The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend HPV vaccines for both males and females through age 26 and for adults through ...
A federal public health advisory panel said Wednesday that some people through age 45 could benefit from getting an HPV vaccine and should discuss the ...
Cervical cancer could be eliminated in Britain within decades because the HPV vaccine has been so successful, scientists said yesterday.Rates of infection by ...
HPV infections declined substantially since a vaccine was introduced, providing 'strong evidence' the vaccine prevents cervical cancer in the real world, ...
Close analysis of EEG data reveals that nearly 1 in 7 brain-injured ICU patients shows evidence of hidden consciousness just days after injury. Patients with ...
An estimated 15 percent of unresponsive patients may be clinging to consciousness, even if they can't show it. Within days of a traumatic brain injury scientists at ...
DESTIN — The Florida Department of Health said in a statement Wednesday that there are "no public health concerns" in Walton or Okaloosa County after a ...
MOORESVILLE, Ind. — A family vacation to Florida resulted in a week in the hospital for one Indiana family. Their 12-year-old daughter Kylei contracted a ...
A 12-year-old girl from Indiana contracted a life-threatening, flesh-eating infection while vacationing at a Florida beach with her family. Kylei Brown ended up ...
Exposure to a chemical commonly used to reduce bacterial contamination in cosmetics, toothpaste and products like toys and clothing may come with an ...
A chemical banned from hand sanitizers -- but still lawfully used by Colgate in one of its toothpastes -- may double a woman's chances of developing bone ...
Researchers looked at data from nearly 2000 women between 2005 to 2010 and found that women who had higher levels of the chemical Triclosan in their ...
Women exposed to triclosan are more likely to develop osteoporosis, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology ...
Certain high-cost drugs are straining state budgets. A new deal approved Wednesday allows Louisiana to spend a fixed amount for unlimited access to a costly ...
For years, Louisiana offered hepatitis C treatment to only the most severe cases in its Medicaid program and prisons, unable to afford broader access to ...
BATON ROUGE–The statewide outbreak of Hepatitis A continues to grow. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, more than 302 cases have been ...
A new documentary tells the story of America's first inpatient unit dedicated to the care of people with AIDS. Nurse Cliff Morrison helped create 5B in 1983, and ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - National HIV Testing Day is Thursday, June 27. During the annual holiday, people are encouraged to get tested for HIV, know their ...
SAGINAW, MI - Several sites around mid-Michigan are offering free HIV testing in recognition of National HIV Testing Day. National HIV Testing Day is an ...
LANSING, Mich (WLNS) – National HIV Testing Day is June 27th and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging residents to make HIV ...
About 7,500 people fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrived in neighbouring Uganda since the beginning of the month ...
In the past 10 days, officials have recorded nearly 100 new cases of Ebola in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a sign of ...
Uganda is struggling to contain the number of refugees coming into the country since the beginning of the month following resurgence of violence in pockets of ...
GARLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Garland Health Department received a lab report confirming presence of West Nile virus in mosquitos collected in the ...
Monarch butterflies engage in a spectacular migration that encompasses multiple generations. They surf the green wave of spring as it spreads north, producing ...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Have you seen a Monarch butterfly in Utah this summer? They're an increasingly rare sight, as their numbers have plummeted in recent ...
In recent years, one promising Alzheimer's drug after another has failed to produce results in clinical trials. At the same time, the growing number of older adults ...
A spike in measles cases has sparked new fears among medical experts that the measles vaccine may no longer be working. A joint investigation from the ...
Babies are normally vaccinated against measles at 12 months old. But doctors are now suggesting having the shot as early as six months might be worthwhile ...
Eating a "Western diet" packed with high-fat and processed foods as a teen can permantently damage a man's fertility, according to a Harvard-led study.
Some kinds of sitting around are worse for your heart than others, at least according to a new study out today. The findings suggest that watching more hours of ...
Sitting for long periods of time while watching TV was linked with greater risk of heart disease, premature death. Sitting at work didn't have that same link.
Sitting for long periods of time has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and early death, but a new study suggests that not all types of sitting ...
People with desk jobs may not need to feel so guilty about all those sedentary hours in an office chair: Sitting at work may not be as bad for the heart as sitting in ...
You've probably heard that sitting is the new smoking. Maybe you've even procured yourself a standing desk at the office or make an active habit of getting up ...
Sleep traits could be a risk factor for breast cancer, new research suggests. Women who said they preferred to get out of bed early were found to have a lower ...
If you're a morning person, here's a perhaps unexpected benefit of your early-bird nature: Today a study published by the BMJ analyzing sleep patterns found ...
