though the exact cause of death is under investigation, NBC News reported.
Public health officials in California confirmed that three people in the town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife in February, NBC News reported.
A hospital that has served D.C. residents for six decades will shut done soon as a new hospital opens about a mile away. United Medical Center in Southeast D.C. will close its doors for good April 15, the same day Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health opens. “It is bittersweet, because UMC has been such an important part...
Six young children at a Lubbock, Texas, day care center have tested positive for measles — a dreaded scenario with the potential to accelerate an already out-of-control outbreak that has spread to at least two other states, NBC News reported.
In total, 11 staff members on the fifth-floor nursing unit of Mass General Brigham’s Newton-Wellesley Hospital were found to have health issues.
Cuts to the CDC and FDA, experts say, could reverse hugely successful campaigns to cut cigarette smoking rates and curb teen vaping.
