Health

Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their DNA before releasing them into the wild. The South American country has this year recorded over 41,000 cases of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes, far above the equivalent level in …

Xylazine in Philadelphia 01:22 Xylazine, the animal tranquilizer that has been found mixed with opioids in most of the United States, will soon be be classified as a controlled substance in Pennsylvania.  It will be a Schedule III drug, meaning that it is considered a substance with a “moderate to …

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that older individuals and those with weakened immune systems are eligible for another dose of the updated COVID-19 booster. According to the FDA’s announcement, most people who received a single dose of the booster are not eligible for a second dose. FILE …

With 37.3 million people in the U.S. living with diabetes — 8.5 million of whom are undiagnosed, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the disease is one of the deadliest and most expensive in the country. Cedar Gate Technologies, a medical tech development company in Greenwich, Connecticut, …

Scientists say they’ve found a way to turn seaweed into “super seaweed” by increasing its health and medicinal value, according to a report from SWNS.  The researchers are hoping the “boosted” seaweed can be used in “the superfood, drug and cosmetic industries of the future,” the British news service said. …

Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that three in five teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless. It’s the latest troubling trend in an ongoing nationwide mental health crisis for teenagers. Ishika Vij was just 12 years old when her anxiety started. After mounting pressure …

Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall. …

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot from OpenAI, could potentially rival Google one day as an online health resource, many people say — but how reliable are its responses right now? Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) were eager to find out.  In February, they created a …

Cancer, heart disease vaccine could be ready by 2030
 Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat says the technology that the vaccine uses has been studied since the 1980s and that it teaches the body to recognize cancerous cells in order to attack and destroy them. During the first year …

The number of people serving as sole caregivers for other adults is growing.  In 2020, 53 million people in the U.S. provided unpaid care to an adult, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC), based in Washington, D.C. Caregiving duties can include bathing, grooming, administering medications and providing emotional …