Being a morning person (popularly known as larks) is associated with a lower risk of developing breast cancer than being an evening person (popularly known ...
Evidence that Parkinson's disease may start off in the gut is mounting, according to new research showing proteins thought to play a key role in the disease can ...
Parkinson's disease may start in the gut and travel up to the brain via specific branches of the vagus nerve, according to a new study in mice from Johns Hopkins ...
In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found additional evidence that Parkinson's disease originates among cells in the gut ...
The study by Johns Hopkins is the second experiment to show that certain proteins do travel from the stomach and small intestine into the base of the brain via ...
A New Mexico woman's death marked the first hantavirus-related fatality in the state this year, health officials said, who are urging residents to be vigilant when ...
Managed honeybees seem to be spreading two types of viruses to wild bumblebees through the flowers that both types of bees feed on. Specifically, the study's ...
Beekeepers could be fuelling the worrying decline of wild bees, new research suggests. Wild bumblebees can contract diseases from domestic honeybees if ...
The continued eradication of wild bumblebees and their slow march towards extinction is being worsened by domestic honeybees, scientists have discovered.
For the first time in three decades, deaths from drug overdose look like they're going to fall instead of rise. Back in 1990, drug overdoses claimed 8,400 lives in ...
Mutations in the transcription factor FOXA1 that are common in prostate cancer result in gain-of-function effects that promote changes in the differentiation of ...
Australia has one of the highest measles vaccination rates in the world, and yet here especially, a second dose is essential for lifelong immunity. In the state of ...
Matt Woodley. 26/06/2019 3:27:06 PM. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Email Share to Print. Research ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new drug to treat low sex drive in women. But how exactly does the drug work, and what makes it ...
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the injectable drug Vyleesi to treat women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder. The prescription ...
Shares of the two companies behind Vyleesi, the newly approved women's libido drug, tumbled Monday. Both AMAG Pharmaceuticals and Palatin Technologies ...
A prison health center in Columbus is sanitizing its shower and water system after an inmate being treated there was diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease.
Scientists say they have conducted 'the first study in humans to show that something like a cup of coffee can have a direct effect on our brown fat functions.'.
YOUR morning coffee may have the power to get you out of bed in the morning, but it might also help you to lose weight. Drinking a cup of joe can stimulate ...
Here's some buzzworthy news. A study released this week in the journal Scientific Reports finds that drinking a cup of coffee may help humans tackle obesity ...
An experimental new urine test can reveal if men with early prostate cancer will probably need aggressive therapy or can be left untreated but monitored, UK ...
Researchers in the U.K. report that they've created a urine test that can predict the aggressiveness of a prostate cancer far sooner than standard methods.
A SIMPLE urine test can reveal whether men have aggressive prostate cancer five years earlier than currently, researchers claim. It could help thousands get ...
A simple urine test for prostate cancer could mean an end to unnecessary biopsies and surgery, scientists have said. The procedure will allow doctors to ...
A simple urine test could revolutionise prostate cancer treatment by diagnosing aggressive forms of the disease up to five years earlier than standard clinical ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Like something out of a horror movie, West Virginia University researchers say a fungus is infecting cicadas that causes them to lose ...
A FUNGUS which turns bugs into sex crazed zombies has been discovered by horrified scientists. Once cicada insects are infected with the Massospora ...
A scientific journal says it will reevaluate a study it published recently linking bone spurs in the base of the skull to cell phone use after critics pointed out what ...
BANGOR (BDN) -- A Maine State Prison inmate is leading a class action lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections for the state's alleged failure to ...
HOUSTON — In early December, a nurse at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center gave a 23-year-old leukemia patient a blood transfusion that, ...
A 23-year-old leukemia patient died after receiving a contaminated blood transfusion at MD Anderson Cancer Center, according to a CMS report made public ...
A type of tick that is uncommon in this part of the country has been spotted in northern Wisconsin, near Eau Claire County, marking the return of the bug to the ...
The deer tick, a known carrier of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, has established a presence for the first time in eastern Nebraska, namely in Douglas, ...
Deer ticks, known carriers of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, have been identified in Douglas County, according to the Nebraska Department of ...
Padua, Italy (CNN) When his daughter Angela was gravely ill, Nicola Pomaro made her a solemn promise: If she recovered, he would do all he could to help her ...
A noteworthy new study says that a lack of certain gut bacteria is actually what's driving many food allergies. Here, we break down the exciting research.
A new study suggests food allergies can be triggered in infants by a lack of certain gut bacteria. As well as identifying which bacteria are key to protecting against ...
Leave your preconceptions about the word 'bacteria' at the door: a new study suggests the recent increase in food allergies in young people across the country ...
