Grace Cary/Getty Images Some medications may increase the risk of heart attack in hot weather, new research suggests. Aspirin and beta blockers, used to protect heart health, may make it harder to h

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Washington (AP) — The number of people living in America without health insurance coverage hit an all-time low of 8 percent this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesda

Guarding Against the Spread of Monkeypox in Massage, Barbering and Cosmetology Establishments Several active cases of monkeypox have been found in Texas in recent weeks. The Texas Department of Licen

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has named top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators t

(CNN) The governors of California and Illinois declared states of emergency to bolster their monkeypox vaccination efforts as the virus spreads nationwide . Monday's declarations come as more than 5,

The plastics had only been submerged in the ocean off Falmouth, England, for a week, but in that time a thin layer of biofilm, a slimy mix of mucus and microbes, had already developed on their surface

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to a pasture, signaling the mess to come Enlarge this image toggle caption Brett Kelman/Kaiser Health News Brett Kelman/Kaiser Health News Three years ago,

The percentage of adults with recent symptoms of anxiety or depression increased from 36.4 to 41.5 percent in the U.S. between August 2020 and February 2021, with the largest increases among adults 18

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She and Mr. Queen had gone back and forth for days before deciding to terminate the pregnancy. She was dreading the abortion. She had cried in the car pulling up to the clinic. She had heard about the

In a new study conducted by Siamak Yousefi and colleagues, it was found that an automated machine learning method can detect patterns of visual field (VF) loss and provide objective, reproducible term

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This summer, yet another disease unfamiliar to most people in the United States is being transmitted around the world—as is the impulse to find someone to blame. Many news stories about the current mo

He discovered the origin of the monkeypox outbreak — and tried to warn the world Enlarge this image toggle caption Dr. Dimie Ogoina Dr. Dimie Ogoina Five years ago, Dr. Dimie Ogoina saw perhaps the

Freeze-dried blueberries harvested in Lithuania are being recalled over fears of lead contamination. The voluntary recall covers packages of organic freeze-dried blueberries under the brand name Nati

WASHINGTON - 53 nutritional and beverage products are being recalled due to the potential for microbial contamination. These are all products under the Lyons Magnus Company. Recalled products includ

New research shows just how quickly sunscreen can become toxic in the ocean Three batches of Banana Boat's Hair and Scalp sunscreen are being recalled after tests detected trace levels of the carcino

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How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public Enlarge this image toggle caption DNY59/Getty Images DNY59/Getty Images Consumers, employers and just about everyone else int

Microclots that block blood and oxygen flow are a possible explanation for long covid symptoms like exhaustion and brain fog. Now it seems they may be to blame for chronic fatigue syndrome too Persis

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Identification of Cases By June 7, 11 patients with confirmed or suspected monkeypox had been identified in central and southeastern Wisconsin. At that time, a suspected case of monkeypox in humans w

More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away Enlarge this image toggle caption Ellis Juhlin/Yellowstone Public Radio Ellis Juhlin/Yellowstone Public Radio In July, a han

Brazil reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent on Friday, shortly before Spain confirmed Europe's first known death in the outbreak. The current outbreak started in M

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for t

The version of monkeypox recently sequenced in Europe—which is seeing 70 percent of the global cases—seems to have picked up mutations that may make it more suitable for human-to-human transmission th

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it has reached an agreement with Moderna to buy 66 million doses of the company’s next generation of COVID-19 vaccine that targets the highly tra

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Typhoid mutated to beat antibiotics. Science is learning how to beat those strains Do you remember the story of Typhoid Mary – the cook who spread typhoid to as many as 100 people in the early 1900s

The world is at greater risk of infectious diseases that originate in wildlife because people are encroaching on tropical areas of wilderness to feed livestock and hunt wild animals. Tropical defores