An Oregon hospital is reporting an outbreak of a superbug fungus that has hospitalized three people in the state, health officials said. Oregon on Tuesday confirmed three cases of Candida auris at a

All 3 patients at Salem Hospital, first with intl. health care exposures; cases are responding to existing treatments PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority said late Tuesday it is inves

It's more prevalent in South Africa than anywhere else in the world: the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. More than ten percent of newborn babies there are affected. Globally, it up to two percent. Be

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Passengers wait in line to check in for their flights at the Dulles International Airport near Washington, DC, on December 27, 2021. The WHO warned Tuesday that the Omicron coronavirus variant could

Research published by University of Florida scientists in Frontiers in Medicine reported that patients (aged 18-65) who recovered from severe COVID-19 infection were 233% more likely to die within 12

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could crea

People who had Covid-19 and are later reinfected with the omicron variant may experience fewer symptoms than they did during their initial bout with the virus, a small study from the Centers for Disea

Hospitals Are Allowing Medical Students to Perform Pelvic Exams on Unconscious Women — Without Their Consent It's 2021, and women are still being treated like property in this outrageous practice

Axios on facebook Axios on twitter Axios on linkedin Axios on email A first-ever national analysis found that an estimated 72% of Colorado children under age 6 had lead detected in their blood, well

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A new study suggests immunocompromised Americans people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are more likely to have breakthrough infections than people without weakened immune systems, but found

People queue for a COVID-19 test in Times Square as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 26, 2021. The Omicron variant was estimated to be 5

Sarah Tew/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. On Monday, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention l

For Felicia Merkel, the PTSD trigger is any loud sound – an overhead speaker, a slammed car door – transporting her back to the blistering heat of Afghanistan. For Liz Hensel, it is looking into her d

Every winter is a bit of a struggle for Chris van Ouwerkerk. It has been that way for a long time. The 35-year-old lawyer and one-time candidate to the provincial legislature says he's suffered from

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Flu is making a comeback in US after an unusual year off FILE - Registered nurse Megan Chamberlain gives a flu shot to Anthony Devitt, of Marlboro, Vt., during a flu vaccine clinic on Route 9, in Bra

Data from a new study suggests that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can persist in different parts of the body for months after infection, including the heart and brain. Scientists at the Nation

Within the first couple weeks of finding out she was pregnant, Megan Phipps noticed something was off. Phipps, 24, was born with uterine didelphys, or double uterus, a rare condition where a woman ha

Smoking can really clog up the lungs, even for people who’ve never been near a cigarette. Turns out that smoking habits from the early 1900s are still inflicting damage—not on tobacco users or their f

“I underestimated the vitriol this proposal brought,” Rabb said in an interview, adding that he received thousands of hate-filled emails, Facebook posts and even death threats. “The notion a man would

She told the BBC: "With the advances in genetics and also imaging, particularly MRI, realistically we do need some more data, but we're probably looking at getting close to a tailored screening progra

As the omicron surge pummels a pandemic-weary nation, the first antiviral pills for Covid-19 promise desperately needed protection for people at risk of severe disease. However, many people prescribed

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Data were collected before booster vaccine recommendation. The first study to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19

Anthrax has a scary reputation. Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and unsightly, albeit painless, skin lesions in livestock and people, the anthrax bacterium has even been used a

Like millions of others, Kathleen Hipps thought she was safe from COVID-19 after she got two shots of the Moderna vaccine last spring. So she figured she just had a summer cold when she got the sniffl

BEIJING, Dec 25: China Saturday reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases in four months as officials rushed to contain outbreaks in several regions, including Xi'an city where millions are

In the latest development of the new coronavirus variant Omicron study, scientists in United Kingdom have said that the symptopms of a patients infected with the variant will be the same as those of c

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home. But despite the high pub

(RTTNews) - Neuralink, the AI chip that will turn humans into computer-programmed units, will be available to put inside humans as soon as 2021, claims the CEO of Tesla Motors (TSLA) Elon Musk. In an

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The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. You can find all of the stories here. As the omicron varia

Emergency Room nurses and EMTs tend to patients in hallways at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Flu cases are on the rise

New research from the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune cells use the body’s fat stores to fight infection. The research, published today in the journal Nature Co