NEW YORK (AP) — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation’s escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Even if legislation does not include provisions specifically outlawing treatment of ectopic pregnancies, confusion can have a “chilling” effect for providers and patients, said Mary Ziegler, a profess

As the Supreme Court appears poised to return abortion regulation to the states, recent experience in Texas illustrates that medical care for miscarriages and dangerous ectopic pregnancies would also

May 10, 2022 -- Rising COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations likely mean we're in a new phase of the pandemic. And the number of Americans dying from COVID-19 is also anticipated to grow, althoug

Throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard much about health-care worker burnout. But what we haven’t heard much about is its effects on patients. Even before the pandemic, health workers were grappling wi

EBV is a member of the herpes virus family and one of the most common human viruses. It is spread through bodily fluids, primarily saliva. An estimated 125,000 cases of infectious mononucleosis occur

South Australia's health system will expand its capacity to tackle a growing number of long COVID cases, with dedicated clinics established to treat what is now being described by some as a "pandemic"

OTTAWA - The ups and downs of pandemic waves continue to affect wait times for elective surgeries in Canada, adding to concerns about mounting backlogs as provinces ease restrictions, new data from t

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the northern US. The tick that's linked to Lyme disease is local to the northeast, while other regions see different illnesses. In the South and

© Getty; Shuran Huang/The New York Times/Redux Updated at 2:55 p.m. on May 10, 2022 In the two years since she caught the coronavirus, 38-year-old Jessica McGovern has cycled through “well over 100

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Methadone, a long-acting full opioid agonist and synthetic opioid, is a Food and Drug Administration–approved medication that can treat opioid use disorder. It can also be prescribed by doctors for pa

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© Mark Henle/The Republic Kathleen Muldoon (left) works with her son, Gideon Dobson, in the living room of their Peoria, Ariz., home on Dec. 27, 2021. Long before the coronavirus pandemic, Kathleen M

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An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, report that a gene therapy that inhibits targeted nerve cell signaling effectively red

OTTAWA - Federal agencies are trying to get a handle on how many Canadians may be suffering from long COVID as researchers learn more about the mysterious after-effects of the virus. The Public Heal

Moderna’s Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said on Sunday that his company was preparing to provide large amounts of its vaccine booster against omicron and other COVID-19 variants this fall. “We’re

A Windham man has tested positive for Powassan virus and is the first case in the state this year, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Health officials are urging residents to ta

Key Takeaways Antiviral drugs seem to be effective treatments against the Omicron variant of COVID. Monoclonal antibody treatments that were used against the earlier COVID variants are no longer effe

Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination from NCCN Recommends Fifth mRNA Shot (Second Booster Dose) for Immunocompromised People National Comprehensive Cancer Network Advisory Committee on COVID-19

Syringes used to administer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured in a sharps container at a booster clinic for 12 to 17-year-olds in Lansdale, P

Our thanks to Ted Higgins for sharing this update on the ME/CFS awareness campaign. In his own words. Ed This is the thirtieth year of ‘ME/CFS Awareness Week’ and 2022 is a highly significant year.

The Biden administration plans to ramp up mental health services to aid millions of Americans struggling from the disruptions, hardships and grief of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation's top federal he

Google searches for female sterilization, tubes tied surgery, fallopian tube removal, tubal ligation and salpingectomy have all shot up in the U.S. over the last week following news that Roe v. Wade m

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Pamela Brown, FDA chief Dr. Robert Califf explains why he says the leading cause of death in the US is misinformation.

NIH launches clinical trial of Epstein-Barr virus vaccine Geng Meng, Purdue University The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, h

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A new COVID-19 vaccine was effective in animal studies at protecting its host and also lowering the airborne spread of the virus, Duke researchers say. Duke Health on Thursday s

Scientists are developing magnetically guided microscopic projectiles that can be injected into patients’ blood to attack breast, prostate and other tumours. The project – led by researchers at Sheff

The apex predator of the microbial world is a type of virus called bacteriophages. It hunts down and kills bacteria by hijacking the microorganism’s reproductive machinery and tearing it apart. Becaus

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It's no secret that pro-gunners aren't particularly fond of the medical and public health field especially when it comes to the gun control debate [SOURCE] [SOURCE]. So, when a statistic originating f

America's gun culture - in seven charts Published 22 April This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Biden on US gun violence: 'Thi

According to the research - which was published this week in the New England Journal Medicine - the rise in gun-related deaths among Americans between the ages of one and 19 was part of an overall 33.

When I was 9 years old, I came down with a terrifying bout of pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for a week. I remember having a panic attack when I couldn’t catch my breath and my mother, scared,