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Case of tuberculosis confirmed at Florida high school: Officials
Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) -- A case of active tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Florida high school, according to state health officials.The Florida Department of Healt...
Apr 30, 2025
Even a small uptick in vaccination could prevent millions of US measles cases. Here's how
Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Measles cases are continuing to spread throughout the U.S. with outbreaks in at least six states.Public health experts have previousl...
Apr 30, 2025
'I want to live': Coal miners speak out as Trump strips away health protections
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- For John Robinson, a retired coal miner who spent his career in the Virginia mines helping to power America into the 21st century, not...
Apr 29, 2025
HHS firings, questioning safety of vaccines: How the Trump administration may be 'attacking' science
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term have been filled with mass firings, cancellations of research grants, university funding cuts and q...
Apr 29, 2025
Alzheimer's society calls on doctors to use newer early diagnostic testing due to improvements
Brian B. Bettencourt/Toronto Star via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New treatments and simple blood tests could change how doctors detect and treat Alzheimer's disease, according to a new report from the ...
Apr 29, 2025
Immunotherapy drug capable of eliminating tumors in some early-stage cancers: Study
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that some people with early-stage cancers may be able to skip surgery after being treated wi...
Apr 29, 2025
There are nearly 900 measles cases in the US. Here's what you need to know
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 884, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday.Cases hav...
Apr 25, 2025
Whooping cough cases have doubled in a year, CDC data shows
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.For the week endi...
Apr 24, 2025
RFK Jr. is moving to phase out synthetic food dyes. Are they safe?
(Halfdark/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- During a press conference on Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a plan to start phasing out eight synthetic food dyes in t...
Apr 24, 2025
Texas measles outbreak surpasses 600 cases with most among children, teens
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The measles outbreak in western Texas has now reached 624 cases, with 27 new infections confirmed over the last five days.Nearly all of the cases are amon...
Apr 22, 2025