Call them the guardians of the gut microbiome: bacteria that are associated with protection against food allergies. Such bacteria, “good” bacteria, have been ...
I've been writing about the science of coffee off and on for the past few years. For centuries, people thought that coffee was a health hazard under the popular if ...
Metastasis, the migration of tumour cells from their primary site, is associated with poor prognosis. A molecule made during cell metabolism limits metastasis, ...
The archaeological site of 'Ein Qashish in northern Israel was a place of repeated Neanderthal occupation and use during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a ...
Health officials in Georgia are warning patrons of a popular Mexican grill after an employee who handles food tested positive for hepatitis A. The Bartow County ...
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. -- Health officials have issued a warning after potential hepatitis A exposure at a Georgia restaurant. FOX 5 reports that a food handler ...
In a recent study, scientists have investigated the impact of the environment where we live on the risk of developing hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
New European research has found that exposure to air pollution and living in apartment blocks is linked with an increased risk of hypertension, also known as ...
Part economist, part scientist, Professor Guojun He is an expert in air pollution and his work has been used to develop the air quality life index. Here, he ...
Researchers must find the particles that are most dangerous to health in each place so policies can reduce levels of those pollutants first, urge Xiangdong Li and ...
A new study provides evidence to support a simple measurement for diagnosing clinically significant airflow obstruction, the key characteristic of chronic ...
LONDON — At least 12 people in southeastern England have died after an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection, the British health authorities said on ...
A dozen people in Essex have died after becoming infected by a “very serious” outbreak of invasive Group A streptococcal (IGas), also known as Group A strep ...
People are being warned to visit a GP 'straight away' if suffering from any of the symptoms of Strep A after a 'very serious' outbreak saw 12 people die. It...
Dame Judi Dench, 84, who will be making a cameo appearance in the new James Bond film, hasn't slowed down in recent years and already has six films under ...
Despite having the longest flu season on record in ten years, the CDC reported hospitalizations from the flu during the 2018 - 2019 flu season were less than the ...
The appearance of β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques in the brain is strongly correlated with advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD) and directly implicated in the neuronal ...
Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified an enzyme in the brain that may be an intriguing target for interventions against ...
COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Deputies with the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department responded to two rollover incidents Tuesday evening that involved injuries to ...
COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Bartholomew County and state health officials have planned several hepatitis A vaccination clinics across the county as they continue their ...
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. - The Bartow County Health Department is warning people after a worker at a popular Mexican restaurant tested positive for hepatitis A.
LAKELAND — Polk County has so far avoided a major outbreak of Hepatitis A — the disease that has erupted in neighboring Pasco County. But local health ...
The number of hepatitis A cases in Volusia County has almost quadrupled since May, a skyrocketing trend that is impacting the entire state, according to the ...
State health officials are warning former customers to contact a health care provider to determine if an immunization is needed after a food handler at a ...
You can't do too much exercise in later life, research by Cambridge University suggests. The study of 15000 Britons aged 40 to 79 found that active men and ...
Cases of some sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, are rising in the U.S. armed forces, a trend that mirrors the general ...
Health officials in Upstate New York are warning people about a possible exposure to Hepatitis A at a Finger Lakes restaurant. Spectrum News reports an alert ...
Two recent studies highlight novel ways to combat pattern hair loss in men and women using small molecules such as JAK inhibitors that reawaken dormant hair ...
After over three years of super stealth mode, Inscripta gave its first public presentation today at the 2019 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design ...
Many fruits are difficult to eat on the high-fat, low-carb keto diet. However, cherries may be OK for keto dieter as long as you consume them in moderation.
Short term pedometer-based walking interventions can have long-term health benefits for adults and older adults, according to new research published in the ...
Tess Harris and colleagues reveal long-term benefits for pedometer-based walking interventions, with fewer CVD events and fractures 4 years after trial ...
A viral science paper and news story alleged that children were growing 'horns' and linked the phenomena to cell phone usage. But outside researchers say t.
A study linking a medical condition where young people grow “skull horns” to constant straining of the neck and head, especially while using smartphones, has ...
Technology has the power to completely shape our lives, but it could also alter our bodies in unexpected ways. Recent research suggested small, hornlike ...
MCKINLEY COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The hantavirus has claimed the first life of a New Mexican this year. The Department of Health says a 42-year-old woman ...
Marian Camacho June 25, 2019 11:35 AM. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health say a 42-year-old woman from McKinley ...
Common antidepressants interact with the opioid pain medication tramadol to make it less effective for pain relief, according to a study from University Hospitals ...
