Boy dies from brain-eating amoeba possibly contracted at Lake Mead
The Nevada boy's death marks at least the third Naegleria fowleri infection recorded in the U.S. this year.
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The Nevada boy's death marks at least the third Naegleria fowleri infection recorded in the U.S. this year.
Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study published on Thursday, though they say more research is needed to understand how many homes have leaks.
As "floods, droughts, conflict" and other factors make out breaks "more numerous, more widespread and more severe," officials shift to a one-dose strategy.
A student at a local high school with active tuberculosis has been isolated at home and is under care, authorities say.
Economic factors, not just lockdown-induced forced proximity, played a key role in last year's "baby bump," according to the economists behind a new working paper released earlier this week.
The FDA advisory group also voted 15-0 that the postmarket trial didn't show any benefit to babies and 13-1, with one abstention, that the evidence didn't show that Makena reduced the risk of preterm birth in women who had had one.
It has been well-known in research that Black babies are about twice as likely to die as White babies before their first birthday. Now, a new study suggests that that disparity is even larger when babies are conceived by in vitro fertilization or other forms of assisted reproductive technology.
Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between the use of certain hair straightening products and an increased risk of cancer in women.
According to research published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, over a million people with diabetes in the US rationed their insulin in the past year.
The cheaper over-the-counter devices are for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss — a market of tens of millions of people.
Maybe you've tried to schedule an appointment with a specialist — if you were able to find one — only to discover waiting lists of six months or longer.
Two years ago, California banned flavored tobacco products such as menthol cigarettes and cotton candy vaping juice. But the law never took effect. Tobacco companies spent $20 million on a campaign that gathered enough signatures to put the issue to the voters. On Nov. 8, voters will decide whether or not to keep the law.
The CDC said BQ.1 and one of its descendants, BQ.1.1, represent "a small but fast-growing subset of the Omicron variant."
For the lead doctor, it was an opportunity not only to heal a patient, but to map real-time brain activity during "high cognitive function."
Here's what you should know about COVID-19 and updated boosters to prepare for a possible fall or winter surge.
