As Florida struggles with a growing demand for nurses, its system for training them has a serious problem. Every year, thousands of nursing school graduates fail at the finish line, unable to make the

The Faces of Fentanyl gallery of photos of fentanyl victims are seen at the DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, Thursday, December 8, 2022. Drug overdose deaths among adolescents surged during t

You might want to think twice before reaching your hands under a hot-air dryer after using a public restroom. Because you could be covering your freshly cleaned hands — with more bacteria. A 2018 stu

Eight states are among those impacted by an outbreak of norovirus linked to raw oysters from Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Along with the Lone Star state,

Updated COVID booster shots reduce the risk of hospitalization, CDC reports Enlarge this image toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP Damian Dovarganes/AP New bivalent COVID booster shots are more effe

A new omicron subvariant is spreading in China. Should we be worried? Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants (opens in new tab). One su

People addicted to opioids rarely get life-saving medications. That may change. Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin D. Liles/AP Kevin D. Liles/AP Doctors and researchers have known for decades t

With the Chinese government abandoning its zero-Covid policy, it has now become impossible to track the exact number of Covid cases in the country, China's top health agency has announced. China's Na

“The map is under threat (from cholera) everywhere,” said Dr. Philippe Barboza, from the World Health Organization, speaking in Geneva, via Zoom. Available data points to cases of infection in around

Their method successfully counteracted two highly addictive drugs—fentanyl and methamphetamine—in lab experiments Drug overdoses in the United States have risen sharply in the last two decades. Nearl

Joos Mind | Photodisc | Getty Images Long Covid results in $9,500 of total average medical costs for workers and their employers in the six months following a diagnosis, according to a study by Nomi

The U.S. agency that is supposed to safeguard worker health has all but given up on setting limits to protect them from dangerous chemicals. Meanwhile, workers are dying. Series: Toxic Burden How Ame

Konstantin Slavin is a neurosurgeon at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, who contributed to clinical trials of ATI’s cluster-headache device and implanted the spinal-cord stim

Studies suggest ultra-processed foods cause cognitive decline, but how strong is the evidence? More than 400-500 calories per day of ultra-processed foods such as burgers, chips and packaged cookies

New therapeutic has the potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease by targeting a molecule that keeps order in the intestines. Salk Institute scientists have developed a new drug that acts like a

Drug overdose fatalities soared to a record high during the early Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, deaths from overdoses in the United States rose to 91,799, a 30 percent spike from the previous year. Rese

WASHINGTON, December 13, 2022 – After five years of outreach and education by farm groups, a new poll shows increased awareness and willingness to talk about the opioid crisis among rural adults, comp

Long viewed as healthier than other sweet treats, some kinds of dark chocolate contain potentially dangerous amounts of heavy metals, according to research released on Thursday by Consumer Reports. S

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released new body mass index charts for children in response to the growing obesity crisis in the U.S. The previous BMI chart for children a

An investigation by The Markup and STAT found 49 out of 50 telehealth websites sharing health data via Big Tech’s tracking tools By Todd Feathers , Katie Palmer for STAT, and Simon Fondrie-Teitler Th

Opinion: Bioethicists Should Not Control Your Body By Joe Bennett There has been an awful lot of heated discussion recently regarding the question of body autonomy in recent years. From enforced vac

Evusheld injection, a new COVID treatment that people can take before becoming symptomatic, in Chicago on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Chris Sweda | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The omicron subvarian

American households will now be able to request four more free at-home COVID tests from the federal government. The White House announced it was reopening orders as part of a new "winter preparedness

New Zealand has passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand on Tuesday passed into l

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People view thousands of white flags representing Americans who have died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) placed over 20 acres of the National Mall in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2021. Long

CNN — Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar last week, died of an aortic aneurysm that ruptured, his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, said Wed

The Ketamine for Reduction of Alcohol Relapse (KARE) trial will now move to the next step of drug development, with the aim of rolling it out into the NHS if it proves effective.

Coming off the success of its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, Moderna announced on Dec. 13 that it achieved encouraging results when it turned its vaccine technology against cancer. The company reported i

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Pasquale D'Angiolillo for KHN Pasquale D'Angiolillo for KHN PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day,

Concerned about Lonnie Wilfork's health and desperate to learn more, his mother and wife have tried in vain to get information about his condition and whereabouts since they were informed Thanksgiving

Anthony Fauci, outgoing director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appears at the White House to speak about COVID-19Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty This month

Newest doctors shun infectious diseases specialty toggle caption Boy_Anupong/Getty Images Thousands of doctors ready to continue their training celebrated Match Day for specialty fellowships on Nov.

According to a new analysis “CBD can prevent cardiac oxidative damage in many conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, or even through the cardiotoxic effects induced by chemotherapy”. This makes

In this photo illustration, packs of menthol cigarettes sits on a table in New York City. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from the tobacco industry to block a California ban on flavored to

Tim Buck knows by heart how many people died from drug overdoses in his North Carolina county last year: 10. The year before it was 12 — an all-time high. Those losses reverberate deeply in rural Pam