Medicine

A spike in cases of walking pneumonia among young children has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue an alert. The CDC reports emergency room visits for children with respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have been rising rapidly in recent months. Cases among children 2 to 4 years old increased from 1% in April…

A clinical trial is testing whether an existing drug could benefit patients with Alzheimer’s disease, in hopes of making symptom-improving medication more accessible for people experiencing mild cognitive impairment.

A Mexican-American labor and delivery nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital pursues her passion with language and culture.  

Labor and delivery nurse Melissa Flores Barajas hopes to impact more patients in her community through her language and culture. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

After spending nearly a year at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, conjoined twins Amari and Javar Ruffin were successfully separated.

Forty years after the Hatch-Waxman Act created a market for affordable generic versions of prescription medications, it is struggling with persistent shortages.

A new study from MedStar Health shows the majority of women aren’t getting their annual mammograms, and according to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer rates are rising the highest in Asian American women. News4’s Aimee Cho shares one survivor’s emotional journey.

A new study from MedStar Health shows the majority of women aren’t getting their annual mammograms.

D.C.-area doctors are trying a new approach on their toughest-to-treat patients. It’s even helping medical professionals who have hypertension. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

D.C.-area doctors are trying a new approach to hypertension on their toughest-to-treat patients.

Is Novo Nordisk helping Americans save taxpayer money or ripping them off? The company’s CEO is scheduled to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Soon, doctors must tell their mammogram patients if they have dense breast tissue, a factor that can make it harder to detect breast cancer and put them at greater risk for cancer. The Food and Drug Administration released new standards in March of 2023 in an effort to help more women detect breast cancer sooner. The FDA gave providers until…

A D.C. woman who is a two-time breast cancer survivor says for a long time she didn’t know she had dense breast tissue. A new rule aims to provide more people with the knowledge about their breast density. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The late-stage trial on tirzepatide also found that patients experienced sustained weight loss over the roughly three-year treatment period.

There’s a new hope for people living with the rare blood disorder hemophilia B.  The FDA recently approved a new gene therapy treatment for those who suffer from the debilitating condition.  Dave Robinson, a 61-year-old IT consultant from Falls Church, Virginia, was born with the rare genetic blood disorder caused by an insufficient level of a protein known as...

A man from Falls Church, Virginia who was born with Hemophilia B shares his reaction towards a clinical trial for a single infusion that changed the course of his life and could help others like him. News4’s Eun Yang has the story. 

Four historically Black medical schools, including Howard University, will receive a $600 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, according to a press release on Tuesday. The four medical schools are Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. The company will also provide seed funding to support the…

Starting in the fall, the gift will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000.

The program collects medical equipment through donations from people who no longer need it, refurbishes and sterilizes everything, and then provides that equipment to Maryland residents of all ages, free of charge.